diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/plugin-api.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/plugin-api.js.es6
index e7118383597..e2e79d5b04b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/plugin-api.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/plugin-api.js.es6
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ import { extraConnectorClass } from 'discourse/lib/plugin-connectors';
 import { addPostSmallActionIcon } from 'discourse/widgets/post-small-action';
 import { addDiscoveryQueryParam } from 'discourse/controllers/discovery-sortable';
 import { addTagsHtmlCallback } from 'discourse/lib/render-tags';
+import { addUserMenuGlyph } from 'discourse/widgets/user-menu';
 
 // If you add any methods to the API ensure you bump up this number
-const PLUGIN_API_VERSION = '0.8.2';
+const PLUGIN_API_VERSION = '0.8.3';
 
 class PluginApi {
   constructor(version, container) {
@@ -399,10 +400,30 @@ class PluginApi {
    *    }
    * }
    *
+   * api.addTagsHtmlCallback(callback);
+   *
    **/
   addTagsHtmlCallback(callback) {
     addTagsHtmlCallback(callback);
   };
+
+  /**
+   * Adds a glyph to user menu after bookmarks
+   * WARNING: there is limited space there
+   *
+   * example:
+   *
+   * api.addUserMenuGlyph({
+   *    label: 'awesome.label',
+   *    className: 'my-class',
+   *    icon: 'my-icon',
+   *    href: `/some/path`
+   * });
+   *
+   */
+  addUserMenuGlyph(glyph) {
+    addUserMenuGlyph(glyph);
+  };
 }
 
 let _pluginv01;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/user-menu.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/user-menu.js.es6
index 4a6f2b21c84..43a57c81d6d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/user-menu.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/user-menu.js.es6
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import { createWidget } from 'discourse/widgets/widget';
 import { h } from 'virtual-dom';
 
+let extraGlyphs;
+
+export function addUserMenuGlyph(glyph) {
+  extraGlyphs = extraGlyphs || [];
+  extraGlyphs.push(glyph);
+}
+
 createWidget('user-menu-links', {
   tagName: 'div.menu-links-header',
 
@@ -13,10 +20,18 @@ createWidget('user-menu-links', {
                       isAnon;
 
     const path = attrs.path;
-    const glyphs = [{ label: 'user.bookmarks',
+    const glyphs = [];
+
+    if (extraGlyphs) {
+      // yes glyphs.push(...extraGlyphs) is nicer, but pulling in
+      // _toConsumableArray seems totally uneeded here
+      glyphs.push.apply(glyphs, extraGlyphs);
+    }
+
+    glyphs.push({ label: 'user.bookmarks',
                       className: 'user-bookmarks-link',
                       icon: 'bookmark',
-                      href: `${path}/activity/bookmarks` }];
+                      href: `${path}/activity/bookmarks` });
 
     if (siteSettings.enable_private_messages) {
       glyphs.push({ label: 'user.private_messages',