diff --git a/app/controllers/metadata_controller.rb b/app/controllers/metadata_controller.rb
index ccde4cd1b79..ce6f1f85c61 100644
--- a/app/controllers/metadata_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/metadata_controller.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,57 @@ class MetadataController < ApplicationController
           title: "title",
           text: "body"
         }
-      }
+      },
+      shortcuts: [
+        {
+          name: I18n.t('js.topic.create_long'),
+          short_name: I18n.t('js.topic.create'),
+          url: "/new-topic",
+          icons: [
+            {
+              src: ActionController::Base.helpers.image_url("push-notifications/check.png"),
+              sizes: "128x128",
+              type: "image/png"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          name: I18n.t('js.user.messages.inbox'),
+          short_name: I18n.t('js.user.messages.inbox'),
+          url: "/my/messages",
+          icons: [
+            {
+              src: ActionController::Base.helpers.image_url("push-notifications/private_message.png"),
+              sizes: "128x128",
+              type: "image/png"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          name: I18n.t('js.user.bookmarks'),
+          short_name: I18n.t('js.user.bookmarks'),
+          url: "/my/bookmarks",
+          icons: [
+            {
+              src: ActionController::Base.helpers.image_url("push-notifications/check.png"),
+              sizes: "128x128",
+              type: "image/png"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          name: I18n.t('js.filters.top.title'),
+          short_name: I18n.t('js.filters.top.title'),
+          url: "/top",
+          icons: [
+            {
+              src: ActionController::Base.helpers.image_url("push-notifications/check.png"),
+              sizes: "128x128",
+              type: "image/png"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     }
 
     logo = SiteSetting.site_manifest_icon_url
diff --git a/spec/requests/metadata_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/metadata_controller_spec.rb
index e008236da1f..ae8166428b4 100644
--- a/spec/requests/metadata_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/metadata_controller_spec.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ RSpec.describe MetadataController do
       manifest = JSON.parse(response.body)
       expect(manifest["short_name"]).to eq("foo")
     end
+
+    it 'contains valid shortcuts by default' do
+      get "/manifest.webmanifest"
+      expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+      manifest = JSON.parse(response.body)
+      expect(manifest["shortcuts"].size).to be > 0
+      expect { URI.parse(manifest["shortcuts"][0]["icons"][0]["src"]) }.not_to raise_error
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'opensearch.xml' do