diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index d86891328..ecdc05fdb 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const autoUpdater = require('electron-updater').autoUpdater
 const autoUpdaterInterval = 60 * 60 * 1000;
 const ipc = electron.ipcMain;
+const Menu = electron.Menu;
 
 app.setAppUserModelId('org.whispersystems.signal-desktop')
 
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ app.on('ready', function() {
     setInterval(function() { autoUpdater.checkForUpdates(); }, autoUpdaterInterval);
   }
 
+  let template = require('./menu.js');
+  const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(template)
+  Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu)
+
   createWindow();
 })
 
diff --git a/menu.js b/menu.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cefd0a8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/menu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+const {Menu} = require('electron')
+
+const template = [
+  {
+    label: 'Edit',
+    submenu: [
+      {
+        role: 'undo'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'redo'
+      },
+      {
+        type: 'separator'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'cut'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'copy'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'paste'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'pasteandmatchstyle'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'delete'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'selectall'
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    label: 'View',
+    submenu: [
+      {
+        role: 'reload'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'forcereload'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'toggledevtools'
+      },
+      {
+        type: 'separator'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'resetzoom'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'zoomin'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'zoomout'
+      },
+      {
+        type: 'separator'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'togglefullscreen'
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    role: 'window',
+    submenu: [
+      {
+        role: 'minimize'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'close'
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+]
+
+if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+  template.unshift({
+    submenu: [
+      {
+        role: 'about'
+      },
+      {
+        type: 'separator'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'hide'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'hideothers'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'unhide'
+      },
+      {
+        type: 'separator'
+      },
+      {
+        role: 'quit'
+      }
+    ]
+  })
+  // Edit menu.
+  template[1].submenu.push(
+    {
+      type: 'separator'
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'Speech',
+      submenu: [
+        {
+          role: 'startspeaking'
+        },
+        {
+          role: 'stopspeaking'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  )
+  // Window menu.
+  template[3].submenu = [
+    {
+      label: 'Close',
+      accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+W',
+      role: 'close'
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'Minimize',
+      accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+M',
+      role: 'minimize'
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'Zoom',
+      role: 'zoom'
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'separator'
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'Bring All to Front',
+      role: 'front'
+    }
+  ]
+}
+
+module.exports = template;