diff --git a/core/templates/MoreSideBar.tid b/core/templates/MoreSideBar.tid
index 7dd69fb2b..23508c4e7 100644
--- a/core/templates/MoreSideBar.tid
+++ b/core/templates/MoreSideBar.tid
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ title: $:/templates/MoreSideBar
 <$list filter="[!is[system]sort[title]]" itemClass="tw-menu-list-item"/>
 </$reveal>
 <$reveal type="match" state="$:/state/moreSideBarTabSet" text="recentTab" qualifyTiddlerTitles="yes">
-<$list filter="[!is[system]!sort[modified]]" itemClass="tw-menu-list-item"/>
+{{$:/snippets/recentchanges}}
 </$reveal>
 <$reveal type="match" state="$:/state/moreSideBarTabSet" text="tagsTab" qualifyTiddlerTitles="yes">
 <$list filter="[tags[]sort[title]]" itemClass="tw-menu-list-item" template="$:/templates/TagTemplate"/>
diff --git a/core/templates/SideBar.tid b/core/templates/SideBar.tid
index 6df0f7125..7caf89942 100644
--- a/core/templates/SideBar.tid
+++ b/core/templates/SideBar.tid
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ title: $:/templates/SideBar
 <$button message="tw-close-all-tiddlers" class="btn-invisible btn-mini">close all</$button>
 </$reveal>
 <$reveal type="match" state="$:/state/sideBarTabSet" text="recentTab" qualifyTiddlerTitles="yes">
-<$list filter="[has[modified]!sort[modified]limit[100]eachday[modified]]" itemClass="tw-menu-list-item">
-<$view field="modified" format="date" template="DDth MMM YYYY"/>
-<$list filter="[sameday{!!modified}!sort[modified]]" itemClass="tw-menu-list-subitem">
-<$view field="title" format="link"/>
-</$list>
-</$list>
-
+{{$:/snippets/recentchanges}}
 </$reveal>
 <$reveal type="match" state="$:/state/sideBarTabSet" text="toolsTab" qualifyTiddlerTitles="yes">
 {{$:/templates/ToolsPanel}}
diff --git a/core/wiki/recentchanges.tid b/core/wiki/recentchanges.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3526e4c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/wiki/recentchanges.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+title: $:/snippets/recentchanges
+
+<$list filter="[has[modified]!sort[modified]limit[100]eachday[modified]]" itemClass="tw-menu-list-item">
+<$view field="modified" format="date" template="DDth MMM YYYY"/>
+<$list filter="[sameday{!!modified}!sort[modified]]" itemClass="tw-menu-list-subitem">
+<$view field="title" format="link"/>
+</$list>
+</$list>