diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2645b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * For Filelist Plugin
+ *
+ * @author joachimmueller
+ */
+
+/*
+ * run on document load, setup everything we need
+ */
+jQuery(function () {
+    "use strict";
+
+    // CONFIG
+
+    // these 2 variable determine popup's distance from the cursor
+    // you might want to adjust to get the right result
+    var xOffset = 10;
+    var yOffset = 30;
+
+    // END CONFIG
+
+    jQuery("img.filelist_preview").hover(function (e) {
+        this.t = this.title;
+        this.title = "";
+
+        var c;
+        if (this.t !== "") {
+            c = "<br/>" + this.t;
+        } else {
+            c = "";
+        }
+        jQuery("body").append("<p id='__filelist_preview'><img src='" + this.src + "' alt='Image preview' />" + c + "</p>");
+        jQuery("#__filelist_preview")
+            .css("top", (e.pageY - xOffset) + "px")
+            .css("left", (e.pageX + yOffset) + "px")
+            .css("max-width", "300px")
+            .css("max-height", "300px")
+            .css("position", "absolute")
+            .fadeIn("fast");
+    }, function () {
+        this.title = this.t;
+        jQuery("#__filelist_preview").remove();
+    });
+    jQuery("img.filelist_preview").mousemove(function (e) {
+        jQuery("#__filelist_preview")
+            .css("top", (e.pageY - xOffset) + "px")
+            .css("left", (e.pageX + yOffset) + "px")
+            .css("position", "absolute");
+    });
+});
diff --git a/syntax.php b/syntax.php
index 7e1e83b..cc82c2b 100644
--- a/syntax.php
+++ b/syntax.php
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class syntax_plugin_filelist extends DokuWiki_Syntax_Plugin {
             'showsize' => 0,
             'showdate' => 0,
             'listsep' => '", "',
+            'onhover' => 0,
         );
         foreach($flags as $flag) {
             list($name, $value) = explode('=', $flag);
@@ -517,7 +518,11 @@ class syntax_plugin_filelist extends DokuWiki_Syntax_Plugin {
             if ($previewsize == 0) {
                 $previewsize = 32;
             }
-            $renderer->doc .= '<img style=" max-height: '.$previewsize.'px; max-width: '.$previewsize.'px;" src="'.$imgLink.'">';
+            $imgclass = '';
+            if ($params['onhover']) {
+                $imgclass = 'class="filelist_preview"';
+            }
+            $renderer->doc .= '<img '.$imgclass.' style=" max-height: '.$previewsize.'px; max-width: '.$previewsize.'px;" src="'.$imgLink.'">';
         }
     }