diff --git a/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.cpp b/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.cpp
index 2517c72e..bf3b4808 100644
--- a/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.cpp
+++ b/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.cpp
@@ -595,3 +595,8 @@ void QApple::loadStateFile(const QString & filename)
     Snapshot_SetFilename(path.absoluteFilePath().toStdString().c_str());
     ui->actionLoad_state->trigger();
 }
+
+void QApple::on_actionQuit_triggered()
+{
+    this->close();
+}
diff --git a/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.h b/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.h
index 258bc304..cee56164 100644
--- a/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.h
+++ b/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ private slots:
 
     void on_actionNext_video_mode_triggered();
 
+    void on_actionQuit_triggered();
+
 private:
 
     // helper class to pause the emulator and restart at the end of the block
diff --git a/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.ui b/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.ui
index f67866d1..6207e519 100644
--- a/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.ui
+++ b/source/frontends/qapple/qapple.ui
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
      <width>1032</width>
-     <height>24</height>
+     <height>22</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuSystem">
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
     <addaction name="actionLoad_state_from"/>
     <addaction name="actionSave_state"/>
     <addaction name="actionSwap_disks"/>
+    <addaction name="separator"/>
+    <addaction name="actionQuit"/>
    </widget>
    <addaction name="menuFile"/>
    <addaction name="menuSystem"/>
@@ -231,6 +233,14 @@
     <string>F9</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionQuit">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Quit</string>
+   </property>
+   <property name="shortcut">
+    <string>Ctrl+Q</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <resources/>