diff --git a/user/config/kde/default.nix b/user/config/kde/default.nix
index 4d16623..d090b6c 100644
--- a/user/config/kde/default.nix
+++ b/user/config/kde/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {...}: {
+  imports = [./user-places.nix];
   xdg.configFile.arkrc.source = ./arkrc;
   xdg.configFile.kdeglobals.source = ./kdeglobals;
   xdg.configFile.kiorc.source = ./kiorc;
diff --git a/user/config/kde/user-places.nix b/user/config/kde/user-places.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a84399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/config/kde/user-places.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: {
+  u.bookmarks = let
+    home = config.home.homeDirectory;
+  in
+    lib.mkDefault [
+      {
+        href = "file://${home}";
+        name = "Home";
+        icon = "user-home";
+      }
+      {
+        href = "file://${home}/Desktop";
+        name = "Desktop";
+        icon = "user-desktop";
+      }
+      {
+        href = "file://${home}/Downloads";
+        name = "Downloads";
+        icon = "folder-downloads";
+      }
+      {
+        href = "file:///tmp";
+        name = "tmp";
+        icon = "folder-temp";
+      }
+      {
+        href = "trash:/";
+        name = "Trash";
+        icon = "user-trash";
+      }
+      {
+        href = "remote:/";
+        name = "Network";
+        icon = "folder-network";
+      }
+    ];
+  # dolphin complains if user-places.xbel is read-only
+  home.activation.user-places = let
+    path = "${config.xdg.dataHome}/user-places.xbel";
+    bookmarks =
+      lib.strings.concatMapStrings ({
+        href,
+        name,
+        icon,
+      }: ''
+        <bookmark href="${href}">
+          <title>${name}</title>
+          <info><metadata owner="http://freedesktop.org">
+            <bookmark:icon name="${icon}"/>
+          </metadata></info>
+        </bookmark>
+      '')
+      config.u.bookmarks;
+    file-content = ''
+      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+      <!DOCTYPE xbel>
+      <xbel>
+      <info>
+        <metadata>
+        <kde_places_version>4</kde_places_version>
+        <GroupState-Places-IsHidden>false</GroupState-Places-IsHidden>
+        <GroupState-Remote-IsHidden>false</GroupState-Remote-IsHidden>
+        <GroupState-Devices-IsHidden>false</GroupState-Devices-IsHidden>
+        <GroupState-RemovableDevices-IsHidden>false</GroupState-RemovableDevices-IsHidden>
+        <GroupState-Tags-IsHidden>false</GroupState-Tags-IsHidden>
+        <withBaloo>true</withBaloo>
+        <GroupState-SearchFor-IsHidden>false</GroupState-SearchFor-IsHidden>
+        <GroupState-RecentlySaved-IsHidden>false</GroupState-RecentlySaved-IsHidden>
+        </metadata>
+      </info>
+      ${bookmarks}
+      </xbel>
+    '';
+  in
+    lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] ''
+      [ ! -e "${path}" ] && cat > "${path}" <<EOF
+      ${file-content}
+      EOF
+    '';
+}
diff --git a/user/options.nix b/user/options.nix
index e32ea9d..2e7fdc0 100644
--- a/user/options.nix
+++ b/user/options.nix
@@ -11,5 +11,27 @@
         default = "";
       };
     };
+    bookmarks = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.submodule {
+        options = {
+          href = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.str;
+            description = "link of the bookmark";
+            example = "file:///tmp";
+          };
+          name = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.str;
+            description = "name of the bookmark";
+            example = "tmp";
+          };
+          icon = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.str;
+            description = "icon name of the bookmark";
+            example = "folder-temp";
+          };
+        };
+      });
+      description = "list of file manager bookmarks";
+    };
   };
 }