diff --git a/data/gui/plugins_window.ui b/data/gui/plugins_window.ui
index 2562cf9e6..c3ed73363 100644
--- a/data/gui/plugins_window.ui
+++ b/data/gui/plugins_window.ui
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- Generated with glade 3.18.3 -->
+<!-- Generated with glade 3.20.0 -->
 <interface>
   <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.12"/>
   <object class="GtkImage" id="image1">
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <property name="default_height">500</property>
     <property name="type_hint">dialog</property>
     <signal name="destroy" handler="on_plugins_window_destroy" swapped="no"/>
+    <signal name="key-press-event" handler="on_key_press_event" swapped="no"/>
     <child>
       <object class="GtkBox" id="vbox1">
         <property name="visible">True</property>
@@ -218,9 +219,9 @@
                           <object class="GtkLinkButton" id="plugin_homepage_linkbutton">
                             <property name="visible">True</property>
                             <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                            <property name="focus_on_click">False</property>
                             <property name="receives_default">True</property>
                             <property name="relief">none</property>
-                            <property name="focus_on_click">False</property>
                             <property name="xalign">0</property>
                           </object>
                           <packing>
diff --git a/src/plugins/gui.py b/src/plugins/gui.py
index b9382f6f8..08e8074f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gui.py
+++ b/src/plugins/gui.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ __all__ = ['PluginsWindow']
 from gi.repository import Pango
 from gi.repository import Gtk
 from gi.repository import GdkPixbuf
-from gi.repository import GLib
+from gi.repository import GLib, Gdk
 import os
 
 import gtkgui_helpers
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ class PluginsWindow(object):
         self.window.show_all()
         gtkgui_helpers.possibly_move_window_in_current_desktop(self.window)
 
+    def on_key_press_event(self, widget, event):
+        if event.keyval == Gdk.KEY_Escape:
+            self.window.destroy()
 
     def on_plugins_notebook_switch_page(self, widget, page, page_num):
         GLib.idle_add(self.xml.get_object('close_button').grab_focus)