diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 14e19e69..9da554e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     "worker-loader": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@slimsag/react-shortcuts": "^1.2.1",
     "@sourcegraph/codeintellify": "^3.9.0",
     "@sourcegraph/extensions-client-common": "^10.0.0",
     "@sourcegraph/react-loading-spinner": "0.0.6",
diff --git a/src/libs/code_intelligence/extensions.tsx b/src/libs/code_intelligence/extensions.tsx
index dd63d9f8..b0f03a3e 100644
--- a/src/libs/code_intelligence/extensions.tsx
+++ b/src/libs/code_intelligence/extensions.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import * as H from 'history'
 import { isErrorLike } from '../../shared/backend/errors'
 import { createExtensionsContextController, createMessageTransports } from '../../shared/backend/extensions'
 import { GlobalDebug } from '../../shared/components/GlobalDebug'
+import { ShortcutProvider } from '../../shared/components/ShortcutProvider'
 import { sourcegraphUrl } from '../../shared/util/context'
 import { getGlobalDebugMount } from '../github/extensions'
 import { MountGetter } from './code_intelligence'
@@ -111,11 +112,13 @@ export function initializeExtensions(
     const { extensionsContextController, extensionsController } = createControllers(documents)
 
     render(
-        <CommandListPopoverButton
-            extensionsController={extensionsController}
-            menu={ContributableMenu.CommandPalette}
-            extensions={extensionsContextController}
-        />,
+        <ShortcutProvider>
+            <CommandListPopoverButton
+                extensionsController={extensionsController}
+                menu={ContributableMenu.CommandPalette}
+                extensions={extensionsContextController}
+            />
+        </ShortcutProvider>,
         getCommandPaletteMount()
     )
 
diff --git a/src/libs/github/extensions.tsx b/src/libs/github/extensions.tsx
index bc5f765b..54dff167 100644
--- a/src/libs/github/extensions.tsx
+++ b/src/libs/github/extensions.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { ContributableMenu } from 'sourcegraph/module/protocol'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { render } from 'react-dom'
 import { GlobalDebug } from '../../shared/components/GlobalDebug'
+import { ShortcutProvider } from '../../shared/components/ShortcutProvider'
 
 export function getCommandPaletteMount(): HTMLElement {
     const headerElem = document.querySelector('div.HeaderMenu>div:last-child')
@@ -51,11 +52,13 @@ export function injectExtensionsGlobalComponents({
     extensionsContextController: Controller<ConfigurationSubject, Settings>
 }): void {
     render(
-        <CommandListPopoverButton
-            extensionsController={extensionsController}
-            menu={ContributableMenu.CommandPalette}
-            extensions={extensionsContextController}
-        />,
+        <ShortcutProvider>
+            <CommandListPopoverButton
+                extensionsController={extensionsController}
+                menu={ContributableMenu.CommandPalette}
+                extensions={extensionsContextController}
+            />
+        </ShortcutProvider>,
         getCommandPaletteMount()
     )
 
diff --git a/src/shared/components/GlobalDebug.tsx b/src/shared/components/GlobalDebug.tsx
index 0d8f3a87..090606d5 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/GlobalDebug.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/GlobalDebug.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as H from 'history'
 import MenuDownIcon from 'mdi-react/MenuDownIcon'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { sourcegraphUrl } from '../util/context'
+import { ShortcutProvider } from './ShortcutProvider'
 
 interface Props {
     location: H.Location
@@ -28,13 +29,17 @@ export const GlobalDebug: React.SFC<Props> = props =>
         <div className="global-debug navbar navbar-expand">
             <ul className="navbar-nav align-items-center">
                 <li className="nav-item">
-                    <ExtensionStatusPopover
-                        location={props.location}
-                        loaderIcon={LoadingSpinner as React.ComponentType<{ className: string; onClick?: () => void }>}
-                        caretIcon={MenuDownIcon as React.ComponentType<{ className: string; onClick?: () => void }>}
-                        extensionsController={props.extensionsController}
-                        link={ExtensionLink}
-                    />
+                    <ShortcutProvider>
+                        <ExtensionStatusPopover
+                            location={props.location}
+                            loaderIcon={
+                                LoadingSpinner as React.ComponentType<{ className: string; onClick?: () => void }>
+                            }
+                            caretIcon={MenuDownIcon as React.ComponentType<{ className: string; onClick?: () => void }>}
+                            extensionsController={props.extensionsController}
+                            link={ExtensionLink}
+                        />
+                    </ShortcutProvider>
                 </li>
             </ul>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/ShortcutProvider.tsx b/src/shared/components/ShortcutProvider.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b2e41b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/components/ShortcutProvider.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Context, ContextProvider, ProviderProps, ShortcutManager } from '@slimsag/react-shortcuts'
+import * as React from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Describes the variable this file injects into the `global` object. It is
+ * heavily prefixed to avoid collisions.
+ */
+interface GlobalContext {
+    /** The singleton ShortcutManager object. */
+    browserExtensionShortcutManager?: ShortcutManager
+}
+
+// This ShortcutProvider is derived from the default @shopify/react-shortcuts
+// implementation:
+//
+// https://github.com/Shopify/quilt/blob/master/packages/react-shortcuts/src/ShortcutProvider/ShortcutProvider.tsx
+//
+// We cannot use the default implementation above because it assumes the
+// application is rendered via a single React component in order to create the
+// ShortcutManager singleton. In our case, there are multiple React components
+// on the page and they each need to use a single ShortcutManager, so we must
+// manage it ourselves here. If we did not do this, we would have multiple
+// ShortcutManagers and each would register their own conflicting document
+// event handlers.
+export class ShortcutProvider extends React.Component<ProviderProps, never> {
+    public componentDidMount(): void {
+        const globals = global as GlobalContext
+        if (!globals.browserExtensionShortcutManager) {
+            globals.browserExtensionShortcutManager = new ShortcutManager()
+            globals.browserExtensionShortcutManager.setup()
+        }
+    }
+
+    public render(): JSX.Element | null {
+        const globals = global as GlobalContext
+        const context: Context = {
+            shortcutManager: globals.browserExtensionShortcutManager,
+        }
+
+        return <ContextProvider value={context}>{this.props.children}</ContextProvider>
+    }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f6e16363..13382de7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1306,6 +1306,13 @@
   dependencies:
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
 
+"@slimsag/react-shortcuts@^1.2.1":
+  version "1.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@slimsag/react-shortcuts/-/react-shortcuts-1.2.1.tgz#a3ea054a057137de8636bc9fabac61369103e597"
+  integrity sha512-dUTQjBX1yjnHbqkTL5ditqtx5R6QhcXI3lCnjOy8e5XUOr5LOtVpol1mufU2lAb7DtEYrSVRQpUeNmZrTEgLcg==
+  dependencies:
+    prop-types "^15.6.2"
+
 "@sourcegraph/codeintellify@^3.9.0":
   version "3.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sourcegraph/codeintellify/-/codeintellify-3.9.0.tgz#1e3f002558cc367e8c5ee9b0a54e0c47c6ee8761"