diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
index 9e1b23556..a33f1ce51 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ fn updateConfigErrors(self: *App) !void {
 
 fn syncActionAccelerators(self: *App) !void {
     try self.syncActionAccelerator("app.quit", .{ .quit = {} });
+    try self.syncActionAccelerator("win.close", .{ .close_surface = {} });
 }
 
 fn syncActionAccelerator(
@@ -397,6 +398,7 @@ fn initActions(self: *App) void {
 fn initMenu(self: *App) void {
     const menu = c.g_menu_new();
     errdefer c.g_object_unref(menu);
+    c.g_menu_append(menu, "Close", "win.close");
     c.g_menu_append(menu, "Quit", "app.quit");
 
     // {
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
index 86ef1cbd8..cf6e109c5 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ pub fn init(self: *Window, app: *App) !void {
     _ = c.g_signal_connect_data(notebook, "switch-page", c.G_CALLBACK(&gtkSwitchPage), self, null, c.G_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
     _ = c.g_signal_connect_data(notebook, "create-window", c.G_CALLBACK(&gtkNotebookCreateWindow), self, null, c.G_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
 
+    // Our actions for the menu
+    initActions(self);
+
     // The box is our main child
     c.gtk_window_set_child(gtk_window, box);
 
@@ -152,6 +155,17 @@ pub fn init(self: *Window, app: *App) !void {
     c.gtk_widget_show(window);
 }
 
+/// Sets up the GTK actions for the window scope. Actions are how GTK handles
+/// menus and such. The menu is defined in App.zig but the action is defined
+/// here. The string name binds them.
+fn initActions(self: *Window) void {
+    const action_close = c.g_simple_action_new("close", null);
+    defer c.g_object_unref(action_close);
+    _ = c.g_signal_connect_data(action_close, "activate", c.G_CALLBACK(&gtkActionClose), self, null, c.G_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
+
+    c.g_action_map_add_action(@ptrCast(self.window), @ptrCast(action_close));
+}
+
 pub fn deinit(self: *Window) void {
     if (self.icon_search_dir) |ptr| self.app.core_app.alloc.free(ptr);
 }
@@ -465,6 +479,19 @@ fn getNotebookPageIndex(page: *c.GtkNotebookPage) c_int {
     return c.g_value_get_int(&value);
 }
 
+fn gtkActionClose(
+    _: *c.GSimpleAction,
+    _: *c.GVariant,
+    ud: ?*anyopaque,
+) callconv(.C) void {
+    const self: *Window = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ud orelse return));
+    const surface = self.app.core_app.focusedSurface() orelse return;
+    surface.performBindingAction(.{ .close_surface = {} }) catch |err| {
+        log.warn("error performing binding action error={}", .{err});
+        return;
+    };
+}
+
 fn userdataSelf(ud: *anyopaque) *Window {
     return @ptrCast(@alignCast(ud));
 }