diff --git a/packages/app-shell/README.md b/packages/app-shell/README.md
index 7d8b8603a25bd442e0ff972348c4c3d6d169cb0a..634d1634d322fd33cdab62a615070e1975de6bd3 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/README.md
+++ b/packages/app-shell/README.md
@@ -79,9 +79,16 @@ You will need to provide your own language selector and auth component.
 
 Example: `<app-shell><div slot="header">My custom header</div></app-shell>`
 
+#### footer-links
+
+The content of this slot will override the whole content of the footer link section, for example to set custom links.
+
+Example: `<app-shell><div slot="footer-links"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="int-link-external" href="https://my-webpage.com">Link text</a></div></app-shell>`
+
 #### footer
 
-The content of this slot will override the whole content of the footer, for example to set custom links.
+The content of this slot will override the whole content of the footer, for example to set custom links
+and also overwrite the `dbp-build-info` tag.
 
 Example: `<app-shell><div slot="footer"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="int-link-external" href="https://my-webpage.com">Link text</a></div></app-shell>`
 
diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/app-shell.js b/packages/app-shell/src/app-shell.js
index f9d44eb6fbef2680756faab1689be84468e7ff3a..133497480cc912f5b183a037bfa2d482a2240146 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/src/app-shell.js
+++ b/packages/app-shell/src/app-shell.js
@@ -926,9 +926,11 @@ export class AppShell extends ScopedElementsMixin(AdapterLitElement) {
 
                 <footer>
                     <slot name="footer">
-                        <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="int-link-external" href="https://datenschutz.tugraz.at/erklaerung/">${i18n.t('privacy-policy')}</a>
-                        <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="int-link-external" href="${imprintUrl}">${i18n.t('imprint')}</a>
-                        <a rel="noopener" class="int-link-external" href="mailto:it-support@tugraz.at">${i18n.t('contact')}</a>
+                        <slot name="footer-links">
+                            <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="int-link-external" href="https://datenschutz.tugraz.at/erklaerung/">${i18n.t('privacy-policy')}</a>
+                            <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="int-link-external" href="${imprintUrl}">${i18n.t('imprint')}</a>
+                            <a rel="noopener" class="int-link-external" href="mailto:it-support@tugraz.at">${i18n.t('contact')}</a>
+                        </slot>
                         <dbp-build-info class="${prodClassMap}" git-info="${this.gitInfo}" env="${this.env}" build-url="${this.buildUrl}" build-time="${this.buildTime}"></dbp-build-info>
                     </slot>
                 </footer>