diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.cpp
index 95e8ff306..fb58845f7 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.cpp
@@ -30,17 +30,29 @@ using namespace sigc;
 namespace gui {
 namespace widgets {
   
+const ArrowType arrowType = ARROW_DOWN;
+const ShadowType shadowType = SHADOW_NONE;
+  
 MenuButton::MenuButton() :
-  Button()
-{}
+  Button(),
+  arrow(arrowType, shadowType)
+{
+  setup_button();
+}
 
-MenuButton::MenuButton(const Gtk::StockID& stock_id)
-  : Button(stock_id)
-{}  
+MenuButton::MenuButton(const Gtk::StockID& stock_id) :
+  Button(stock_id),
+  arrow(arrowType, shadowType)
+{
+  setup_button();
+}  
 
-MenuButton::MenuButton(const Glib::ustring& label, bool mnemonic)
-  : Button(label, mnemonic)
-{}
+MenuButton::MenuButton(const Glib::ustring& label, bool mnemonic) :
+  Button(label, mnemonic),
+  arrow(arrowType, shadowType)
+{
+  setup_button();
+}
 
 Gtk::Menu&
 MenuButton::get_menu()
@@ -48,12 +60,6 @@ MenuButton::get_menu()
   return menu;
 }
 
-void
-MenuButton::on_pressed()
-{
-  popup();
-}
-
 void
 MenuButton::popup()
 {
@@ -61,6 +67,20 @@ MenuButton::popup()
     0, gtk_get_current_event_time());
 }
 
+void
+MenuButton::setup_button()
+{
+  arrow.set(ARROW_DOWN, SHADOW_NONE);
+  set_image_position(POS_RIGHT);
+  set_image(arrow);
+}
+
+void
+MenuButton::on_pressed()
+{
+  popup();
+}
+
 void
 MenuButton::on_menu_position(int& x, int& y, bool& push_in)
 {
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.hpp b/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.hpp
index 38c21cdfc..37a9b0447 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.hpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/menu-button.hpp
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ public:
 
 protected:
 
+  /**
+   * An internal method which sets up the button at creat time.
+   **/
+  void setup_button();
+
   /**
    * An event handler for when the button is pressed.
    **/
@@ -103,6 +108,12 @@ private:
    * The internal menu object which is the popup menu of this widget.
    **/
   Gtk::Menu menu;
+  
+  /**
+   * The arrow widget that will be displayed to hint the user that this
+   * button is a drop-down.
+   **/
+  Gtk::Arrow arrow;
 };
 
 } // gui