autoload/lsp/options.vim |  2 ++
 autoload/lsp/symbol.vim  | 14 +++++++++++---
 doc/lsp.txt              | 11 ++++++++++-

diff --git a/autoload/lsp/options.vim b/autoload/lsp/options.vim
index 2a779d0927b8469ea8b4ad631286d8fe4c3601e7..b80b03dd9afe0e64a7d96033ff049d6238a2e3cd 100644
--- a/autoload/lsp/options.vim
+++ b/autoload/lsp/options.vim
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@   diagSignInfoText: 'I>',
   diagSignInfoTexthl: 'Pmenu',
   diagSignHintText: 'H>',
   diagSignHintTexthl: 'Question',
+  # ShowReferences in a quickfix list instead of a location list`
+  useQuickfixForLocations: false
 }
 
 # set the LSP plugin options from the user provided option values
diff --git a/autoload/lsp/symbol.vim b/autoload/lsp/symbol.vim
index db0b590ebf7591c0d3a8e0b7503a6641b396825c..4c99a2aa1996d9554efe1a273cc4409b8484b3c0 100644
--- a/autoload/lsp/symbol.vim
+++ b/autoload/lsp/symbol.vim
@@ -376,9 +376,17 @@ 			text: text})
   endfor
 
   var save_winid = win_getid()
-  setloclist(0, [], ' ', {title: title, items: qflist})
-  var mods: string = ''
-  exe $'{mods} lopen'
+
+  if opt.lspOptions.useQuickfixForLocations
+    setqflist([], ' ', {title: title, items: qflist})
+    var mods: string = ''
+    exe $'{mods} copen'
+  else
+    setloclist(0, [], ' ', {title: title, items: qflist})
+    var mods: string = ''
+    exe $'{mods} lopen'
+  endif
+
   if !opt.lspOptions.keepFocusInReferences
     save_winid->win_gotoid()
   endif
diff --git a/doc/lsp.txt b/doc/lsp.txt
index ed38318338ea5b2e59f18d8443c06e141711c2dc..394a72f52d0211347f887a3b2273886bb79b95f4 100644
--- a/doc/lsp.txt
+++ b/doc/lsp.txt
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ outlineOnRight		|Boolean| option.  Open the outline window on the
 			right side, by default this is false.
 outlineWinSize		|Number| option.  The size of the symbol Outline
 			window.  By default this is set to 20.
+useQuickfixForLocations	|Boolean| option.  Show |:LspShowReferences| in a
+			quickfix list instead of a location list.
+			By default this is set to false.
 showDiagInPopup		|Boolean| option.  When using the |:LspDiagCurrent|
 			command to display the diagnostic message for the
 			current line, use a popup window to display the
@@ -671,7 +674,13 @@
 						*:LspShowReferences*
 :LspShowReferences	Creates a new location list with the list of locations
 			where the symbol under the cursor is referenced and
-			opens the location window.
+			opens the location window.  If you want to show the
+			references in a quickfix list instead of in a location
+			list set >
+
+				call LspOptionsSet({'useQuickfixForLocations': v:true})
+<
+			Set '
 
 :LspShowServerCapabilities			*:LspShowServerCapabilities*
 			Display the list of language server capabilities for