diff --git a/embed/initial/base.html b/embed/initial/base.html
index 5fee043..fbcff5b 100644
--- a/embed/initial/base.html
+++ b/embed/initial/base.html
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
 
+            <nav>
+                <ul>
+                    {{ range $link := .User.Config.HeaderMenu }}
+                        {{ if $link.List }}
+                            <li><a href="{{ listUrl $.User $link.List }}">{{ $link.Title }}</a></li>
+                        {{ else }}
+                            <li><a href="{{ $link.Url }}">{{ $link.Title }}</a></li>
+                        {{ end }}
+                    {{ end }}
+                </ul>
+            </nav>
         </div>
     </header>
     <main class="container">
diff --git a/renderer.go b/renderer.go
index f96ba39..fd66fa5 100644
--- a/renderer.go
+++ b/renderer.go
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ func noescape(str string) template.HTML {
 	return template.HTML(str)
 }
 
+func listUrl(user User, id string) string {
+	return user.ListUrl(PostList{
+		Id: id,
+	})
+}
+
 func renderEmbedTemplate(templateFile string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
 	templateStr, err := embed_files.ReadFile(templateFile)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -60,6 +66,7 @@ func renderEmbedTemplate(templateFile string, data interface{}) (string, error)
 func renderTemplateStr(templateStr []byte, data interface{}) (string, error) {
 	t, err := template.New("_").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
 		"noescape": noescape,
+		"listUrl":  listUrl,
 	}).Parse(string(templateStr))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -74,7 +81,10 @@ func renderTemplateStr(templateStr []byte, data interface{}) (string, error) {
 
 func renderIntoBaseTemplate(user User, data PageContent) (string, error) {
 	baseTemplate, _ := user.Template()
-	t, err := template.New("index").Parse(baseTemplate)
+	t, err := template.New("index").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
+		"noescape": noescape,
+		"listUrl":  listUrl,
+	}).Parse(baseTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/renderer_test.go b/renderer_test.go
index d21bcdc..62bbe13 100644
--- a/renderer_test.go
+++ b/renderer_test.go
@@ -406,3 +406,25 @@ func TestRenderUserAuthHiddenFields(t *testing.T) {
 	assertions.AssertContains(t, result, "name=\"response_type\" value=\"code\"")
 	assertions.AssertContains(t, result, "name=\"state\" value=\"teststate\"")
 }
+
+func TestRenderHeaderMenuListItem(t *testing.T) {
+	user := getTestUser()
+	user.AddHeaderMenuItem(owl.MenuItem{
+		Title: "Test Entry",
+		List:  "test",
+	})
+	result, _ := owl.RenderIndexPage(user)
+	assertions.AssertContains(t, result, "Test Entry")
+	assertions.AssertContains(t, result, "/lists/test")
+}
+
+func TestRenderHeaderMenuUrlItem(t *testing.T) {
+	user := getTestUser()
+	user.AddHeaderMenuItem(owl.MenuItem{
+		Title: "Test Entry",
+		Url:   "https://example.com",
+	})
+	result, _ := owl.RenderIndexPage(user)
+	assertions.AssertContains(t, result, "Test Entry")
+	assertions.AssertContains(t, result, "https://example.com")
+}
diff --git a/user.go b/user.go
index a6d419b..cd46847 100644
--- a/user.go
+++ b/user.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type UserConfig struct {
 	PassworHash        string     `yaml:"password_hash"`
 	Lists              []PostList `yaml:"lists"`
 	PrimaryListInclude []string   `yaml:"primary_list_include"`
+	HeaderMenu         []MenuItem `yaml:"header_menu"`
 }
 
 type PostList struct {
@@ -36,6 +37,12 @@ type PostList struct {
 	Include []string `yaml:"include"`
 }
 
+type MenuItem struct {
+	Title string `yaml:"title"`
+	List  string `yaml:"list"`
+	Url   string `yaml:"url"`
+}
+
 func (l *PostList) ContainsType(t string) bool {
 	for _, t2 := range l.Include {
 		if t2 == t {
@@ -390,6 +397,12 @@ func (user User) AddPostList(list PostList) error {
 	return user.SetConfig(config)
 }
 
+func (user User) AddHeaderMenuItem(link MenuItem) error {
+	config := user.Config()
+	config.HeaderMenu = append(config.HeaderMenu, link)
+	return user.SetConfig(config)
+}
+
 func (user User) ResetPassword(password string) error {
 	bytes, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(password), 10)
 	if err != nil {