diff --git a/src/main/conf/AboutWindow.fxml b/src/main/conf/AboutWindow.fxml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70d38cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/conf/AboutWindow.fxml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<?import javafx.scene.image.Image?>
+<?import javafx.scene.image.ImageView?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.Pane?>
+<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
+<?import javafx.scene.text.Text?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
+<?import java.net.URL?>
+
+<Pane maxHeight="375" maxWidth="625" minHeight="375" minWidth="625"
+	prefHeight="375" prefWidth="625" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.65"
+	xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
+	<stylesheets>
+		<URL value="@MZmine.css" />
+	</stylesheets>
+	<children>
+		<ImageView layoutX="10.0" layoutY="10.0">
+			<image>
+				<Image url="@../icon/mzmine-icon.png" />
+			</image>
+		</ImageView>
+		<Text fill="#0088cc" layoutX="146.0" layoutY="128.0" smooth="false"
+			text="MZmine 3">
+			<font>
+				<Font name="System Bold" size="96.0" />
+			</font>
+		</Text>
+		<Text layoutX="14.0" layoutY="187.0" smooth="false" text="License">
+			<font>
+				<Font name="System Bold" size="11.0" />
+			</font>
+		</Text>
+		<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="185.0" prefHeight="71.0"
+			prefWidth="594.0"
+			text="MZmine 3 is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU GeneralPublic License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at youroption) any later version."
+			wrapText="true" />
+		<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="248.0" prefHeight="71.0"
+			prefWidth="594.0"
+			text="MZmine 3 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even theimplied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU GeneralPublic License for more details."
+			wrapText="true" />
+		<Text layoutX="14.0" layoutY="356.0" smooth="false"
+			text="Copyright © 2006-2016 The MZmine 3 Development Team">
+			<font>
+				<Font name="System Bold" size="11.0" />
+			</font>
+		</Text>
+	</children>
+</Pane>
diff --git a/src/main/conf/MainMenu.fxml b/src/main/conf/MainMenu.fxml
index 6e1b3f8..503c7fe 100644
--- a/src/main/conf/MainMenu.fxml
+++ b/src/main/conf/MainMenu.fxml
@@ -200,6 +200,6 @@
 		<SeparatorMenuItem />
 		<MenuItem text="Check for Updates" onAction="#versionCheck" />
 		<SeparatorMenuItem />
-		<MenuItem text="About" />
+		<MenuItem text="About" onAction="#showAbout" />
 	</Menu>
 </MenuBar>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/mzmine/gui/mainwindow/MainMenuController.java b/src/main/java/io/github/mzmine/gui/mainwindow/MainMenuController.java
index bc374b0..f0d7ecc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/mzmine/gui/mainwindow/MainMenuController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/mzmine/gui/mainwindow/MainMenuController.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -31,9 +32,12 @@
 import io.github.mzmine.main.MZmineCore;
 import io.github.mzmine.main.NewVersionCheck;
 import io.github.mzmine.main.NewVersionCheck.CheckType;
+import javafx.application.Platform;
 import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
 import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem;
+import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
 
 /**
  * The controller class for conf/mainmenu.fxml
@@ -108,4 +112,23 @@ protected void setPreferences(ActionEvent event) {
         MZmineCore.getConfiguration().getPreferences().showSetupDialog(null);
     }
 
+    @FXML
+    protected void showAbout(ActionEvent event) {
+        // Show the about window
+        Platform.runLater(() -> {
+            try {
+                final String aboutWindowFXML = "file:conf/AboutWindow.fxml";
+                URL fxmlFile = new URL(aboutWindowFXML);
+                FXMLLoader fxmlLoader = new FXMLLoader(fxmlFile);
+                Pane pane = fxmlLoader.load();
+
+                // Open the window
+                MZmineGUI.addWindow(pane, "About MZmine", true);
+            } catch (Exception e1) {
+                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
+                e1.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
 }