diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aed0105b1..357f30542 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ This pre-release version is only published to the browser-extension PWA, and wil
 * FEATURE: High-fidelity Zimit archive reading, with fallback to static content for old browsers
 * FEATURE: Enabled multi-ZIM support (browsing different ZIMs simultaneously in different browser tabs or windows)
 * BUGFIX: Restored ability to scroll the search results with touch or mouse
-* FIX: Issue causing a bootloop in rare circumstances when the app is in jQuery mode
+* BUGFIX: Issue causing a bootloop in rare circumstances when the app is in jQuery mode
 * FIX: Updated some broken links
+* DEV: Provided a separate webmanifest for the PWA version
 * DEV: Updated info for developers
 * DEV: Added a generic version of browserAction in backgroundscript to support MV3 extensions
 * DEV: Fixed some anomalies in tests
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 57fd26c7d..b34ec2de3 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
     "manifest_version": 3,
-    "name": "Kiwix",
+    "name": "Kiwix JS Browser Extension",
+    "short_name": "Kiwix JS",
     "version": "3.11.5",
 
-    "description": "Kiwix Offline Browser",
+    "description": "Kiwix is an offline reader for content from Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, TED Talks, Wikivoyage, Stackexchange, and many other Web archives. It makes knowledge available to people with limited or no Internet access.",
     
     "icons": {
         "16": "www/img/icons/kiwix-16.png",
diff --git a/manifest.webmanifest b/manifest.webmanifest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1ce1c448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest.webmanifest
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    "name": "Kiwix JS Browser Extension",
+    "short_name": "Kiwix JS",
+    "categories": ["reference", "books", "education"],
+    "start_url": ".",
+    "description": "Kiwix is an offline reader for content from Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, TED Talks, Wikivoyage, Stackexchange, and many other Web archives. It makes knowledge available to people with limited or no Internet access.",
+    "lang": "en-GB",
+    "background_color": "#000",
+    "icons": [
+        {
+          "src": "www/img/icons/kiwix-32.png",
+          "sizes": "32x32",
+          "type": "image/png"
+        },
+        {
+          "src": "www/img/icons/kiwix-60.png",
+          "sizes": "60x60",
+          "type": "image/ico"
+        },
+        {
+          "src": "www/img/icons/kiwix-256.png",
+          "sizes": "256x256",
+          "type": "image/png"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/www/index.html b/www/index.html
index 793818504..547a47705 100644
--- a/www/index.html
+++ b/www/index.html
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         -->
 
         <!-- Bootstrap -->
+        <link rel="manifest" href="../manifest.webmanifest" />
         <link href="../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen"/>
         <!-- Local app.css must be loaded after boostrap.css so that any local style overrides work -->
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/app.css"/>