diff --git a/src/vs/platform/actions/common/menusExtensionPoint.ts b/src/vs/platform/actions/common/menusExtensionPoint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59c845702b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/platform/actions/common/menusExtensionPoint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+'use strict';
+
+import {localize} from 'vs/nls';
+import {IJSONSchema} from 'vs/base/common/jsonSchema';
+import {IExtensionMessageCollector, ExtensionsRegistry} from 'vs/platform/extensions/common/extensionsRegistry';
+
+namespace schema {
+
+	export function isValidLocation(location: string, collector: IExtensionMessageCollector): boolean {
+		switch (location) {
+			case 'editor/primary':
+			case 'editor/secondary':
+				return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	export function isValidMenuItem(item: MenuItem, collector: IExtensionMessageCollector): boolean {
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	export function isValidMenus(menu: Menus, collector: IExtensionMessageCollector): boolean {
+
+		for (let key in menu) {
+			if (menu.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+				let value = <MenuItem[]> menu[key];
+				if (!isValidLocation(key, collector)) {
+					collector.warn(localize('invalid', "`{0}` is not a valid menu location", key));
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				if (!Array.isArray(value)) {
+					collector.error(localize('optstring', "property `{0}` can be omitted or must be of type `Array`", key));
+					return false;
+				}
+
+				for (let item of value) {
+					if (!isValidMenuItem(item, collector)) {
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	export const menus = <IJSONSchema>{
+
+	};
+}
+
+export interface MenuItem {
+	command: string;
+	alt: string;
+}
+
+export interface Menus {
+	'editor/primary': MenuItem[];
+	'editor/secondary': MenuItem[];
+}
+
+ExtensionsRegistry.registerExtensionPoint<Menus>('menus', schema.menus).setHandler(extensions => {
+	for (let extension of extensions) {
+		const {value} = extension;
+
+		if (schema.isValidMenus(value, extension.collector)) {
+			for (var key in value) {
+				if (value.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+					MenusRegistry.registerMenuItems(MenuLocations.fromString(key), value[key]);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+});
+
+export enum MenuLocations {
+	EditorPrimary = 0,
+	EditorSecondary = 1
+}
+
+export namespace MenuLocations {
+	export function fromString(value: string): MenuLocations {
+		switch (value) {
+			case 'editor/primary': return MenuLocations.EditorPrimary;
+			case 'editor/secondary': return MenuLocations.EditorSecondary;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export interface IMenuRegistry {
+	registerMenuItems(location: MenuLocations, items: MenuItem[]): void;
+	getMenuItems(location: MenuLocations): MenuItem[];
+}
+
+export const MenusRegistry: IMenuRegistry = new class {
+
+	private _values: { [location: number]: MenuItem[] } = Object.create(null);
+
+	registerMenuItems(location: MenuLocations, items: MenuItem[]): void {
+		let array = this._values[location];
+		if (array) {
+			array.push(...items);
+		} else {
+			this._values[location] = items;
+		}
+	}
+
+	getMenuItems(location: MenuLocations): MenuItem[] {
+		return this._values[location];
+	}
+};
+
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/workbench.main.ts b/src/vs/workbench/workbench.main.ts
index 489914e4be0..f6b3e7f647a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/workbench.main.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/workbench.main.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ import 'vs/editor/browser/editor.all';
 // Languages
 import 'vs/languages/languages.main';
 
+// Extension Points
+import 'vs/platform/actions/common/menusExtensionPoint';
+
 // Workbench
 import 'vs/workbench/browser/actions/toggleStatusbarVisibility';
 import 'vs/workbench/browser/actions/toggleSidebarVisibility';