diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b6c5291bcb..59da38137df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 - We added an exporter and improved the importer for Endnote XML format. [#11137](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/11137)
 - We added support for using BibTeX Style files (BST) in the Preview. [#11102](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/11102)
 - We added support for automatically update LaTeX citations when a LaTeX file is created, removed, or modified. [#10585](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10585)
+- We added the ability to add the current selection to a newly created group. [#11449](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/11449)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialog.fxml b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialog.fxml
index 02b19876250..cb26bcf91e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialog.fxml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialog.fxml
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
                             <Tooltip text="%Group containing entries cited in a given TeX file"/>
                         </tooltip>
                     </RadioButton>
+                    <RadioButton fx:id="selectionRadioButton" toggleGroup="$type" wrapText="true"
+                                 text="%Current selection">
+                        <tooltip>
+                            <Tooltip text="%Group all entries currently selected"/>
+                        </tooltip>
+                    </RadioButton>
                 </VBox>
                 <Separator orientation="VERTICAL"/>
                 <StackPane HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS">
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogView.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogView.java
index b06c26503b1..4a0d72e0cd3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogView.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.jabref.logic.help.HelpFile;
 import org.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization;
 import org.jabref.model.database.BibDatabaseContext;
+import org.jabref.model.entry.BibEntry;
 import org.jabref.model.groups.AbstractGroup;
 import org.jabref.model.groups.GroupHierarchyType;
 import org.jabref.model.groups.GroupTreeNode;
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ public class GroupDialogView extends BaseDialog<AbstractGroup> {
     @FXML private RadioButton searchRadioButton;
     @FXML private RadioButton autoRadioButton;
     @FXML private RadioButton texRadioButton;
+    @FXML private RadioButton selectionRadioButton;
 
     // Option Groups
     @FXML private TextField keywordGroupSearchTerm;
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ public class GroupDialogView extends BaseDialog<AbstractGroup> {
     private final BibDatabaseContext currentDatabase;
     private final @Nullable GroupTreeNode parentNode;
     private final @Nullable AbstractGroup editedGroup;
+    private final List<BibEntry> selectedEntries;
 
     private GroupDialogViewModel viewModel;
 
@@ -119,10 +122,12 @@ public class GroupDialogView extends BaseDialog<AbstractGroup> {
     public GroupDialogView(BibDatabaseContext currentDatabase,
                            @Nullable GroupTreeNode parentNode,
                            @Nullable AbstractGroup editedGroup,
-                           GroupDialogHeader groupDialogHeader) {
+                           GroupDialogHeader groupDialogHeader,
+                           List<BibEntry> selectedEntries) {
         this.currentDatabase = currentDatabase;
         this.parentNode = parentNode;
         this.editedGroup = editedGroup;
+        this.selectedEntries = selectedEntries;
 
         ViewLoader.view(this)
                   .load()
@@ -172,7 +177,7 @@ public GroupDialogView(BibDatabaseContext currentDatabase,
 
     @FXML
     public void initialize() {
-        viewModel = new GroupDialogViewModel(dialogService, currentDatabase, preferencesService, editedGroup, parentNode, fileUpdateMonitor);
+        viewModel = new GroupDialogViewModel(dialogService, currentDatabase, preferencesService, editedGroup, parentNode, fileUpdateMonitor, selectedEntries);
 
         setResultConverter(viewModel::resultConverter);
 
@@ -200,6 +205,8 @@ public void initialize() {
         searchRadioButton.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.typeSearchProperty());
         autoRadioButton.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.typeAutoProperty());
         texRadioButton.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.typeTexProperty());
+        selectionRadioButton.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.typeSelectionProperty());
+        selectionRadioButton.disableProperty().bind(viewModel.entriesAreSelectedProperty().not());
 
         keywordGroupSearchTerm.textProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.keywordGroupSearchTermProperty());
         keywordGroupSearchField.textProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.keywordGroupSearchFieldProperty());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogViewModel.java
index 73f671e65e2..20cee1d176a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogViewModel.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.jabref.logic.util.io.FileUtil;
 import org.jabref.model.database.BibDatabase;
 import org.jabref.model.database.BibDatabaseContext;
+import org.jabref.model.entry.BibEntry;
 import org.jabref.model.entry.Keyword;
 import org.jabref.model.entry.field.FieldFactory;
 import org.jabref.model.groups.AbstractGroup;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ public class GroupDialogViewModel {
     private final BooleanProperty typeSearchProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
     private final BooleanProperty typeAutoProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
     private final BooleanProperty typeTexProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
+    private final BooleanProperty typeSelectionProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
 
     // Option Groups
     private final StringProperty keywordGroupSearchTermProperty = new SimpleStringProperty("");
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ public class GroupDialogViewModel {
     private final StringProperty autoGroupPersonsFieldProperty = new SimpleStringProperty("");
 
     private final StringProperty texGroupFilePathProperty = new SimpleStringProperty("");
+    private final BooleanProperty entriesAreSelected = new SimpleBooleanProperty(false);
 
     private Validator nameValidator;
     private Validator nameContainsDelimiterValidator;
@@ -112,24 +115,38 @@ public class GroupDialogViewModel {
     private final AbstractGroup editedGroup;
     private final GroupTreeNode parentNode;
     private final FileUpdateMonitor fileUpdateMonitor;
+    private final List<BibEntry> selectedEntries;
 
