diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 5b23f5560..71877c59c 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ async function main() {
     // so new terminals can be create from the menu
     require('@jupyterlab/terminal-extension'),
     require('@jupyterlab/theme-light-extension'),
-    require('@jupyterlab/theme-dark-extension')
+    require('@jupyterlab/theme-dark-extension'),
+    // Add the "Hub Control Panel" menu option when running in JupyterHub
+    require('@jupyterlab/hub-extension')
   ];
 
   // The motivation here is to only load a specific set of plugins dependending on
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index b1bbca3bf..b07047c77 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "@jupyterlab/filebrowser-extension": "~3.1.0-alpha.8",
     "@jupyterlab/fileeditor": "~3.1.0-alpha.8",
     "@jupyterlab/fileeditor-extension": "~3.1.0-alpha.8",
+    "@jupyterlab/hub-extension": "~3.1.0-alpha.8",
     "@jupyterlab/javascript-extension": "~3.1.0-alpha.8",
     "@jupyterlab/json-extension": "~3.1.0-alpha.8",
     "@jupyterlab/mainmenu": "~3.1.0-alpha.8",