diff --git a/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/messages_de.properties b/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/messages_de.properties
index ee18c3c0dc..d9dd96faa1 100644
--- a/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/messages_de.properties
+++ b/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/messages_de.properties
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ component.mods.metaData.options.addFile                 = Hinzuf\u00FCgen einer
 component.mods.metaData.options.delDerivate             = L\u00F6schen dieses Datenobjektes
 component.mods.metaData.options.derivateLocked          = Bearbeitung wg. PI gesperrt
 component.mods.metaData.options.updateDerivateName      = Dateibereich verwalten
+component.mods.metaData.options.startmets               = im METS-Editor \u00F6ffnen
 component.mods.metaData.options.zip                     = als Zip speichern
 component.pi.register.DNBURN                            = URN registrieren
 component.pi.register.Datacite                          = DOI registrieren
diff --git a/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/messages_en.properties b/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/messages_en.properties
index 5893e73ab7..4714cdec11 100644
--- a/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/messages_en.properties
+++ b/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/messages_en.properties
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ component.mods.metaData.dictionary.tocLayout            = Table of Contents layo
 component.mods.metaData.options.addFile                 = Add a file
 component.mods.metaData.options.delDerivate             = Delete this data object
 component.mods.metaData.options.derivateLocked          = locked due to PI
+component.mods.metaData.options.startmets               = open in METS editor
 component.mods.metaData.options.updateDerivateName      = Manage file space
 component.mods.metaData.options.zip                     = save as Zip
 component.pi.register.DNBURN                            = register URN
diff --git a/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/mycore.properties b/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/mycore.properties
index cbde3e7969..0cc60ba77f 100644
--- a/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/mycore.properties
+++ b/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/mycore.properties
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ MCR.ContentTransformer.mets-dfg.Stylesheet=xsl/mets/mets-dfg.xsl
 # MIR.DFGViewer.DV.OwnerSiteURL=
 # MIR.DFGViewer.DV.OPAC.CATALOG.URL=http://uri.gbv.de/document/opac-de-84:ppn:{PPN}
 
+##############################################################################
+# Configure METSEditor                                                       #
+##############################################################################
+MIR.METSEditor.enable=false
+
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Configure Hibernate Mappings                                               #
diff --git a/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/modsdetails-external.xsl b/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/modsdetails-external.xsl
index 57630f935b..57a456d3df 100644
--- a/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/modsdetails-external.xsl
+++ b/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/modsdetails-external.xsl
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
                 xmlns:imageware="org.mycore.mir.imageware.MIRImageWarePacker"
                 xmlns:pi="xalan://org.mycore.pi.frontend.MCRIdentifierXSLUtils"
                 xmlns:piUtil="xalan://org.mycore.pi.frontend.MCRIdentifierXSLUtils"
-                exclude-result-prefixes="basket xalan xlink mcr i18n mods mcrmods mcrxsl str encoder acl imageware pi piUtil"
+                xmlns:iview2="xalan://org.mycore.iview2.services.MCRIView2Tools"
+                exclude-result-prefixes="basket xalan xlink mcr i18n mods mcrmods mcrxsl str encoder acl imageware pi piUtil iview2"
                 xmlns:ex="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times"
                 xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common"
                 extension-element-prefixes="ex exslt"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 
   <xsl:param name="MIR.registerDOI" select="''" />
   <xsl:param name="MIR.registerURN" select="'true'" />
+  <xsl:param name="MIR.METSEditor.enable" select="'false'" />
   <xsl:param name="template" select="'fixme'" />
 
   <xsl:param name="MCR.Packaging.Packer.ImageWare.FlagType" />
@@ -719,6 +721,13 @@
               </a>
             </li>
             </xsl:if>
+            <xsl:if test="key('rights', $deriv)/@write and iview2:getSupportedMainFile($deriv) and normalize-space($MIR.METSEditor.enable)='true'">
+              <li>
+                <a href="{$WebApplicationBaseURL}rsc/mets/editor/start/{$deriv}" class="option startmets dropdown-item">
+                  <xsl:value-of select="i18n:translate('component.mods.metaData.options.startmets')" />
+                </a>
+              </li>
+            </xsl:if>
             <xsl:if test="key('rights', $deriv)/@read">
               <li>
                 <a href="{$ServletsBaseURL}MCRZipServlet/{$deriv}" class="option downloadzip dropdown-item">