diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
                                               QStringLiteral("Home"), I18N_NOOP2("KFile System Bookmarks", "Home"),
                                               QUrl::fromLocalFile(QDir::homePath()), QStringLiteral("user-home"));
         KFilePlacesItem::createSystemBookmark(d->bookmarkManager,
+                                              QStringLiteral("Recent Documents"), I18N_NOOP2("KFile System Bookmarks", "Recent Documents"),
+                                              QUrl(QStringLiteral("recentdocuments:/")), QStringLiteral("document-open-recent"));
+        KFilePlacesItem::createSystemBookmark(d->bookmarkManager,
                                               QStringLiteral("Network"), I18N_NOOP2("KFile System Bookmarks", "Network"),
                                               QUrl(QStringLiteral("remote:/")), QStringLiteral("network-workgroup"));
 #if defined(_WIN32_WCE)
diff --git a/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp b/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
--- a/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
@@ -890,6 +890,9 @@
     // i18nc call is done after reading the bookmark. The reason why the i18nc call is not
     // done here is because otherwise switching the language would not result in retranslating the
     // bookmarks.
+    m_systemBookmarks.append(SystemBookmarkData(QUrl(QStringLiteral("recentdocuments:/")),
+                                                QStringLiteral("document-open-recent"),
+                                                I18N_NOOP2("KFile System Bookmarks", "Recent Documents")));
     m_systemBookmarks.append(SystemBookmarkData(QUrl::fromLocalFile(QDir::homePath()),
                                                 QStringLiteral("user-home"),
                                                 I18N_NOOP2("KFile System Bookmarks", "Home")));