diff --git a/src/Gui/Action.cpp b/src/Gui/Action.cpp
index 3f7d3d6a2654c..258155395f2b1 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Action.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Action.cpp
@@ -273,8 +273,9 @@ void ActionGroup::addTo(QWidget *w)
     // and adding this action to the widget doesn't work.
     if (_dropDown) {
         if (w->inherits("QMenu")) {
-            QMenu* menu = qobject_cast<QMenu*>(w);
-            menu = menu->addMenu(_action->text());
+            QMenu *menu = new QMenu(w);
+            QAction* action = qobject_cast<QMenu*>(w)->addMenu(menu);
+            action->setMenuRole(_action->menuRole());
             menu->addActions(_group->actions());
         }
         else if (w->inherits("QToolBar")) {
diff --git a/src/Gui/Command.cpp b/src/Gui/Command.cpp
index a597bf591988e..db6511b9d6ad9 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Command.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Command.cpp
@@ -1020,6 +1020,7 @@ Command *GroupCommand::addCommand(const char *name) {
 
 Action * GroupCommand::createAction(void) {
     ActionGroup* pcAction = new ActionGroup(this, getMainWindow());
+    pcAction->setMenuRole(QAction::NoRole);
     pcAction->setDropDownMenu(true);
     pcAction->setExclusive(false);
     pcAction->setCheckable(true);
diff --git a/src/Gui/CommandStd.cpp b/src/Gui/CommandStd.cpp
index 0830670c10245..aa3c78910604c 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CommandStd.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/CommandStd.cpp
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ Action * StdCmdDlgPreferences::createAction(void)
 {
     Action *pcAction = Command::createAction();
     pcAction->setMenuRole(QAction::PreferencesRole);
+
     return pcAction;
 }