diff --git a/src/MCT.js b/src/MCT.js
index d5ecf54ed5..6788e937fc 100644
--- a/src/MCT.js
+++ b/src/MCT.js
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ define([
          * @name types
          */
 
+        /**
+         * Utilities for attaching common behaviors to views.
+         *
+         * @type {module:openmct.GestureAPI}
+         * @memberof module:openmct.MCT#
+         * @name gestures
+         */
 
         this.TimeConductor = this.conductor; // compatibility for prototype
         this.on('navigation', this.selection.clear.bind(this.selection));
diff --git a/src/api/ui/GestureAPI.js b/src/api/ui/GestureAPI.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76f91f2425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/ui/GestureAPI.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+define([], function () {
+    /**
+     * Allows support for common user actions to be attached to views.
+     * @interface GestureAPI
+     * @memberof module:openmct
+     */
+    function GestureAPI() {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Designate an HTML element as selectable, and associated with a
+     * particular object.
+     *
+     * @param {HTMLElement} htmlElement the element to make selectable
+     * @param {*} item the object which should become selected when this
+     *        element is clicked.
+     * @returns {Function} a function to remove selectability from this
+     *          HTML element.
+     * @method selectable
+     * @memberof module:openmct.GestureAPI#
+     */
+    GestureAPI.prototype.selectable = function (htmlElement, item) {
+
+    };
+
+    return GestureAPI;
+});