diff --git a/src/richie/apps/demo/defaults.py b/src/richie/apps/demo/defaults.py
index e435a556b2..c52fb8bb05 100644
--- a/src/richie/apps/demo/defaults.py
+++ b/src/richie/apps/demo/defaults.py
@@ -340,6 +340,46 @@
 }
 SINGLECOLUMN_CONTENT.update(getattr(settings, "RICHIE_DEMO_SINGLECOLUMN_CONTENT", {}))
 
+FOOTER_CONTENT = {
+    "en": [
+        {
+            "items": [
+                {"name": "About", "internal_link": "annex__about"},
+                {"name": "Sitemap", "internal_link": "annex__sitemap"},
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "title": "Richie community",
+            "items": [
+                {"name": "Website", "external_link": "https://richie.education"},
+                {
+                    "name": "Github",
+                    "external_link": "https://github.com/openfun/richie",
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+    ],
+    "fr": [
+        {
+            "items": [
+                {"name": "A propos", "internal_link": "annex__about"},
+                {"name": "Plan du site", "internal_link": "annex__sitemap"},
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "title": "Communauté Richie",
+            "items": [
+                {"name": "Site web", "external_link": "https://richie.education"},
+                {
+                    "name": "Github",
+                    "external_link": "https://github.com/openfun/richie",
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+    ],
+}
+FOOTER_CONTENT.update(getattr(settings, "FOOTER_CONTENT", {}))
+
 SITEMAP_PAGE_PARAMS = {
     "blogposts": {"max_depth": 1},
     "courses": {"max_depth": 1},
diff --git a/src/richie/apps/demo/management/commands/create_demo_site.py b/src/richie/apps/demo/management/commands/create_demo_site.py
index 0fc892de25..3a5996995d 100755
--- a/src/richie/apps/demo/management/commands/create_demo_site.py
+++ b/src/richie/apps/demo/management/commands/create_demo_site.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import factory
 from cms.api import add_plugin
+from cms.models import StaticPlaceholder
 
 from richie.apps.core.factories import create_text_plugin, image_getter
 from richie.apps.core.helpers import recursive_page_creation
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 )
 
 from ...defaults import (
+    FOOTER_CONTENT,
     HOMEPAGE_CONTENT,
     ICONS_INFO,
     LEVELS_INFO,
@@ -81,6 +83,42 @@ def create_demo_site():
     # Create pages as described in PAGES_INFOS
     pages_created = recursive_page_creation(site, PAGES_INFO)
 
+    # Create the footer links
+    footer_static_ph = StaticPlaceholder.objects.get_or_create(code="footer")[0]
+    for footer_placeholder in [footer_static_ph.draft, footer_static_ph.public]:
+        for language, content in FOOTER_CONTENT.items():
+            # Create the <ul> section to carry the list of links
+            section_plugin = add_plugin(
+                footer_placeholder,
+                plugin_type="SectionPlugin",
+                language=language,
+                template="richie/section/section_list.html",
+            )
+
+            # One column per content object
+            for footer_info in content:
+                column_plugin = add_plugin(
+                    footer_placeholder,
+                    plugin_type="SectionPlugin",
+                    language=language,
+                    target=section_plugin,
+                    template="richie/section/section_list.html",
+                    title=footer_info.get("title"),
+                )
+                for item_info in footer_info.get("items", []):
+                    if "internal_link" in item_info:
+                        item_info = item_info.copy()
+                        item_info["internal_link"] = pages_created[
+                            item_info["internal_link"]
+                        ]
+                    add_plugin(
+                        footer_placeholder,
+                        plugin_type="LinkPlugin",
+                        language=language,
+                        target=column_plugin,
+                        **item_info,
+                    )
+
     # Create some licences
     licences = LicenceFactory.create_batch(
         NB_OBJECTS["licences"], logo__file__from_path=pick_image("licence")()
diff --git a/tests/apps/demo/test_commands_create_demo_site.py b/tests/apps/demo/test_commands_create_demo_site.py
index da4c7c22e1..0872a9ec23 100644
--- a/tests/apps/demo/test_commands_create_demo_site.py
+++ b/tests/apps/demo/test_commands_create_demo_site.py
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@ def test_commands_create_demo_site_method(self, *_):
         self.assertEqual(models.Person.objects.count(), 2)
         self.assertEqual(models.Licence.objects.count(), 1)
         self.assertEqual(models.Program.objects.count(), 2)
-        self.assertEqual(CMSPlugin.objects.count(), 504)
+        self.assertEqual(CMSPlugin.objects.count(), 532)