diff --git a/package/spec/editor/api/DropDownMenuItems-spec.js b/package/spec/editor/api/DropDownMenuItems-spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76d3d942e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/spec/editor/api/DropDownMenuItems-spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import {DropDownMenuItems} from 'pageflow/editor/api/DropDownMenuItems';
+
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+
+describe('DropDownMenuItems', () => {
+    describe('#register/#findAllByMenuName', () => {
+        it(
+            'allows getting a list of menu items by menu name',
+            () => {
+                var dropDownMenuItems = new DropDownMenuItems();
+
+                dropDownMenuItems.register({
+                    name: 'custom',
+                    label: 'Custom Item',
+                    selected: () => {}
+                }, {
+                    menuName: 'someMenu',
+                });
+
+                var menuItem = dropDownMenuItems.findAllByMenuName('someMenu')[0];
+
+                expect(menuItem.name).toBe('custom');
+            }
+        );
+
+        it(
+            'only returns the list of menu items for the specified menu name',
+            () => {
+                var dropDownMenuItems = new DropDownMenuItems();
+
+                dropDownMenuItems.register({
+                    name: 'custom',
+                    label: 'Custom Item',
+                    selected: () => {}
+                }, {
+                    menuName: 'someOtherMenu',
+                });
+
+                var menuItems = dropDownMenuItems.findAllByMenuName('someMenu');
+
+                expect(menuItems.length).toBe(0);
+            }
+        );
+
+        it(
+            'allows registering multiple menu items per menu name',
+            () => {
+                var dropDownMenuItems = new DropDownMenuItems();
+
+                dropDownMenuItems.register({
+                    name: 'custom1',
+                    label: 'Custom Item 1',
+                    selected: () => {}
+                }, {
+                    menuName: 'someMenu',
+                });
+
+                dropDownMenuItems.register({
+                    name: 'custom2',
+                    label: 'Custom Item 2',
+                    selected: () => {}
+                }, {
+                    menuName: 'someMenu',
+                });
+
+                var menuItems = dropDownMenuItems.findAllByMenuName('someMenu');
+
+                expect(menuItems.length).toBe(2);
+            }
+        );
+    });
+});
diff --git a/package/spec/editor/views/inputs/FileInputView-spec.js b/package/spec/editor/views/inputs/FileInputView-spec.js
index cb866410be..a5d4e1dd76 100644
--- a/package/spec/editor/views/inputs/FileInputView-spec.js
+++ b/package/spec/editor/views/inputs/FileInputView-spec.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Backbone from 'backbone';
 
 import * as support from '$support';
 import {DropDownButton} from '$support/dominos/editor';
+import {editor} from 'pageflow/editor';
 
 describe('FileInputView', () => {
   let testContext;
@@ -65,6 +66,42 @@ describe('FileInputView', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('can render additional drop down menu item registered via editor API', () => {
+    const fixture = support.factories.imageFilesFixture({
+      imageFileAttributes: {perma_id: 5}
+    });
+    const model = new Configuration({
+      file_id: 5,
+    });
+    const handler = jest.fn();
+
+    editor.dropDownMenuItems.register({
+          name: 'api_custom',
+          label: 'Custom Item added via editor API',
+          selected: handler
+        }, {
+            menuName: 'backdropImageFileInput',
+        }
+    )
+
+    var fileInputView = new FileInputView({
+      collection: fixture.imageFiles,
+      model: model,
+      propertyName: 'file_id',
+      dropDownMenuName: 'backdropImageFileInput'
+    });
+
+    fileInputView.render();
+    var dropDownButton = DropDownButton.find(fileInputView);
+    dropDownButton.selectMenuItemByLabel('Custom Item added via editor API');
+
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      inputModel: model,
+      propertyName: 'file_id',
+      file: fixture.imageFile
+    });
+  });
+
   it('supports nested items in additional drop down menu items', () => {
     const fixture = support.factories.imageFilesFixture({
       imageFileAttributes: {perma_id: 5}
diff --git a/package/src/editor/api/DropDownMenuItems.js b/package/src/editor/api/DropDownMenuItems.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..054a3f0b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/src/editor/api/DropDownMenuItems.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import {Object} from 'pageflow/ui';
+
+export const DropDownMenuItems = Object.extend({
+  initialize: function() {
+    this.menuItems = {};
+  },
+  register: function(menuItem, {menuName}) {
+    this.menuItems[menuName] = this.menuItems[menuName] || [];
+    this.menuItems[menuName].push(menuItem);
+  },
+  findAllByMenuName: function(menuName) {
+    return this.menuItems[menuName] || [];
+  }
+});
diff --git a/package/src/editor/api/index.js b/package/src/editor/api/index.js
index bd5dfa8e97..01ee2b31b3 100644
--- a/package/src/editor/api/index.js
+++ b/package/src/editor/api/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import _ from 'underscore';
 import {Object} from 'pageflow/ui';
 
 import {CommonPageConfigurationTabs} from './CommonPageConfigurationTabs';
+import {DropDownMenuItems} from './DropDownMenuItems';
 import {FailuresAPI} from './Failures';
 import {FileTypes} from './FileTypes';
 import {FileImporters} from './FileImporters'
@@ -79,6 +80,12 @@ export const EditorApi = Object.extend(
      * @memberof editor
      */
     this.fileImporters = new FileImporters();
+
+    /**
+     * List of additional menu items for dropdown menus
+     * @memberof editor
+     */
+    this.dropDownMenuItems = new DropDownMenuItems();
   },
 
   /**
diff --git a/package/src/editor/views/inputs/FileInputView.js b/package/src/editor/views/inputs/FileInputView.js
index 68df139983..30787d90e2 100644
--- a/package/src/editor/views/inputs/FileInputView.js
+++ b/package/src/editor/views/inputs/FileInputView.js
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ export const FileInputView = Marionette.ItemView.extend({
         items.add(this._createCustomMenuItem(file, item));
       });
 
+      if (this.options.dropDownMenuName) {
+        const customItems = editor.dropDownMenuItems.findAllByMenuName(this.options.dropDownMenuName);
+        _.each(customItems, item => {
+          items.add(this._createCustomMenuItem(file, item));
+        });
+      }
+
       items.add(new FileInputView.EditFileSettingsMenuItem({
         name: 'edit_file_settings',
         label: I18n.t('pageflow.editor.views.inputs.file_input.edit_file_settings')