diff --git a/src/resources/xviewer-app-menu.xml b/src/resources/xviewer-app-menu.xml
index 2edd74e..11b48f7 100644
--- a/src/resources/xviewer-app-menu.xml
+++ b/src/resources/xviewer-app-menu.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
       <item>
         <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">_View</attribute>
         <link name="submenu">
+          <item>
+            <attribute name="action">app.menubar</attribute>
+            <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">_Menubar</attribute>
+          </item>
           <item>
             <attribute name="action">app.toolbar</attribute>
             <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">_Toolbar</attribute>
diff --git a/src/resources/xviewer-ui.xml b/src/resources/xviewer-ui.xml
index a164a7e..0ac65f3 100644
--- a/src/resources/xviewer-ui.xml
+++ b/src/resources/xviewer-ui.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
       <menuitem action="EditPreferences"/>
     </menu>
     <menu action="View">
+      <menuitem name="MenubarToggle" action="ViewMenubar"/>
       <menuitem name="ToolbarToggle" action="ViewToolbar"/>
       <menuitem name="StatusbarToggle" action="ViewStatusbar"/>
       <menuitem name="ImageGalleryToggle" action="ViewImageGallery"/>
diff --git a/src/xviewer-window.c b/src/xviewer-window.c
index cd8207c..09d2316 100644
--- a/src/xviewer-window.c
+++ b/src/xviewer-window.c
@@ -2731,7 +2731,10 @@ xviewer_window_cmd_show_hide_bar (GtkAction *action, gpointer user_data)
 
 	visible = gtk_toggle_action_get_active (GTK_TOGGLE_ACTION (action));
 
-	if (g_ascii_strcasecmp (gtk_action_get_name (action), "ViewToolbar") == 0) {
+	if (g_ascii_strcasecmp (gtk_action_get_name (action), "ViewMenubar") == 0) {
+		GtkWidget* menubar = gtk_ui_manager_get_widget (priv->ui_mgr, "/MainMenu");
+		g_object_set (G_OBJECT (menubar), "visible", visible, NULL);
+	} else if (g_ascii_strcasecmp (gtk_action_get_name (action), "ViewToolbar") == 0) {
 		g_object_set (G_OBJECT (priv->toolbar_revealer), "reveal-child", visible, NULL);
 
 		if (priv->mode == XVIEWER_WINDOW_MODE_NORMAL)
@@ -4252,6 +4255,9 @@ static const GtkActionEntry action_entries_window[] = {
 };
 
 static const GtkToggleActionEntry toggle_entries_window[] = {
+	{ "ViewMenubar", NULL, N_("_Menubar"), "F8",
+	  N_("Changes the visibility of the menubar in the current window"),
+	  G_CALLBACK (xviewer_window_cmd_show_hide_bar), TRUE },
 	{ "ViewToolbar", NULL, N_("_Toolbar"), NULL,
 	  N_("Changes the visibility of the toolbar in the current window"),
 	  G_CALLBACK (xviewer_window_cmd_show_hide_bar), TRUE },