diff --git a/changelog.org b/changelog.org
index 97d4a68e3..ecdcca706 100644
--- a/changelog.org
+++ b/changelog.org
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ All user visible changes to organice will be documented in this file.
 
 When there are updates to the changelog, you will be notified and see a 'gift' icon appear on the top right corner.
 
+* [2022-06-14 Tue]
+** Added
+- Create new file from file browser
+  - PR: https://github.com/200ok-ch/organice/pull/818
 * [2022-06-13 Mon]
 ** Added
 
diff --git a/src/actions/org.js b/src/actions/org.js
index 5a407f227..3e3e03a27 100644
--- a/src/actions/org.js
+++ b/src/actions/org.js
@@ -710,3 +710,9 @@ export const deleteBookmark = (context, bookmark) => ({
   context,
   bookmark,
 });
+
+export const addNewFile = (path, content) => ({
+  type: 'ADD_NEW_FILE',
+  path,
+  content,
+});
diff --git a/src/actions/sync_backend.js b/src/actions/sync_backend.js
index d29c512f8..dc373efcb 100644
--- a/src/actions/sync_backend.js
+++ b/src/actions/sync_backend.js
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ export const signOut = () => (dispatch, getState) => {
 export const setCurrentFileBrowserDirectoryListing = (
   directoryListing,
   hasMore,
-  additionalSyncBackendState
+  additionalSyncBackendState,
+  path
 ) => ({
   type: 'SET_CURRENT_FILE_BROWSER_DIRECTORY_LISTING',
   directoryListing,
   hasMore,
   additionalSyncBackendState,
+  path,
 });
 
 export const setIsLoadingMoreDirectoryListing = (isLoadingMore) => ({
@@ -58,7 +60,9 @@ export const getDirectoryListing = (path) => (dispatch, getState) => {
   client
     .getDirectoryListing(path)
     .then(({ listing, hasMore, additionalSyncBackendState }) => {
-      dispatch(setCurrentFileBrowserDirectoryListing(listing, hasMore, additionalSyncBackendState));
+      dispatch(
+        setCurrentFileBrowserDirectoryListing(listing, hasMore, additionalSyncBackendState, path)
+      );
       dispatch(hideLoadingMessage());
     })
     .catch((error) => {
@@ -123,3 +127,29 @@ export const downloadFile = (path) => {
       });
   };
 };
+
+/**
+ * @param {String} path Returns the directory name of `path`.
+ */
+function dirName(path) {
+  return path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
+}
+
+export const createFile = (path, content) => {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch(setLoadingMessage(`Creating file: ${path}`));
+    getState()
+      .syncBackend.get('client')
+      .createFile(path, content)
+      .then(() => {
+        dispatch(setLastSyncAt(addSeconds(new Date(), 5), path));
+        dispatch(hideLoadingMessage());
+        dispatch(getDirectoryListing(dirName(path)));
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        dispatch(hideLoadingMessage());
+        dispatch(setIsLoading(false, path));
+        dispatch(setOrgFileErrorMessage(`File ${path} not found`));
+      });
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/components/FileBrowser/components/ActionDrawer/index.js b/src/components/FileBrowser/components/ActionDrawer/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0517656e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/FileBrowser/components/ActionDrawer/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// INFO: There's an <ActionDrawer> component within the <OrgFile>
+// component, as well.
+
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { bindActionCreators } from 'redux';
+import _ from 'lodash';
+
+import './../../../OrgFile/components/ActionDrawer/stylesheet.css';
+
+import * as orgActions from '../../../../actions/org';
+import * as syncActions from '../../../../actions/sync_backend';
+
+import ActionButton from '../../../OrgFile/components/ActionDrawer/components/ActionButton';
+
+const ensureCompleteFilename = (fileName) => {
+  return fileName.endsWith('.org') ? fileName : `${fileName}.org`;
+};
+
+const ActionDrawer = ({ org, files, syncBackend, path }) => {
+  const handleAddNewOrgFileClick = () => {
+    const content = '* First header\nExtend the file from here.';
+    let fileName = prompt('New filename:');
+
+    if (!fileName) return;
+
+    fileName = ensureCompleteFilename(fileName);
+    let newPath = `${path}/${fileName}`;
+
+    if (_.includes(files, newPath)) {
+      alert('File already exists. Aborting.');
+    } else {
+      syncBackend.createFile(newPath, content);
+      org.addNewFile(newPath, content);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const mainButtonStyle = {
+    opacity: 1,
+    position: 'relative',
+    zIndex: 1,
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="action-drawer-container nice-scroll">
+      {
+        <Fragment>
+          <div
+            className="action-drawer__capture-buttons-container"
+            style={{
+              marginLeft: 'auto',
+              marginRight: 0,
+            }}
+          >
+            <ActionButton
+              iconName="plus"
+              isDisabled={false}
+              onClick={handleAddNewOrgFileClick}
+              style={mainButtonStyle}
+              tooltip="Add new Org file"
+            />
+          </div>
+        </Fragment>
+      }
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
+  const path = state.syncBackend.get('currentPath');
+  let files = state.syncBackend.getIn(['currentFileBrowserDirectoryListing', 'listing']);
+  files = files ? files.map((e) => e.get('id')).toJS() : [];
+  return {
+    path,
+    files,
+  };
+};
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => {
+  return {
+    org: bindActionCreators(orgActions, dispatch),
+    syncBackend: bindActionCreators(syncActions, dispatch),
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(ActionDrawer);
diff --git a/src/components/FileBrowser/index.js b/src/components/FileBrowser/index.js
index 8b6e9a1d6..a71635445 100644
--- a/src/components/FileBrowser/index.js
+++ b/src/components/FileBrowser/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { bindActionCreators } from 'redux';
 
