diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/assets/i18n/empty-states/en.json b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/assets/i18n/empty-states/en.json
index aef295efca..d0bbeb6f81 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/assets/i18n/empty-states/en.json
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/assets/i18n/empty-states/en.json
@@ -45,5 +45,8 @@
   "addons.text": "Add-ons add functionality to your openHAB system.<br><br>Install them with the button below.",
 
   "page.unavailable.title": "Page Unavailable",
-  "page.unavailable.text": "You are not allowed to view this page because of visibility restrictions."
+  "page.unavailable.text": "You are not allowed to view this page because of visibility restrictions.",
+
+  "persistence.title": "No persistence add-on installed",
+  "persistence.text": "With persistence you can store Item states over time, no matter they are historic or future values. To configure persistence, you need at least one persistence add-on to be installed."
 }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/js/routes.js b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/js/routes.js
index 820ac1725d..3547cab23f 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/js/routes.js
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/js/routes.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const InboxListPage = () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "admin-config" */ '../pa
 const TransformationsListPage = () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "admin-config" */ '../pages/settings/transformations/transformations-list.vue')
 const TransformationsEditPage = () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "admin-rules" */ '../pages/settings/transformations/transformation-edit.vue')
 
+const PersistenceSettingsPage = () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "admin-config" */ '../pages/settings/persistence/persistence-settings.vue')
 const PersistenceEditPage = () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "admin-config" */ '../pages/settings/persistence/persistence-edit.vue')
 
 const SemanticModelPage = () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "admin-config" */ '../pages/settings/model/model.vue')
@@ -279,6 +280,9 @@ export default [
       },
       {
         path: 'persistence/',
+        beforeEnter: [enforceAdminForRoute],
+        beforeLeave: [checkDirtyBeforeLeave],
+        async: loadAsync(PersistenceSettingsPage),
         routes: [
           {
             path: ':serviceId',
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/addons/addon-config.vue b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/addons/addon-config.vue
index 4bcc660c92..ecd704d1e0 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/addons/addon-config.vue
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/addons/addon-config.vue
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@
     </f7-navbar>
     <f7-block v-if="type === 'persistence'" class="service-config block-narrow">
       <f7-col>
-        <f7-block-title medium>
-          <f7-link color="blue" :href="'/settings/persistence/' + name">
-            Persistence configuration
-          </f7-link>
-        </f7-block-title>
+        <f7-button large fill color="blue" :href="'/settings/persistence/' + name">
+          Configure Persistence Policies
+        </f7-button>
       </f7-col>
     </f7-block>
     <f7-block form v-if="configDescription && config" class="service-config block-narrow">
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/settings/menu/settings-menu.vue b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/settings/menu/settings-menu.vue
index 731c86a260..4ba543d6ec 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/settings/menu/settings-menu.vue
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/settings/menu/settings-menu.vue
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@
               :footer="objectsSubtitles.transform">
               <f7-icon slot="media" f7="function" color="gray" />
             </f7-list-item>
+            <f7-list-item
+              media-item
+              link="persistence/"
+              title="Persistence"
+              badge-color="blue"
+              :footer="objectsSubtitles.persistence">
+              <f7-icon slot="media" f7="tray-arrow-down" color="gray" />
+            </f7-list-item>
           </f7-list>
           <f7-block-title v-if="$store.getters.apiEndpoint('rules')">
             Automation
@@ -157,6 +165,7 @@ export default {
       addonsLoaded: false,
       servicesLoaded: false,
       addonsInstalled: [],
+      persistenceAddonsInstalled: [],
       addonsServices: [],
       systemServices: [],
       objectsSubtitles: {
@@ -165,6 +174,7 @@ export default {
         items: 'Manage the functional layer',
         pages: 'Design displays for user control & monitoring',
         transform: 'Make raw data human-readable',
+        persistence: 'Persist data for future use',
         rules: 'Automate with triggers and actions',
         scenes: 'Store a set of desired states as a scene',
         scripts: 'Rules dedicated to running code',
@@ -219,15 +229,23 @@ export default {
 
