diff --git a/core/includes/menu.inc b/core/includes/menu.inc
index c7fcd92..8eeee36 100644
--- a/core/includes/menu.inc
+++ b/core/includes/menu.inc
@@ -1755,6 +1755,7 @@ function menu_list_system_menus() {
     'admin' => 'Administration',
     'account' => 'User account menu',
     'main' => 'Main navigation',
+    'footer' => 'Footer menu',
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/menu/menu.install b/core/modules/menu/menu.install
index 20277a7..3a25e4d 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu/menu.install
+++ b/core/modules/menu/menu.install
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ function menu_install() {
     'account' => $t('Links related to the user account.'),
     'admin' => $t('Contains links to administrative tasks.'),
     'main' => $t('Use this for linking to the main site sections.'),
+    'footer' => $t('Use this for linking to site information.'),
   );
   foreach ($system_menus as $menu_name => $title) {
     $menu = array(
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/standard.install b/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
index 87fb69f..c97b206 100644
--- a/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ function standard_install() {
     ),
     array(
       'module' => 'system',
+      'delta' => 'menu-footer',
+      'theme' => $default_theme,
+      'status' => 1,
+      'weight' => 0,
+      'region' => 'footer',
+      'pages' => '',
+      'cache' => -1,
+    ),
+    array(
+      'module' => 'system',
       'delta' => 'powered-by',
       'theme' => $default_theme,
       'status' => 1,
diff --git a/core/themes/bartik/template.php b/core/themes/bartik/template.php
index 5373c92..9a6c8a9 100644
--- a/core/themes/bartik/template.php
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/template.php
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ function bartik_process_maintenance_page(&$variables) {
  * Implements hook_preprocess_HOOK() for block.tpl.php.
  */
 function bartik_preprocess_block(&$variables) {
-  // In the header region visually hide block titles.
-  if ($variables['block']->region == 'header') {
+  // In the header and footer regions visually hide block titles.
+  if ($variables['block']->region == 'header' || $variables['block']->region == 'footer') {
     $variables['title_attributes']['class'][] = 'element-invisible';
   }
 }