diff --git a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.properties b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.properties
index de0ff3f8491..27020f95899 100644
--- a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.properties
+++ b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.properties
@@ -13,3 +13,8 @@ providerName=Eclipse.org
 
 LocalCDTLaunch.name= C/C++ Local
 CoreFileCDTLaunch.name= C/C++ Postmortem debugger
+
+CApplicationShortcut.label=C Local Application
+ContextualRunJavaApplication.label=Run C Local Application
+ContextualDebugJavaApplication.label=Debug C Local Application
+
diff --git a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.xml b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.xml
index 197d1145948..06f78003658 100644
--- a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.xml
+++ b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/plugin.xml
@@ -73,11 +73,21 @@
    <extension
          point="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchShortcuts">
       <shortcut
-            label="C Local Application"
+            label="%CApplicationShortcut.label"
             icon="icons/c_app.gif"
             modes="run, debug"
+            filterClass="org.eclipse.cdt.launch.internal.CApplicationLaunchShortcut"
             class="org.eclipse.cdt.launch.internal.CApplicationLaunchShortcut"
             id="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui.localCShortcut">
+         <filter
+             name="ContextualLaunchActionFilter"
+             value="supportsContextualLaunch"/>
+         <contextLabel
+             mode="run"
+             label="%ContextualRunJavaApplication.label"/>
+         <contextLabel
+             mode="debug"
+             label="%ContextualDebugJavaApplication.label"/>
          <perspective
                id="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.CPerspective">
          </perspective>
diff --git a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/internal/CApplicationLaunchShortcut.java b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/internal/CApplicationLaunchShortcut.java
index 4cdf80a20fd..33443777a65 100644
--- a/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/internal/CApplicationLaunchShortcut.java
+++ b/launch/org.eclipse.cdt.launch/src/org/eclipse/cdt/launch/internal/CApplicationLaunchShortcut.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.CoreModel;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.IBinary;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.ICElement;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.ICProject;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.CDebugCorePlugin;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.ICDTLaunchConfigurationConstants;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.launch.AbstractCLaunchDelegate;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.launch.internal.ui.LaunchUIPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.CElementLabelProvider;
 import org.eclipse.core.boot.BootLoader;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunchConfigurationWorkingCopy;
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunchManager;
 import org.eclipse.debug.ui.DebugUITools;
 import org.eclipse.debug.ui.IDebugModelPresentation;
+import org.eclipse.debug.ui.ILaunchFilter;
 import org.eclipse.debug.ui.ILaunchShortcut;
 import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.MessageDialog;
 import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.ProgressMonitorDialog;
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ import org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.TwoPaneElementSelector;
 
 /**
  */
-public class CApplicationLaunchShortcut implements ILaunchShortcut {
+public class CApplicationLaunchShortcut implements ILaunchShortcut, ILaunchFilter {
 
 	/**
 	 * @see org.eclipse.debug.ui.ILaunchShortcut#launch(IEditorPart, String)
@@ -288,8 +291,8 @@ public class CApplicationLaunchShortcut implements ILaunchShortcut {
 				if (element instanceof IBinary) {
 					IBinary bin = (IBinary)element;
 					StringBuffer name = new StringBuffer();
-					name.append(bin.getCPU() + (bin.isLittleEndian() ? "le" : "be"));
-					name.append(" - ");
+					name.append(bin.getCPU() + (bin.isLittleEndian() ? "le" : "be")); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+					name.append(" - "); //$NON-NLS-1$
 					name.append(bin.getPath().toString());
 					return name.toString();
 				}
@@ -385,4 +388,27 @@ public class CApplicationLaunchShortcut implements ILaunchShortcut {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.debug.ui.ILaunchFilter#testAttribute(org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
+	 */
+	public boolean testAttribute(IResource target, String name, String value) {
+		if ("ContextualLaunchActionFilter".equals(name)) { //$NON-NLS-1$
+			return isExecutable(target);
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Look for executable.
+	 * @return true if the target resource has a <code>main</code> method,
+	 * <code>false</code> otherwise.
+	 */
+	private boolean isExecutable(IResource target) {
+		ICElement celement = null;
+		if (target instanceof IFile) {
+			celement = CoreModel.getDefault().create(target);
+		}
+		return (celement != null && celement instanceof IBinary);
+	}
+
 }