diff --git a/plugins/externaltools/data/run-command.tool.in b/plugins/externaltools/data/run-command.tool.in
index 6f08a62..a902b9a 100755
--- a/plugins/externaltools/data/run-command.tool.in
+++ b/plugins/externaltools/data/run-command.tool.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #TODO: use "mateconftool-2 -g /desktop/mate/applications/terminal/exec"
-exec `matedialog --entry --title="Run command - pluma" --text="Command to run"`
+exec `zenity --entry --title="Run command - pluma" --text="Command to run"`
diff --git a/plugins/externaltools/data/search-recursive.tool.in b/plugins/externaltools/data/search-recursive.tool.in
index 66bf874..3179d34 100755
--- a/plugins/externaltools/data/search-recursive.tool.in
+++ b/plugins/externaltools/data/search-recursive.tool.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
-SEARCHTEXT=`matedialog --entry --title="Search text on files" --text="Text to search"`
+SEARCHTEXT=`zenity --entry --title="Search text on files" --text="Text to search"`
 
 if [ ! "${#SEARCHTEXT}" = 0 ]; then