diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 088c0c1..42ac483 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ FIXME: Released on
 - Enhancements:
   - Replaced `sha256` sum with last modification time check, to verify if a file has been changed in the text editor
   - Default protocol changed to default protocol in configuration when providing address as CLI argument
-- dependencies:
+- Keybindings:
+  - `N`: New file
+- Dependencies:
   - removed `data-encoding`
   - updated `rand` to `0.8.0`
   - removed `ring`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f963ec3..42c1a0c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ You can access the SSH key storage, from configuration moving to the `SSH Keys`
 | `<H>`         | Show help                                             | Help      |
 | `<I>`         | Show info about selected file or directory            | Info      |
 | `<L>`         | Reload current directory's content                    | List      |
+| `<N>`         | Create new file with provided name                    | New       |
 | `<O>`         | Edit file; see [Text editor](#text-editor-)           | Open      |
 | `<Q>`         | Quit TermSCP                                          | Quit      |
 | `<R>`         | Rename file                                           | Rename    |
diff --git a/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/callbacks.rs b/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/callbacks.rs
index e6330a2..15a83a7 100644
--- a/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/callbacks.rs
+++ b/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/callbacks.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 *
 */
 
+// Locals
 use super::{FileExplorerTab, FileTransferActivity, FsEntry, LogLevel};
-
+// Ext
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 impl FileTransferActivity {
@@ -371,4 +372,98 @@ impl FileTransferActivity {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /// ### callback_new_file
+    ///
+    /// Create a new file in current directory with `input` as name
+    pub(super) fn callback_new_file(&mut self, input: String) {
+        match self.tab {
+            FileExplorerTab::Local => {
+                // Check if file exists
+                for file in self.local.files.iter() {
+                    if input == file.get_name() {
+                        self.log_and_alert(
+                            LogLevel::Warn,
+                            format!("File \"{}\" already exists", input,),
+                        );
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+                // Create file
+                let file_path: PathBuf = PathBuf::from(input.as_str());
+                if let Some(ctx) = self.context.as_mut() {
+                    if let Err(err) = ctx.local.open_file_write(file_path.as_path()) {
+                        self.log_and_alert(
+                            LogLevel::Error,
+                            format!("Could not create file \"{}\": {}", file_path.display(), err),
+                        );
+                    }
+                    // Reload files
+                    let path: PathBuf = self.local.wrkdir.clone();
+                    self.local_scan(path.as_path());
+                }
+            }
+            FileExplorerTab::Remote => {
+                // Check if file exists
+                for file in self.remote.files.iter() {
+                    if input == file.get_name() {
+                        self.log_and_alert(
+                            LogLevel::Warn,
+                            format!("File \"{}\" already exists", input,),
+                        );
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+                // Get path on remote
+                let file_path: PathBuf = PathBuf::from(input.as_str());
+                // Create file (on local)
+                match tempfile::NamedTempFile::new() {
+                    Err(err) => self.log_and_alert(
+                        LogLevel::Error,
+                        format!("Could not create tempfile: {}", err),
+                    ),
+                    Ok(tfile) => {
+                        // Stat tempfile
+                        if let Some(ctx) = self.context.as_mut() {
+                            let local_file: FsEntry = match ctx.local.stat(tfile.path()) {
+                                Err(err) => {
+                                    self.log_and_alert(
+                                        LogLevel::Error,
+                                        format!("Could not stat tempfile: {}", err),
+                                    );
+                                    return;
+                                }
+                                Ok(f) => f,
+                            };
+                            if let FsEntry::File(local_file) = local_file {
+                                // Create file
+                                match self.client.send_file(&local_file, file_path.as_path()) {
+                                    Err(err) => self.log_and_alert(
+                                        LogLevel::Error,
+                                        format!(
+                                            "Could not create file \"{}\": {}",
+                                            file_path.display(),
+                                            err
+                                        ),
+                                    ),
+                                    Ok(writer) => {
+                                        // Finalize write
+                                        if let Err(err) = self.client.on_sent(writer) {
+                                            self.log_and_alert(
+                                                LogLevel::Warn,
+                                                format!("Could not finalize file: {}", err),
+                                            );
+                                        }
+                                        // Reload files
+                                        let path: PathBuf = self.remote.wrkdir.clone();
+                                        self.remote_scan(path.as_path());
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/input.rs b/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/input.rs
index 2455b58..af5b4d7 100644
--- a/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/input.rs
+++ b/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/input.rs
@@ -228,6 +228,13 @@ impl FileTransferActivity {
                         let pwd: PathBuf = self.local.wrkdir.clone();
                         self.local_scan(pwd.as_path());
                     }
+                    'n' | 'N' => {
+                        // New file
+                        self.input_mode = InputMode::Popup(PopupType::Input(
+                            String::from("New file"),
+                            Self::callback_new_file,
+                        ));
+                    }
                     'o' | 'O' => {
                         // Edit local file
                         if self.local.files.get(self.local.index).is_some() {
@@ -446,6 +453,13 @@ impl FileTransferActivity {
                         // Reload file entries
                         self.reload_remote_dir();
                     }
+                    'n' | 'N' => {
+                        // New file
+                        self.input_mode = InputMode::Popup(PopupType::Input(
+                            String::from("New file"),
+                            Self::callback_new_file,
+                        ));
+                    }
                     'o' | 'O' => {
                         // Edit remote file
                         if self.remote.files.get(self.remote.index).is_some() {