diff --git a/pd/nw/index.js b/pd/nw/index.js
index e0b0039d03a5a8de8b00d99b19dd692f32943cf4..b21cae3b086921e4315aeb7fc28e9c2092388e4d 100644
--- a/pd/nw/index.js
+++ b/pd/nw/index.js
@@ -705,7 +705,9 @@ function nw_create_pd_window_menus(gui, w) {
         }
     });
     minit(m.help.irc, {
-        click: function() { alert("Please link to the irc page") }
+        click: function() {
+            pdgui.external_doc_open("http://puredata.info/community/IRC");
+	}
     });
     minit(m.help.devtools, {
         click: function () {