diff --git a/atom/browser/ui/cocoa/atom_menu_controller.mm b/atom/browser/ui/cocoa/atom_menu_controller.mm
index 3efd1611516f..525fde28b193 100644
--- a/atom/browser/ui/cocoa/atom_menu_controller.mm
+++ b/atom/browser/ui/cocoa/atom_menu_controller.mm
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Role kRolesMap[] = {
   { @selector(delete:), "delete" },
   { @selector(pasteAndMatchStyle:), "pasteandmatchstyle" },
   { @selector(selectAll:), "selectall" },
+  { @selector(startSpeaking:), "startspeaking" },
+  { @selector(stopSpeaking:), "stopspeaking" },
   { @selector(performMiniaturize:), "minimize" },
   { @selector(performClose:), "close" },
   { @selector(performZoom:), "zoom" },
diff --git a/default_app/main.js b/default_app/main.js
index b4d74d810954..ead6adff6775 100644
--- a/default_app/main.js
+++ b/default_app/main.js
@@ -217,6 +217,22 @@ app.once('ready', () => {
         }
       ]
     })
+    template[1].submenu.push(
+      {
+        type: 'separator'
+      },
+      {
+        label: 'Speech',
+        submenu: [
+          {
+            role: 'startspeaking'
+          },
+          {
+            role: 'stopspeaking'
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    )
     template[3].submenu = [
       {
         role: 'close'
diff --git a/docs/api/menu-item.md b/docs/api/menu-item.md
index 3a9a565a9dcb..a40cad49f434 100644
--- a/docs/api/menu-item.md
+++ b/docs/api/menu-item.md
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ On macOS `role` can also have following additional values:
 * `hide` - Map to the `hide` action
 * `hideothers` - Map to the `hideOtherApplications` action
 * `unhide` - Map to the `unhideAllApplications` action
+* `startspeaking` - Map to the `startSpeaking` action
+* `stopspeaking` - Map to the `stopSpeaking` action
 * `front` - Map to the `arrangeInFront` action
 * `zoom` - Map to the `performZoom` action
 * `window` - The submenu is a "Window" menu
diff --git a/docs/api/menu.md b/docs/api/menu.md
index d4163c5f1543..e04ff09d2c76 100644
--- a/docs/api/menu.md
+++ b/docs/api/menu.md
@@ -133,6 +133,23 @@ if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
       }
     ]
   })
+  // Edit menu.
+  template[1].submenu.push(
+    {
+      type: 'separator'
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'Speech',
+      submenu: [
+        {
+          role: 'startspeaking'
+        },
+        {
+          role: 'stopspeaking'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  )
   // Window menu.
   template[3].submenu = [
     {
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/menu-item-roles.js b/lib/browser/api/menu-item-roles.js
index 17447ffc66a2..526b60fcc15d 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/menu-item-roles.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/menu-item-roles.js
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ const roles = {
   services: {
     label: 'Services'
   },
+  startspeaking: {
+    label: 'Start Speaking'
+  },
+  stopspeaking: {
+    label: 'Stop Speaking'
+  },
   togglefullscreen: {
     label: 'Toggle Full Screen',
     accelerator: process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'Control+Command+F' : 'F11',