diff --git a/browser/components/downloads/content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.js b/browser/components/downloads/content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.js
index 90cf7cab061..eb65f2ee841 100644
--- a/browser/components/downloads/content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.js
+++ b/browser/components/downloads/content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
 Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/NetUtil.jsm");
 Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/DownloadUtils.jsm");
 Cu.import("resource:///modules/DownloadsCommon.jsm");
+Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/PlacesUtils.jsm");
 
 const nsIDM = Ci.nsIDownloadManager;
 
diff --git a/browser/components/downloads/content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.xul b/browser/components/downloads/content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.xul
index 63d0d4e3ac4..ee9d8a3dad1 100644
--- a/browser/components/downloads/content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.xul
+++ b/browser/components/downloads/content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.xul
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@
         <richlistbox id="downloadsRichListBox"/>
         <commandset id="downloadCommands"/>
         <menupopup id="downloadsContextMenu"/>
-    3. Make sure your window also has the editMenuOverlay overlay applied,
+    3. Make sure your window has the editMenuOverlay overlay applied,
        because the view implements cmd_copy and cmd_delete.
-    4. To initialize the view
+    4. Make sure your window has the globalOverlay.js script loaded.
+    5. To initialize the view
         let view = new DownloadsPlacesView(document.getElementById("downloadsRichListBox"));
         // This is what the Places Library uses. It could be tweaked a bit as long as the
         // transition-type is set correctly
-        view.places = "place:transition=7&sort=4";
+        view.place = "place:transition=7&sort=4";
 -->
 <overlay id="downloadsViewOverlay"
          xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
diff --git a/browser/components/downloads/content/contentAreaDownloadsView.js b/browser/components/downloads/content/contentAreaDownloadsView.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..540dbb7967d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser/components/downloads/content/contentAreaDownloadsView.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+let ContentAreaDownloadsView = {
+  init: function CADV_init() {
+    let view = new DownloadsPlacesView(document.getElementById("downloadsRichListBox"));
+    view.place = "place:transition=7&sort=4";
+  }
+};
diff --git a/browser/components/downloads/content/contentAreaDownloadsView.xul b/browser/components/downloads/content/contentAreaDownloadsView.xul
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62cc1871f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser/components/downloads/content/contentAreaDownloadsView.xul
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+<?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin/"?>
+<?xul-overlay href="chrome://browser/content/downloads/allDownloadsViewOverlay.xul"?>
+
+<?xul-overlay href="chrome://global/content/editMenuOverlay.xul"?>
+
+<window id="contentAreaDownloadsView"
+        xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"
+        onload="ContentAreaDownloadsView.init();">
+
+  <script type="application/javascript"
+          src="chrome://global/content/globalOverlay.js"/>
+  <script type="application/javascript"
+          src="chrome://browser/content/downloads/contentAreaDownloadsView.js"/>
+
+  <commandset id="editMenuCommands"/>
+
+  <keyset id="editMenuKeys">
+#ifdef XP_MACOSX
+    <key id="key_delete2" keycode="VK_BACK" command="cmd_delete"/>
+#endif
+  </keyset>
+
+  <richlistbox id="downloadsRichListBox"/>
+  <commandset id="downloadCommands"/>
+  <menupopup id="downloadsContextMenu"/>
+</window>
diff --git a/browser/components/downloads/jar.mn b/browser/components/downloads/jar.mn
index f2dff61860e..6bfc5faf652 100644
--- a/browser/components/downloads/jar.mn
+++ b/browser/components/downloads/jar.mn
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ browser.jar:
 *       content/browser/downloads/allDownloadsViewOverlay.xul (content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.xul)
         content/browser/downloads/allDownloadsViewOverlay.js  (content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.js)
         content/browser/downloads/allDownloadsViewOverlay.css (content/allDownloadsViewOverlay.css)
+*       content/browser/downloads/contentAreaDownloadsView.xul (content/contentAreaDownloadsView.xul)
+        content/browser/downloads/contentAreaDownloadsView.js  (content/contentAreaDownloadsView.js)