diff --git a/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini b/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini
index 0c0dc76cab59fbf902493684b8a7955862796926..8b9770c95bb6ef70e365050d3976bbea53f64c78 100644
--- a/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini
+++ b/obs/data/locale/en-US.ini
@@ -362,6 +362,10 @@ Basic.Settings.Hotkeys="Hotkeys"
 Basic.Settings.Hotkeys.Pair="Key combinations shared with '%1' act as toggles"
 
 # basic mode hotkeys
+Basic.Hotkeys.StartStreaming="Start Streaming"
+Basic.Hotkeys.StopStreaming="Stop Streaming"
+Basic.Hotkeys.StartRecording="Start Recording"
+Basic.Hotkeys.StopRecording="Stop Recording"
 Basic.Hotkeys.SelectScene="Switch to scene"
 
 # hotkeys that may lack translation on certain operating systems
diff --git a/obs/window-basic-main.cpp b/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
index e0532bb26c6e58037ddd5a534e99fcc2d7bdf0fc..ed4e838e6ab20eae852b2847f1a812e01c07b625 100644
--- a/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/obs/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ void OBSBasic::OBSInit()
 	obs_load_all_modules();
 
 	ResetOutputs();
+	CreateHotkeys();
 
 	if (!InitService())
 		throw "Failed to initialize service";
@@ -750,6 +751,77 @@ void OBSBasic::HotkeyTriggered(void *data, obs_hotkey_id id, bool pressed)
 			Q_ARG(obs_hotkey_id, id), Q_ARG(bool, pressed));
 }
 
+void OBSBasic::CreateHotkeys()
+{
+	auto LoadHotkeyData = [&](const char *name) -> OBSData
+	{
+		const char *info = config_get_string(basicConfig,
+				"Hotkeys", name);
+		if (!info)
+			return {};
+
+		obs_data_t *data = obs_data_create_from_json(info);
+		if (!data)
+			return {};
+
+		OBSData res = data;
+		obs_data_release(data);
+		return res;
+	};
+
+	auto LoadHotkeyPair = [&](obs_hotkey_pair_id id, const char *name0,
+			const char *name1)
+	{
+		obs_data_array_t *array0 =
+			obs_data_get_array(LoadHotkeyData(name0), "bindings");
+		obs_data_array_t *array1 =
+			obs_data_get_array(LoadHotkeyData(name1), "bindings");
+
+		obs_hotkey_pair_load(id, array0, array1);
+		obs_data_array_release(array0);
+		obs_data_array_release(array1);
+	};
+
+#define MAKE_CALLBACK(pred, method) \
+	[](void *data, obs_hotkey_pair_id, obs_hotkey_t*, bool pressed) \
+	{ \
+		OBSBasic &basic = *static_cast<OBSBasic*>(data); \
+		if (pred && pressed) { \
+			method(); \
+			return true; \
+		} \
+		return false; \
+	}
+
+	streamingHotkeys = obs_hotkey_pair_register_frontend(
+			"OBSBasic.StartStreaming",
+			Str("Basic.Hotkeys.StartStreaming"),
+			"OBSBasic.StopStreaming",
+			Str("Basic.Hotkeys.StopStreaming"),
+			MAKE_CALLBACK(!basic.outputHandler->StreamingActive(),
+				basic.StartStreaming),
+			MAKE_CALLBACK(basic.outputHandler->StreamingActive(),
+				basic.StopStreaming),
+			this, this);
+	LoadHotkeyPair(streamingHotkeys,
+			"OBSBasic.StartStreaming", "OBSBasic.StopStreaming");
+
+	recordingHotkeys = obs_hotkey_pair_register_frontend(
+			"OBSBasic.StartRecording",
+			Str("Basic.Hotkeys.StartRecording"),
+			"OBSBasic.StopRecording",
+			Str("Basic.Hotkeys.StopRecording"),
+			MAKE_CALLBACK(!basic.outputHandler->RecordingActive(),
+				basic.StartRecording),
+			MAKE_CALLBACK(basic.outputHandler->RecordingActive(),
+				basic.StopRecording),
+			this, this);
+	LoadHotkeyPair(recordingHotkeys,
+			"OBSBasic.StartRecording", "OBSBasic.StopRecording");
+
+#undef MAKE_CALLBACK
+}
+
 OBSBasic::~OBSBasic()
 {
 	bool previewEnabled = obs_preview_enabled();
@@ -764,6 +836,8 @@ OBSBasic::~OBSBasic()
 	os_cpu_usage_info_destroy(cpuUsageInfo);
 
 	obs_hotkey_set_callback_routing_func(nullptr, nullptr);
+	obs_hotkey_pair_unregister(streamingHotkeys);
+	obs_hotkey_pair_unregister(recordingHotkeys);
 
 	service = nullptr;
 	outputHandler.reset();
diff --git a/obs/window-basic-main.hpp b/obs/window-basic-main.hpp
index a628e3fd5e5c853ae35f52d746f74727eda52eb9..f200db73d4bff3dff3a692edcd425a4940289d02 100644
--- a/obs/window-basic-main.hpp
+++ b/obs/window-basic-main.hpp
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ private:
 	void          Load(const char *file);
 
 	void          InitHotkeys();
+	void          CreateHotkeys();
 
 	bool          InitService();
 
@@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ private:
 	void Nudge(int dist, MoveDir dir);
 	void OpenProjector(obs_source_t *source, int monitor);
 
+	obs_hotkey_pair_id streamingHotkeys, recordingHotkeys;
+
 public slots:
 	void StartStreaming();
 	void StopStreaming();