diff --git a/plugins/scratchpad/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/scratchpad/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugins/scratchpad/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/scratchpad/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 ki18n_wrap_ui(scratchpad_SRCS scratchpadview.ui)
 
+qt5_add_resources(scratchpad_SRCS kdevscratchpad.qrc)
+
 declare_qt_logging_category(scratchpad_SRCS
     TYPE PLUGIN
     IDENTIFIER PLUGIN_SCRATCHPAD
diff --git a/plugins/scratchpad/kdevscratchpad.qrc b/plugins/scratchpad/kdevscratchpad.qrc
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scratchpad/kdevscratchpad.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC>
+<RCC version="1.0">
+    <qresource prefix="/kxmlgui5/scratchpad">
+        <file>kdevscratchpad.rc</file>
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>
diff --git a/plugins/scratchpad/kdevscratchpad.rc b/plugins/scratchpad/kdevscratchpad.rc
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scratchpad/kdevscratchpad.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<!DOCTYPE gui SYSTEM "kpartgui.dtd">
+<gui name="scratchpad" version="1" translationDomain="kdevscratchpad">
+<MenuBar>
+  <Menu name="run">
+    <Action name="run_scratch"/>
+  </Menu>
+</MenuBar>
+</gui>
diff --git a/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpad.h b/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpad.h
--- a/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpad.h
+++ b/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpad.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 class QModelIndex;
 class QFileInfo;
 class QString;
+class QAction;
 
 class Scratchpad
     : public KDevelop::IPlugin
@@ -42,8 +43,12 @@
 
     QStandardItemModel* model() const;
 
+    QAction* runAction() const;
+
     static QString dataDirectory();
 
+    void createActionsForMainWindow(Sublime::MainWindow* window, QString& xmlFile, KActionCollection& actions) override;
+
     enum ExtraRoles {
         FullPathRole = Qt::UserRole + 1,
         RunCommandRole,
@@ -66,6 +71,8 @@
     ScratchpadToolViewFactory* m_factory;
     QStandardItemModel* m_model;
     QFileIconProvider m_iconProvider;
+
+    QAction* const m_runAction;
 };
 
 #endif // SCRATCHPAD_H
diff --git a/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpad.cpp b/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpad.cpp
--- a/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpad.cpp
+++ b/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpad.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
+#include <KActionCollection>
 
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@
     : KDevelop::IPlugin(QStringLiteral("scratchpad"), parent)
     , m_factory(new ScratchpadToolViewFactory(this))
     , m_model(new QStandardItemModel(this))
+    , m_runAction(new QAction(this))
 {
     Q_UNUSED(args);
 
@@ -258,4 +260,21 @@
     mimeCommands().writeEntry(QFileInfo(index.data().toString()).suffix(), command);
 }
 
+QAction* Scratchpad::runAction() const
+{
+    return m_runAction;
+}
+
+void Scratchpad::createActionsForMainWindow(Sublime::MainWindow* window, QString& xmlFile, KActionCollection& actions)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(window);
+
+    xmlFile = QStringLiteral("kdevscratchpad.rc");
+
+    // add to gui action collection, so that the shorcut is easily configurable
+    // action setup done in ScratchpadView
+    actions.addAction(QStringLiteral("run_scratch"), m_runAction);
+}
+
+
 #include "scratchpad.moc"
diff --git a/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpadview.cpp b/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpadview.cpp
--- a/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpadview.cpp
+++ b/plugins/scratchpad/scratchpadview.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@
     addAction(action);
     m_itemActions.push_back(action);
 
-    action = new QAction(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("media-playback-start")), i18n("Run Scratch"), this);
+    action = m_scratchpad->runAction();
+    action->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("media-playback-start")));
+    action->setText(i18n("Run Scratch"));
     connect(action, &QAction::triggered, this, &ScratchpadView::runSelectedScratch);
     addAction(action);
     m_itemActions.push_back(action);