     public GroupDialogViewModel(DialogService dialogService,
                                 BibDatabaseContext currentDatabase,
                                 PreferencesService preferencesService,
                                 @Nullable AbstractGroup editedGroup,
                                 @Nullable GroupTreeNode parentNode,
-                                FileUpdateMonitor fileUpdateMonitor) {
+                                FileUpdateMonitor fileUpdateMonitor,
+                                List<BibEntry> selectedEntries) {
         this.dialogService = dialogService;
         this.preferencesService = preferencesService;
         this.currentDatabase = currentDatabase;
         this.editedGroup = editedGroup;
         this.parentNode = parentNode;
         this.fileUpdateMonitor = fileUpdateMonitor;
+        this.selectedEntries = selectedEntries;
 
         setupValidation();
         setValues();
     }
 
+    public GroupDialogViewModel(
+            DialogService dialogService,
+            BibDatabaseContext currentDatabase,
+            PreferencesService preferencesService,
+            @Nullable AbstractGroup editedGroup,
+            @Nullable GroupTreeNode parentNode,
+            FileUpdateMonitor fileUpdateMonitor
+    ) {
+        this(dialogService, currentDatabase, preferencesService, editedGroup, parentNode, fileUpdateMonitor, new ArrayList<>());
+    }
+
     private void setupValidation() {
         validator = new CompositeValidator();
 
@@ -371,6 +388,14 @@ public AbstractGroup resultConverter(ButtonType button) {
                         new DefaultAuxParser(new BibDatabase()),
                         fileUpdateMonitor,
                         currentDatabase.getMetaData());
+            } else if (typeSelectionProperty.getValue()) {
+                ExplicitGroup tempResultingGroup = new ExplicitGroup(
+                        groupName,
+                        groupHierarchySelectedProperty.getValue(),
+                        preferencesService.getBibEntryPreferences().getKeywordSeparator()
+                );
+                tempResultingGroup.add(selectedEntries);
+                resultingGroup = tempResultingGroup;
             }
 
             if (resultingGroup != null) {
@@ -405,7 +430,16 @@ public void setValues() {
                           .ifPresent(iconProperty::setValue);
                 parentNode.getGroup().getColor().ifPresent(color -> colorUseProperty.setValue(true));
             }
-            typeExplicitProperty.setValue(true);
+            if (!selectedEntries.isEmpty()) {
+                entriesAreSelected.setValue(true);
+                if (selectedEntries.size() > 1) {
+                    typeSelectionProperty.setValue(true);
+                } else {
+                    typeExplicitProperty.setValue(true);
+                }
+            } else {
+                typeExplicitProperty.setValue(true);
+            }
             groupHierarchySelectedProperty.setValue(preferencesService.getGroupsPreferences().getDefaultHierarchicalContext());
             autoGroupKeywordsOptionProperty.setValue(Boolean.TRUE);
         } else {
@@ -587,6 +621,10 @@ public BooleanProperty typeTexProperty() {
         return typeTexProperty;
     }
 
+    public BooleanProperty typeSelectionProperty() {
+        return typeSelectionProperty;
+    }
+
     public StringProperty keywordGroupSearchTermProperty() {
         return keywordGroupSearchTermProperty;
     }
@@ -638,4 +676,8 @@ public StringProperty autoGroupPersonsFieldProperty() {
     public StringProperty texGroupFilePathProperty() {
         return texGroupFilePathProperty;
     }
+
+    public BooleanProperty entriesAreSelectedProperty() {
+        return entriesAreSelected;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeView.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeView.java
index a200d03c045..814ae2ed4e8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeView.java
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ private void updateSelection(List<TreeItem<GroupNodeViewModel>> newSelectedGroup
     }
 
     private void selectNode(GroupNodeViewModel value) {
-        selectNode(value, false);
+        selectNode(value, true);
     }
 
     private void selectNode(GroupNodeViewModel value, boolean expandParents) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeViewModel.java
index de0c579699b..4dbbc4d68f4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupTreeViewModel.java
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ public void addNewSubgroup(GroupNodeViewModel parent, GroupDialogHeader groupDia
                     database,
                     parent.getGroupNode(),
                     null,
-                    groupDialogHeader));
+                    groupDialogHeader,
+                    stateManager.getSelectedEntries()
+            ));
 
             newGroup.ifPresent(group -> {
                 parent.addSubgroup(group);
@@ -260,7 +262,9 @@ public void editGroup(GroupNodeViewModel oldGroup) {
                     database,
                     oldGroup.getGroupNode().getParent().orElse(null),
                     oldGroup.getGroupNode().getGroup(),
-                    GroupDialogHeader.SUBGROUP));
+                    GroupDialogHeader.SUBGROUP,
+                    stateManager.getSelectedEntries()
+            ));
             newGroup.ifPresent(group -> {
 
                 AbstractGroup oldGroupDef = oldGroup.getGroupNode().getGroup();
diff --git a/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties b/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
index 70307993aca..e4f5facb83f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
@@ -2649,3 +2649,5 @@ Note\:\ The\ study\ directory\ should\ be\ empty.=Note: The study directory shou
 Warning\:\ The\ selected\ directory\ is\ not\ empty.=Warning: The selected directory is not empty.
 Warning\:\ Failed\ to\ check\ if\ the\ directory\ is\ empty.=Warning: Failed to check if the directory is empty.
 Warning\:\ The\ selected\ directory\ is\ not\ a\ valid\ directory.=Warning: The selected directory is not a valid directory.
+Current\ selection=Current selection
+Group\ all\ entries\ currently\ selected=Group all entries currently selected