diff --git a/briar-gtk/briar_gtk/actions/application.py b/briar-gtk/briar_gtk/actions/application.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..56baf547e8c52347f108fe32ca13bef25c961689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/briar-gtk/briar_gtk/actions/application.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Cedric Bellegarde <cedric.bellegarde@adishatz.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Nico Alt
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+# License-Filename: LICENSE.md
+#
+# Initial version based on GNOME Lollypop
+# https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/lollypop/blob/1.2.20/lollypop/application_actions.py
+
+from gi.repository import Gio
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class ApplicationActions:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._setup_actions()
+
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
+    def _setup_actions(self):
+
+        quit_action = Gio.SimpleAction.new("quit", None)
+        quit_action.connect("activate", self._quit)
+        self.set_accels_for_action("app.quit", ["<Ctrl>q"])
+        self.add_action(quit_action)
+
+    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def _quit(self, action, parameter):
+        self.quit()
diff --git a/briar-gtk/briar_gtk/application.py b/briar-gtk/briar_gtk/application.py
index ffab17446a6eb7e3836ebb34453f81b21b14a2e7..84dbc92a165a871c5a56f57dac783dab8c201c49 100644
--- a/briar-gtk/briar_gtk/application.py
+++ b/briar-gtk/briar_gtk/application.py
@@ -13,16 +13,18 @@ from gi.repository import Gdk, Gio, GLib, Gtk
 
 from briar_wrapper.api import Api
 
+from briar_gtk.actions.application import ApplicationActions
 from briar_gtk.define import APPLICATION_ID, APPLICATION_NAME
 from briar_gtk.define import APPLICATION_STYLING_PATH, BRIAR_HEADLESS_JAR
 from briar_gtk.window import Window
 
 
-class Application(Gtk.Application):
+class Application(Gtk.Application, ApplicationActions):
 
     def __init__(self):
         Application._set_application_name(APPLICATION_NAME)
         super().__init__(application_id=APPLICATION_ID)
+        ApplicationActions.__init__(self)
 
     # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
     def do_startup(self):