       // can be done in parallel!
       servicesPromise.then((data) => {
-        this.systemServices = data.filter(s => s.category === 'system')
-        this.addonsServices = data.filter(s => s.category !== 'system')
+        this.systemServices = data
+          .filter(s => (s.category === 'system') && (s.id !== 'org.openhab.persistence'))
+          .sort((s1, s2) => this.sortByLabel(s1, s2))
+        this.addonsServices = data.filter(s => s.category !== 'system').sort((s1, s2) => this.sortByLabel(s1, s2))
         this.servicesLoaded = true
       })
       addonsPromise.then((data) => {
-        this.addonsInstalled = data.filter(a => a.installed && !['application/vnd.openhab.ruletemplate', 'application/vnd.openhab.uicomponent;type=widget', 'application/vnd.openhab.uicomponent;type=blocks'].includes(a.contentType))
+        this.addonsInstalled = data
+          .filter(a => a.installed && !['application/vnd.openhab.ruletemplate', 'application/vnd.openhab.uicomponent;type=widget', 'application/vnd.openhab.uicomponent;type=blocks'].includes(a.contentType))
+          .sort((s1, s2) => this.sortByLabel(s1, s2))
+        this.persistenceAddonsInstalled = this.addonsInstalled.filter(a => a.installed && a.type === 'persistence')
         this.addonsLoaded = true
       })
     },
+    sortByLabel (s1, s2) {
+      return s1.label.toLowerCase() > s2.label.toLowerCase() ? 1 : -1
+    },
     loadCounters () {
       if (!this.apiEndpoints) return
       if (this.$store.getters.apiEndpoint('inbox')) this.$oh.api.get('/rest/inbox').then((data) => { this.inboxCount = data.filter((e) => e.flag === 'NEW').length.toString() })
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/settings/persistence/persistence-settings.vue b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/settings/persistence/persistence-settings.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b1a057bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/pages/settings/persistence/persistence-settings.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+<template>
+  <f7-page @page:afterin="onPageAfterIn" @page:beforeout="onPageBeforeOut">
+    <f7-navbar title="Persistence Settings" back-link="Settings" back-link-url="/settings/" back-link-force>
+      <f7-nav-right v-if="persistenceList.length > 0">
+        <f7-link @click="save()" v-if="$theme.md" icon-md="material:save" icon-only />
+        <f7-link @click="save()" v-if="!$theme.md">
+          Save<span v-if="$device.desktop">&nbsp;(Ctrl-S)</span>
+        </f7-link>
+      </f7-nav-right>
+    </f7-navbar>
+
+    <f7-block form v-if="ready && persistenceList.length" class="block-narrow">
+      <f7-col>
+        <f7-block-title medium>
+          General Settings
+        </f7-block-title>
+        <config-sheet
+          :parameter-groups="configDescriptions.parameterGroups"
+          :parameters="configDescriptions.parameters"
+          :configuration="config"
+          :set-empty-config-as-null="true" />
+      </f7-col>
+    </f7-block>
+    <f7-block v-if="ready && persistenceList.length" class="block-narrow">
+      <f7-col>
+        <f7-block-title medium>
+          Configure Persistence Policies
+        </f7-block-title>
+        <f7-list style="margin-top: 15px">
+          <f7-list-item
+            v-for="persistence in persistenceList"
+            media-item
+            :key="persistence.id"
+            :link="persistence.id"
+            :title="persistence.label"
+            :footer="persistence.id" />
+          <f7-list-item link="/addons/other/" no-chevron media-item :color="($theme.dark) ? 'black' : 'white'" subtitle="Install more persistence add-ons">
+            <f7-icon slot="media" color="green" aurora="f7:plus_circle_fill" ios="f7:plus_circle_fill" md="material:control_point" />
+          </f7-list-item>
+        </f7-list>
+      </f7-col>
+    </f7-block>
+
+    <f7-block v-if="ready && !persistenceList.length" class="service-config block-narrow">
+      <empty-state-placeholder icon="tray-arrow-down" title="persistence.title" text="persistence.text" />
+      <f7-row class="display-flex justify-content-center">
+        <f7-button large fill color="blue" external :href="documentationLink" target="_blank" v-t="'home.overview.button.documentation'" />
+        <span style="width: 8px" />
+        <f7-button large fill color="blue" href="/addons/other/">
+          Install a persistence add-on
+        </f7-button>
+      </f7-row>
+    </f7-block>
+  </f7-page>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import DirtyMixin from '../dirty-mixin'
+import ConfigSheet from '@/components/config/config-sheet.vue'
+
+export default {
+  mixins: [DirtyMixin],
+  components: {
+    'empty-state-placeholder': () => import('@/components/empty-state-placeholder.vue'),
+    ConfigSheet
+  },
+  data () {
+    return {
+      loading: false,
+      ready: false,
+      serviceId: 'org.openhab.persistence',
+      persistenceList: [],
+      configDescriptions: null,
+      config: null
+    }
+  },
+  computed: {
+    documentationLink () {
+      return `https://${this.$store.state.runtimeInfo.buildString === 'Release Build' ? 'www' : 'next'}.openhab.org/link/persistence`
+    }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    config: {
+      handler: function () {
+        if (!this.loading) {
+          this.dirty = true
+        }
+      },
+      deep: true
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    onPageAfterIn () {
+      if (window) {
+        window.addEventListener('keydown', this.keyDown)
+      }
+      this.load()
+    },
+    onPageBeforeOut () {
+      if (window) {
+        window.removeEventListener('keydown', this.keyDown)
+      }
+    },
+    load () {
+      if (this.loading) return
+      this.loading = true
+
+      this.$oh.api.get('/rest/persistence').then((data) => {
+        this.$set(this, 'persistenceList', data)
+      })
+      this.$oh.api.get('/rest/services/' + this.serviceId).then(data => {
+        if (data.configDescriptionURI) {
+          this.$oh.api.get('/rest/config-descriptions/' + data.configDescriptionURI).then(data2 => {
+            this.$set(this, 'configDescriptions', data2)
+            this.$oh.api.get('/rest/services/' + this.serviceId + '/config').then(data3 => {
+              this.$set(this, 'config', data3)
+              this.$nextTick(() => {
+                this.loading = false
+                this.ready = true
+              })
+            })
+          })
+        }
+      })
+    },
+    save () {
+      this.$oh.api.put('/rest/services/' + this.serviceId + '/config', this.config).then(() => {
+        this.$f7.toast.create({
+          text: 'Default persistence setting saved',
+          destroyOnClose: true,
+          closeTimeout: 2000
+        }).open()
+      })
+      this.dirty = false
+    },
+    keyDown (ev) {
+      if ((ev.ctrlKey || ev.metaKey) && !(ev.altKey || ev.shiftKey)) {
+        switch (ev.keyCode) {
+          case 83:
+            this.save()
+            ev.stopPropagation()
+            ev.preventDefault()
+            break
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>