diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.cpp
index 853c07474..8f7d1f0b2 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@
 
 
 using namespace Gtk;
+using namespace Glib;
 using namespace sigc;
 
+#define POPUP_SLUG "TheMenu"
+#define POPUP_PATH "/" POPUP_SLUG
 const int CaptionPadding = 4;
 
 namespace gui {
@@ -38,7 +41,9 @@ const ShadowType shadowType = SHADOW_NONE;
   
 MenuButton::MenuButton() :
   ToggleButton(),
-  arrow(arrowType, shadowType)
+  arrow(arrowType, shadowType),
+  uimanager(UIManager::create()),
+  actions(ActionGroup::create())
 {
   setup_button();
 }
@@ -52,9 +57,7 @@ MenuButton::MenuButton(const StockID& stock_id) :
   StockItem stock_item;
   REQUIRE(StockItem::lookup(stock_id, stock_item));
   caption.set_text_with_mnemonic(stock_item.get_label());
-
   hBox.pack_start(image);
-
   setup_button();
 }  
 
@@ -66,24 +69,61 @@ MenuButton::MenuButton(cuString& label, bool mnemonic) :
   setup_button();
 }
 
-Gtk::Menu&
+Menu&
 MenuButton::get_menu()
 {
-  return menu;
+  uString path ("/");
+  path.append (POPUP_SLUG);
+  Menu* p_menu = dynamic_cast<Menu*>(
+              uimanager->get_widget(path));
+  REQUIRE (p_menu);
+  return *p_menu;
+}
+
+void
+MenuButton::append (uString &slug, uString &title,
+                    sigc::slot<void> &callback)
+{
+  actions->add(Action::create(slug, title), callback);
+  uimanager->add_ui(uimanager->new_merge_id(),
+                    ustring("ui/").append(POPUP_SLUG),
+                    title,slug, Gtk::UI_MANAGER_MENUITEM,
+                    false);
+  uimanager->ensure_update();
+}
+
+void
+MenuButton::append (const char *slug, const char* title,
+                    sigc::slot<void>& callback)
+{
+  uString uSlug (slug);
+  uString uTitle (_(title));
+  append (uSlug, uTitle, callback);
 }
 
 void
 MenuButton::popup()
 {
-  menu.popup( mem_fun(this, &MenuButton::on_menu_position),
+  get_menu().popup( mem_fun(this, &MenuButton::on_menu_position),
     0, gtk_get_current_event_time());
   set_active();
+  dump_xml();
 }
 
 void
 MenuButton::setup_button()
 {
-  menu.signal_deactivate().connect(mem_fun(
+  uimanager = UIManager::create();
+  actions = ActionGroup::create();
+  uimanager->insert_action_group(actions);
+
+  // Setup the UIManager with a popup menu
+  const guint rootId = uimanager->new_merge_id();
+  uimanager->add_ui(rootId, "ui",
+      POPUP_SLUG, POPUP_SLUG,
+      Gtk::UI_MANAGER_POPUP);
+
+  get_menu().signal_deactivate().connect(mem_fun(
     this, &MenuButton::on_menu_deactivated));
   
   arrow.set(ARROW_DOWN, SHADOW_NONE);
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.hpp b/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.hpp
index 25d343a4a..0197ecb96 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.hpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.hpp
@@ -28,49 +28,58 @@
 
 #include "gui/gtk-base.hpp"
 
+#include <iostream>
+
+
+using namespace Gtk;
+
 namespace gui {
 namespace widgets {
 
 /**
  * A button that display a menu when clicked on.
  */
-class MenuButton : public Gtk::ToggleButton
+class MenuButton : public ToggleButton
 {
 public:
 
   /**
    * Create an empty button.
-   * @remarks With an empty button, you can Gtk::Button::add() a widget
-   * such as a Gtk::Pixmap or Gtk::Box. If you just wish to add a
-   * Gtk::Label, you may want to use the
-   * Gtk::MenuButton(cuString& label) ctor directly instead.
+   * @remarks With an empty button, you can Button::add() a widget
+   * such as a Pixmap or Box. If you just wish to add a
+   * Label, you may want to use the
+   * MenuButton(cuString& label) ctor directly instead.
    */
   MenuButton();
 
   /**
    * Creates a new Button containing the image and text from a stock
    * item. 
-   * @remarks Stock ids have identifiers like Gtk::Stock::OK and
-   * Gtk::Stock::APPLY.
+   * @remarks Stock ids have identifiers like Stock::OK and
+   * Stock::APPLY.
    */
-  MenuButton(const Gtk::StockID& stock_id);
+  MenuButton(const StockID& stock_id);
   
   /**
    * Creates a simple Push Button with label.
    * @remarks Create a button with the given label inside. You won't be
    * able to add a widget in this button since it already has a
-   * Gtk::Label in it
+   * Label in it
    */
   MenuButton(cuString& label, bool mnemonic=false);
   
+  void dump_xml() { std::cout << uimanager->get_ui() << std::endl; }
   /**
    * Gets the menu which will be displayed when the button is clicked
    * on.
    * @return Returns a reference to the menu that will be clicked on.
    * This reference can be used to populate the menu with items.
    */
-  Gtk::Menu& get_menu();
+  Menu& get_menu();
   
+  void append (uString &slug, uString &title, sigc::slot<void>& callback);
+  void append (const char *slug, const char* title, sigc::slot<void>& callback);
+
   /**
    * Pops up the menu.
    */
@@ -79,7 +88,7 @@ public:
 protected:
 
   /**
-   * An internal method which sets up the button at creat time.
+   * An internal method which sets up the button at create time.
    */
   void setup_button();
 
@@ -112,28 +121,31 @@ private:
   /**
    * The hBox for the layout of image, caption and arrow.
    */
-  Gtk::HBox hBox;
+  HBox hBox;
   
   /**
    * The image that will optionally display an icon.
    */
-  Gtk::Image image;
+  Image image;
   
   /**
    * The caption text label to show on the button.
    */
-  Gtk::Label caption;
+  Label caption;
   
   /**
    * The arrow widget that will be displayed to hint the user that this
    * button is a drop-down.
    */
-  Gtk::Arrow arrow;
+  Arrow arrow;
 
   /**
    * The internal menu object which is the popup menu of this widget.
    */
-  Gtk::Menu menu;
+  Menu menu;
+
+  Glib::RefPtr<UIManager> uimanager;
+  Glib::RefPtr<ActionGroup> actions;
 
 };