diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Block/BlockBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Block/BlockBase.php
index 7d66cf4..237c1b8 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Block/BlockBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Block/BlockBase.php
@@ -562,4 +562,11 @@ protected function contextHandler() {
     return \Drupal::service('context.handler');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getOperationLinks() {
+    return array();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Block/BlockPluginInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Block/BlockPluginInterface.php
index 200d10d..a25486f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Block/BlockPluginInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Block/BlockPluginInterface.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheableInterface;
 use Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginInspectionInterface;
 use Drupal\Component\Plugin\ConfigurablePluginInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\OperationsProviderInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\PluginFormInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
  *
  * @ingroup block_api
  */
-interface BlockPluginInterface extends ConfigurablePluginInterface, PluginFormInterface, PluginInspectionInterface, CacheableInterface, DerivativeInspectionInterface {
+interface BlockPluginInterface extends ConfigurablePluginInterface, PluginFormInterface, PluginInspectionInterface, CacheableInterface, DerivativeInspectionInterface, OperationsProviderInterface {
 
   /**
    * Returns the user-facing block label.
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php
index ba7380a..fb62145 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php
@@ -547,4 +547,11 @@ public function toArray() {
     return array();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getOperationLinks() {
+    return array();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityInterface.php
index 4399d01..06ef6bd 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityInterface.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 /**
  * Defines a common interface for all entity objects.
  */
-interface EntityInterface extends AccessibleInterface {
+interface EntityInterface extends AccessibleInterface, OperationsProviderInterface {
 
   /**
    * Returns the entity UUID (Universally Unique Identifier).
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/OperationsProviderInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/OperationsProviderInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc873e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/OperationsProviderInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Entity\OperationsProviderInterface.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Entity;
+
+/**
+ * Defines an interface for providing operations links.
+ */
+interface OperationsProviderInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a list of operation links available for this block.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   Array of operation links.
+   */
+  public function getOperationLinks();
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/block/src/BlockListBuilder.php b/core/modules/block/src/BlockListBuilder.php
index e5da65d..ffbb46c 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/src/BlockListBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/block/src/BlockListBuilder.php
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ public function getDefaultOperations(EntityInterface $entity) {
       $operations['edit']['title'] = t('Configure');
     }
 
+    $operations += $entity->getOperationLinks();
+
     return $operations;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/block/src/Entity/Block.php b/core/modules/block/src/Entity/Block.php
index ee977d0..d09a7fc 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/src/Entity/Block.php
+++ b/core/modules/block/src/Entity/Block.php
@@ -174,4 +174,13 @@ public function getVisibility() {
     return $this->getPlugin()->getVisibilityConditions()->getConfiguration();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getOperationLinks() {
+    $plugin = $this->getPlugin();
+    $links = $plugin->getOperationLinks();
+    return $links;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Plugin/Block/SystemMenuBlock.php b/core/modules/system/src/Plugin/Block/SystemMenuBlock.php
index dd4c6ad..9cf188a 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Plugin/Block/SystemMenuBlock.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Plugin/Block/SystemMenuBlock.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Menu\MenuActiveTrailInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Menu\MenuLinkTreeInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 
 
@@ -134,4 +136,22 @@ protected function getRequiredCacheContexts() {
     return array('cache_context.user.roles', 'cache_context.language');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getOperationLinks() {
+    $menu = $this->getDerivativeId();
+
+    $links = array();
+    $links['menu-edit'] = array(
+      'title' => $this->t('Edit menu'),
+      'route_name' => 'menu_ui.menu_edit',
+      'route_parameters' => array(
+        'menu' => $menu,
+      ),
+      'weight' => 50,
+    );
+    return $links;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php
index 80c3d3d..e7bc012 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 namespace Drupal\system\Tests\Block;
 
 use Drupal\simpletest\DrupalUnitTestBase;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 
 /**
  * Tests \Drupal\system\Plugin\Block\SystemMenuBlock.
@@ -24,7 +26,24 @@ class SystemMenuBlockTest extends DrupalUnitTestBase {
    *
    * @var array
    */
-  public static $modules = array('system', 'block');
+  public static $modules = array('system', 'block', 'user');
+
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+    $this->installEntitySchema('user');
+    $user = User::create(array(
+      'name' => 'tony',
+      'mail' => 'tony@magicalponies.com',
+    ));
+    $role = Role::create(array(
+      'label' => 'Menu manager',
+      'id' => 'menu_manager',
+    ));
+    $role->grantPermission('administer menu');
+    $role->save();
+    $user->addRole($role->id());
+    \Drupal::service('current_user')->setAccount($user);
+  }
 
   /**
    * Tests calculation of a system menu block's configuration dependencies.
@@ -61,5 +80,14 @@ public function testSystemMenuBlockConfigDependencies() {
       ),
     );
     $this->assertIdentical($expected, $dependencies);
+
+    $links = $block->getOperationLinks();
+    $menu_link = array(
+      'title' => 'Edit menu',
+      'route_name' => 'menu_ui.menu_edit',
+      'route_parameters' => array('menu' => $menu_name),
+      'weight' => 50,
+    );
+    $this->assertIdentical($links, ['menu-edit' => $menu_link]);
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php
index 51e16b2..f29ae6d 100644
--- a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php
@@ -1125,4 +1125,11 @@ public function getListCacheTags() {
     $this->storage->getListCacheTags();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getOperationLinks() {
+    return $this->storage->getOperationLinks();
+  }
+
 }