diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50ff503..e48da8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ The general file structure is as follows:
   - `*.web-view.tsx` files will be treated as React WebViews
   - `*.web-view.html` files are a conventional way to provide HTML WebViews (no special functionality)
 - `assets/` contains asset files the extension and its WebViews can retrieve using the `papi-extension:` protocol. It is copied into the build folder
+- `contributions/` contains JSON files the platform uses to extend data structures for things like menus and settings. The JSON files are referenced from the manifest
 - `public/` contains other static files that are copied into the build folder
 - `dist/` is a generated folder containing the built extension files
 - `release/` is a generated folder containing a zip of the built extension files
diff --git a/contributions/menus.json b/contributions/menus.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f68441d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contributions/menus.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "mainMenu": {
+    "columns": {},
+    "groups": {},
+    "items": []
+  },
+  "defaultWebViewTopMenu": {
+    "columns": {},
+    "groups": {},
+    "items": []
+  },
+  "defaultWebViewContextMenu": {
+    "groups": {},
+    "items": []
+  },
+  "webViewMenus": {}
+}
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 92ba8bb..79a949c 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "src/main.ts",
   "types": "src/types/paranext-extension-template.d.ts",
+  "menus": "contributions/menus.json",
   "activationEvents": []
 }
diff --git a/webpack/webpack.config.main.ts b/webpack/webpack.config.main.ts
index c61b478..5a25bc6 100644
--- a/webpack/webpack.config.main.ts
+++ b/webpack/webpack.config.main.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ const configMain: webpack.Configuration = merge(configBase, {
         { from: 'public', to: './', noErrorOnMissing: true },
         // We want all files from the assets folder copied into the output folder under assets
         { from: 'assets', to: './assets/', noErrorOnMissing: true },
+        // We want all files from the contributions folder copied into the output folder under contributions
+        { from: 'contributions', to: './contributions/', noErrorOnMissing: true },
         // Copy this extension's type declaration file into the output folder under src/types
         { from: 'src/types', to: './src/types', noErrorOnMissing: true },
         // We need to distribute the package.json for Platform.Bible to read the extension properly