diff --git a/gui/builtinViews/fittingView.py b/gui/builtinViews/fittingView.py
index 8df91591c..ce1fa44a7 100644
--- a/gui/builtinViews/fittingView.py
+++ b/gui/builtinViews/fittingView.py
@@ -668,6 +668,21 @@ class FittingView(d.Display):
                 contexts.append(fullContext)
         contexts.append(("fittingShip", _t("Ship") if not fit.isStructure else _t("Citadel")))
 
+        # Check if shift is held for direct skills menu access
+        if wx.GetKeyState(wx.WXK_SHIFT):
+            from gui.builtinContextMenus.skillAffectors import ChangeAffectingSkills
+            for fullContext in contexts:
+                srcContext = fullContext[0]
+                itemContext = fullContext[1] if len(fullContext) > 1 else None
+                skillsMenu = ChangeAffectingSkills()
+                if skillsMenu.display(self, srcContext, mainMod):
+                    # Create the submenu directly
+                    rootMenu = wx.Menu()
+                    sub = skillsMenu.getSubMenu(self, srcContext, mainMod, rootMenu, 0, None)
+                    if sub:
+                        self.PopupMenu(sub)
+                        return
+
         menu = ContextMenu.getMenu(self, mainMod, selection, *contexts)
         self.PopupMenu(menu)