diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/components/datatable.component.html b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/components/datatable.component.html
index 48405ffa97..159fb181cf 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/components/datatable.component.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/components/datatable.component.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
         <td *ngFor="#col of data.columns" [ngSwitch]="col.type"
             class="mdl-data-table__cell--non-numeric data-cell {{col.cssClass}}"
-            (click)="onRowClicked(row, $event)">
+            (click)="onRowClick(row, $event)" (dblclick)="onRowDblClick(row, $event)">
             <div *ngSwitchWhen="'image'">
                 <i *ngIf="isIconValue(row, col)" class="material-icons folder-thumbnail">{{asIconValue(row, col)}}</i>
                 <img *ngIf="!isIconValue(row, col)" class="document-thumbnail" alt="" src="{{data.getValue(row, col)}}">
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/components/datatable.component.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/components/datatable.component.ts
index 30660d1dc3..334dcbd01b 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/components/datatable.component.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-datatable/src/components/datatable.component.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ export class DataTableComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewChecked {
     data: DataTableAdapter;
 
     @Output()
-    onRowClick: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
+    rowClick: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
+
+    @Output()
+    rowDblClick: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
 
     ngOnInit() {
         if (this.data) {
@@ -64,12 +67,22 @@ export class DataTableComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewChecked {
         }
     }
 
-    onRowClicked(row: DataRow, e?) {
+    onRowClick(row: DataRow, e?) {
         if (e) {
             e.preventDefault();
         }
 
-        this.onRowClick.emit({
+        this.rowClick.emit({
+            value: row
+        });
+    }
+
+    onRowDblClick(row: DataRow, e?) {
+        if (e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+        }
+
+        this.rowDblClick.emit({
             value: row
         });
     }