diff --git a/res/menu/bookmarkscontext.xml b/res/menu/bookmarkscontext.xml
index b43e242..ba5d1dc 100644
--- a/res/menu/bookmarkscontext.xml
+++ b/res/menu/bookmarkscontext.xml
@@ -34,5 +34,7 @@
       android:title="@string/contextmenu_copylink"/>
     <item android:id="@+id/delete_context_menu_id"
       android:title="@string/remove_bookmark"/>
+    <item android:id="@+id/homepage_context_menu_id"
+      android:title="@string/set_as_homepage"/>
   </group>
 </menu>
diff --git a/res/menu/historycontext.xml b/res/menu/historycontext.xml
index dfda010..5306396 100644
--- a/res/menu/historycontext.xml
+++ b/res/menu/historycontext.xml
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@
     <item android:id="@+id/copy_context_menu_id"
         android:title="@string/contextmenu_copylink"/> 
     <item android:id="@+id/delete_context_menu_id"
-        android:title="@string/remove_history_item"/> 
+        android:title="@string/remove_history_item"/>
+    <item android:id="@+id/homepage_context_menu_id"
+        android:title="@string/set_as_homepage"/>
 </menu>
diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index f778c76..95c85f8 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -143,8 +143,12 @@
     <string name="remove_bookmark">Delete bookmark</string>
     <!-- Menu item to remove the currently highlighted history entry from the list of previously visited sites -->
     <string name="remove_history_item">Remove from history</string>
+    <!-- Context menu item for setting the bookmark/history item as the homepage -->
+    <string name="set_as_homepage">Set as homepage</string>
     <!-- Toast informing the user that their action to save a bookmark has succeeded -->
     <string name="bookmark_saved">Saved to bookmarks.</string>
+    <!-- Toast confirming that the homepage has been set -->
+    <string name="homepage_set">Homepage set</string>
     <!-- Error that appears in the title of Bookmark dialog when user selects OK with empty Name field -->
     <string name="bookmark_needs_title">"Bookmark must have a name."</string>
         <!-- Error that appears in the title of Bookmark dialog when user selects OK with empty Location field -->
diff --git a/src/com/android/browser/BrowserBookmarksPage.java b/src/com/android/browser/BrowserBookmarksPage.java
index dd34c14..45fca87 100644
--- a/src/com/android/browser/BrowserBookmarksPage.java
+++ b/src/com/android/browser/BrowserBookmarksPage.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import android.view.ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo;
 import android.widget.AdapterView;
 import android.widget.ListView;
+import android.widget.Toast;
 
 /**
  *  View showing the user's bookmarks in the browser.
@@ -107,7 +108,13 @@
             break;
         case R.id.copy_url_context_menu_id:
             copy(getUrl(i.position));
-            
+            break;
+        case R.id.homepage_context_menu_id:
+            BrowserSettings.getInstance().setHomePage(this,
+                    getUrl(i.position));
+            Toast.makeText(this, R.string.homepage_set,
+                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
+            break;
         default:
             return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
         }
diff --git a/src/com/android/browser/BrowserHistoryPage.java b/src/com/android/browser/BrowserHistoryPage.java
index 2b781a1..e333416 100644
--- a/src/com/android/browser/BrowserHistoryPage.java
+++ b/src/com/android/browser/BrowserHistoryPage.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import android.widget.ExpandableListView;
 import android.widget.ExpandableListView.ExpandableListContextMenuInfo;
 import android.widget.TextView;
+import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Vector;
@@ -222,6 +223,11 @@
                 Browser.deleteFromHistory(getContentResolver(), url);
                 mAdapter.refreshData();
                 return true;
+            case R.id.homepage_context_menu_id:
+                BrowserSettings.getInstance().setHomePage(this, url);
+                Toast.makeText(this, R.string.homepage_set,
+                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
+                return true;
             default:
                 break;
         }