diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/terminal/JBTerminalPanel.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/terminal/JBTerminalPanel.java
index 901be31af7d1..ff3cae393088 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/terminal/JBTerminalPanel.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/terminal/JBTerminalPanel.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileDocumentManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ide.CopyPasteManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareAction;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.LocalFileSystem;
 import com.intellij.util.JBHiDPIScaledImage;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ public class JBTerminalPanel extends TerminalPanel implements FocusListener, Ter
       for (AnAction action : actionsToSkip) {
         for (Shortcut sc : action.getShortcutSet().getShortcuts()) {
           if (sc.isKeyboard() && sc.startsWith(eventShortcut)) {
+            if (!Registry.is("terminal.Ctrl-E.opens.RecentFiles.popup", false) && 
+                IdeActions.ACTION_RECENT_FILES.equals(ActionManager.getInstance().getId(action))) {
+              if (e.getModifiersEx() == InputEvent.CTRL_DOWN_MASK && e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_E) {
+                return false;
+              }
+            }
             return true;
           }
         }
diff --git a/plugins/terminal/resources/META-INF/terminal.xml b/plugins/terminal/resources/META-INF/terminal.xml
index aa215ec3d823..c638bb9de9fc 100644
--- a/plugins/terminal/resources/META-INF/terminal.xml
+++ b/plugins/terminal/resources/META-INF/terminal.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
     <projectService serviceImplementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.terminal.arrangement.TerminalArrangementManager"/>
     <statistics.counterUsagesCollector groupId="terminalShell" version="1"/>
+
+    <registryKey key="terminal.Ctrl-E.opens.RecentFiles.popup" defaultValue="false"
+                 description="Ctrl+E in terminal opens 'Recent Files' popup on Linux/Windows"/>
   </extensions>
 
   <project-components>