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 
+import ActionDrawer from './components/ActionDrawer';
+
 import './stylesheet.css';
 
 import classNames from 'classnames';
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ const FileBrowser = ({
         <h3 className="file-browser__header">Directory: {isTopLevelDirectory ? '/' : path}</h3>
       )}
 
+      <ActionDrawer />
+
       <ul className="file-browser__file-list">
         {!isTopLevelDirectory && (
           <Link to={`/files${getParentDirectoryPath()}`}>
diff --git a/src/reducers/org.js b/src/reducers/org.js
index ff24da71f..6ae53e77d 100644
--- a/src/reducers/org.js
+++ b/src/reducers/org.js
@@ -1371,6 +1371,18 @@ const deleteBookmark = (state, { context, bookmark }) => {
   );
 };
 
+const addNewFile = (state, { path, content }) => {
+  const parsedFile = parseOrg(content);
+
+  return state
+    .setIn(['files', path, 'headers'], parsedFile.get('headers'))
+    .setIn(['files', path, 'todoKeywordSets'], parsedFile.get('todoKeywordSets'))
+    .setIn(['files', path, 'fileConfigLines'], parsedFile.get('fileConfigLines'))
+    .setIn(['files', path, 'linesBeforeHeadings'], parsedFile.get('linesBeforeHeadings'))
+    .setIn(['files', path, 'activeClocks'], parsedFile.get('activeClocks'))
+    .setIn(['files', path, 'isDirty'], false);
+};
+
 const addNewEmptyFileSetting = (state) =>
   state.update('fileSettings', (settings) =>
     settings.push(
@@ -1543,6 +1555,8 @@ const reducer = (state, action) => {
       return saveBookmark(state, action);
     case 'DELETE_BOOKMARK':
       return deleteBookmark(state, action);
+    case 'ADD_NEW_FILE':
+      return addNewFile(state, action);
     default:
       return state;
   }
diff --git a/src/reducers/sync_backend.js b/src/reducers/sync_backend.js
index aaafc6e92..d4942efea 100644
--- a/src/reducers/sync_backend.js
+++ b/src/reducers/sync_backend.js
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ import { Map } from 'immutable';
 const signOut = (state) => state.set('isAuthenticated', false).set('client', null);
 
 const setCurrentFileBrowserDirectoryListing = (state, action) =>
-  state.set(
-    'currentFileBrowserDirectoryListing',
-    Map({
-      listing: action.directoryListing,
-      hasMore: action.hasMore,
-      additionalSyncBackendState: action.additionalSyncBackendState,
-    })
-  );
+  state
+    .set(
+      'currentFileBrowserDirectoryListing',
+      Map({
+        listing: action.directoryListing,
+        hasMore: action.hasMore,
+        additionalSyncBackendState: action.additionalSyncBackendState,
+      })
+    )
+    .set('currentPath', action.path);
 
 const setIsLoadingMoreDirectoryListing = (state, action) =>
   state
diff --git a/src/sync_backend_clients/webdav_sync_backend_client.js b/src/sync_backend_clients/webdav_sync_backend_client.js
index ea2b6af18..485835fb0 100644
--- a/src/sync_backend_clients/webdav_sync_backend_client.js
+++ b/src/sync_backend_clients/webdav_sync_backend_client.js
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ export default (url, login, password) => {
 
   const uploadFile = (path, contents) =>
     new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
-      webdavClient.putFileContents(path, contents, { overwrite: true }).then(resolve).catch(reject)
+      webdavClient
+        .putFileContents(path, contents, { overwrite: true })
+        .then(resolve())
+        .catch(reject)
     );
 
   const updateFile = uploadFile;