diff --git a/autoload/jedi.vim b/autoload/jedi.vim
index b4a4d16..1a78543 100644
--- a/autoload/jedi.vim
+++ b/autoload/jedi.vim
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ endfor
 
 let s:settings = {
     \ 'use_tabs_not_buffers': 1,
+    \ 'use_splits_not_buffers': "",
     \ 'auto_initialization': 1,
     \ 'auto_vim_configuration': 1,
     \ 'goto_assignments_command': "'<leader>g'",
diff --git a/doc/jedi-vim.txt b/doc/jedi-vim.txt
index c5ad8d6..af94571 100644
--- a/doc/jedi-vim.txt
+++ b/doc/jedi-vim.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Contents				*jedi-vim-contents*
     6.7. use_tabs_not_buffers		|g:jedi#use_tabs_not_buffers|
     6.8. squelch_py_warning		|g:jedi#squelch_py_warning|
     6.9. completions_enable		|g:jedi#completions_enable|
+    6.10. use_splits_not_buffers	|g:jedi#user_splits_not_buffers|
 7. Testing				|jedi-vim-testing|
 8. Contributing				|jedi-vim-contributing|
 9. License				|jedi-vim-license|
@@ -394,6 +395,15 @@ YCM).
 Options: 0 or 1
 Default: 1
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+6.9. `g:jedi#completions_enable`	*g:jedi#completions_enable*
+
+If you want to open new split for "go to", you could set this option to the
+direction which you want to open a split with.
+
+Options: top, left, right or bottom
+Default: "" (not enabled by default)
+
 ==============================================================================
 7. Testing				*jedi-vim-testing*
 
diff --git a/jedi_vim.py b/jedi_vim.py
index 1f1d056..df65cae 100644
--- a/jedi_vim.py
+++ b/jedi_vim.py
@@ -399,6 +399,24 @@ def new_buffer(path, options=''):
     # options are what you can to edit the edit options
     if vim_eval('g:jedi#use_tabs_not_buffers') == '1':
         _tabnew(path, options)
+    elif vim_eval('g:jedi#use_splits_not_buffers'):
+        user_split_option = vim_eval('g:jedi#use_splits_not_buffers')
+        split_options = [
+            'top',
+            'right',
+            'left',
+            'bottom'
+        ]
+        if user_split_option not in split_options:
+            print('g:jedi#use_splits_not_buffers value is not correct, valid options are: %s' % ','.join(split_options))
+        else:
+            VIM_SPLIT_COMMAND = {
+                'top': 'topleft split',
+                'left': 'topleft vsplit',
+                'right': 'botright vsplit',
+                'bottom': 'botright split'
+            }
+            vim_command(VIM_SPLIT_COMMAND[user_split_option] + " %s" % path)
     else:
         if vim_eval("!&hidden && &modified") == '1':
             if vim_eval("bufname('%')") is None: