diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp b/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp
index 281e1796..f56b7f0a 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <system_error>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ struct Editor::Impl : EditorController::Receiver, IControlListener {
     enum {
         kTagLoadSfzFile,
         kTagEditSfzFile,
+        kTagCreateNewSfzFile,
         kTagOpenSfzFolder,
         kTagPreviousSfzFile,
         kTagNextSfzFile,
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ struct Editor::Impl : EditorController::Receiver, IControlListener {
     }
 
     void chooseSfzFile();
+    void createNewSfzFile();
     void changeSfzFile(const std::string& filePath);
     void changeToNextSfzFile(long offset);
     void chooseScalaFile();
@@ -849,6 +852,7 @@ void Editor::Impl::createFrameContents()
     if (SActionMenu* menu = fileOperationsMenu_) {
         menu->addEntry("Load file", kTagLoadSfzFile);
         menu->addEntry("Edit file", kTagEditSfzFile);
+        menu->addEntry("Create new file", kTagCreateNewSfzFile);
         menu->addEntry("Open SFZ folder", kTagOpenSfzFolder);
     }
 
@@ -914,6 +918,44 @@ void Editor::Impl::chooseSfzFile()
     }
 }
 
+///
+static const char defaultSfzText[] =
+    "<region>sample=*sine" "\n"
+    "ampeg_attack=0.02 ampeg_release=0.1" "\n";
+
+static void createDefaultSfzFileIfNotExisting(const fs::path& path)
+{
+    if (!fs::exists(path))
+        fs::ofstream { path } << defaultSfzText;
+}
+
+///
+void Editor::Impl::createNewSfzFile()
+{
+    SharedPointer<CNewFileSelector> fs = owned(CNewFileSelector::create(frame_, CNewFileSelector::kSelectSaveFile));
+
+    fs->setTitle("Create SFZ file");
+    fs->setDefaultExtension(CFileExtension("SFZ", "sfz"));
+
+    std::string initialDir = getFileChooserInitialDir(currentSfzFile_);
+    if (!initialDir.empty())
+        fs->setInitialDirectory(initialDir.c_str());
+
+    if (fs->runModal()) {
+        UTF8StringPtr file = fs->getSelectedFile(0);
+        std::string fileStr;
+        if (file && !absl::EndsWithIgnoreCase(file, ".sfz")) {
+            fileStr = std::string(file) + ".sfz";
+            file = fileStr.c_str();
+        }
+        if (file) {
+            createDefaultSfzFileIfNotExisting(fs::u8path(file));
+            changeSfzFile(file);
+            openFileInExternalEditor(file);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void Editor::Impl::changeSfzFile(const std::string& filePath)
 {
     ctrl_->uiSendValue(EditId::SfzFile, filePath);
@@ -1322,6 +1364,13 @@ void Editor::Impl::valueChanged(CControl* ctl)
             openFileInExternalEditor(currentSfzFile_.c_str());
         break;
 
+    case kTagCreateNewSfzFile:
+        if (value != 1)
+            break;
+
+        createNewSfzFile();
+        break;
+
     case kTagOpenSfzFolder:
         if (value != 1)
             break;