diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.cpp b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.cpp
index 7b7775b11..2aacf117c 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.cpp
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ QMenuProxy::~QMenuProxy()
     delete m_menu;
 }
 
-QDeclarativeListProperty<QMenuItem> QMenuProxy::items()
+QDeclarativeListProperty<QMenuItem> QMenuProxy::content()
 {
     return QDeclarativeListProperty<QMenuItem>(this, m_items);
 }
@@ -75,6 +75,37 @@ void QMenuProxy::setVisualParent(QDeclarativeItem *parent)
     emit visualParentChanged();
 }
 
+bool QMenuProxy::event(QEvent *event)
+{
+    switch (event->type()) {
+    case QEvent::ChildAdded: {
+        QChildEvent *ce = static_cast<QChildEvent *>(event);
+        QMenuItem *mi = qobject_cast<QMenuItem *>(ce->child());
+        //FIXME: linear complexity here
+        if (mi && !m_items.contains(mi)) {
+            m_items << mi;
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    case QEvent::ChildRemoved: {
+        QChildEvent *ce = static_cast<QChildEvent *>(event);
+        QMenuItem *mi = qobject_cast<QMenuItem *>(ce->child());
+
+        //FIXME: linear complexity here
+        if (mi) {
+            m_items.removeAll(mi);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return QObject::event(event);
+}
+
 void QMenuProxy::clearMenuItems()
 {
     qDeleteAll(m_items);
@@ -88,6 +119,11 @@ void QMenuProxy::addMenuItem(const QString &text)
     m_items << item;
 }
 
+void QMenuProxy::addMenuItem(QMenuItem *item)
+{
+    m_items << item;
+}
+
 void QMenuProxy::itemTriggered(QAction *action)
 {
     QMenuItem *item = qobject_cast<QMenuItem *>(action);
diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.h b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.h
index 0621f2f23..cf73b8048 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.h
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenu.h
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ class QMenuProxy : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
-    Q_PROPERTY(QDeclarativeListProperty<QMenuItem> items READ items CONSTANT)
-    Q_CLASSINFO("DefaultProperty", "items")
+    Q_PROPERTY(QDeclarativeListProperty<QMenuItem> content READ content CONSTANT)
+    Q_CLASSINFO("DefaultProperty", "content")
     Q_PROPERTY(QDeclarativeItem *visualParent READ visualParent WRITE setVisualParent NOTIFY visualParentChanged())
     Q_PROPERTY(DialogStatus::Status status READ status NOTIFY statusChanged)
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public:
     QMenuProxy(QObject *parent = 0);
     ~QMenuProxy();
 
-    QDeclarativeListProperty<QMenuItem> items();
+    QDeclarativeListProperty<QMenuItem> content();
     int actionCount() const;
     QMenuItem *action(int) const;
     DialogStatus::Status status() const;
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE void close();
     Q_INVOKABLE void clearMenuItems();
     Q_INVOKABLE void addMenuItem(const QString &text);
+    Q_INVOKABLE void addMenuItem(QMenuItem *item);
+
+protected:
+    bool event(QEvent *event);
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void statusChanged();
diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenuitem.h b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenuitem.h
index 94f805195..ef01fcc43 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenuitem.h
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qmenuitem.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class QMenuItem : public QAction
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
+    Q_PROPERTY(QObject *parent READ parent WRITE setParent)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool separator READ isSeparator WRITE setSeparator)
 
 public:
diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/ContextMenu.qml b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/ContextMenu.qml
index 30cf46adc..d7e25798a 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/ContextMenu.qml
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/ContextMenu.qml
@@ -67,56 +67,4 @@ import org.kde.plasma.components 0.1
 
 Menu {
     id: root
-    property variant model
-    onModelChanged: rebuildMenu()
-    Component.onCompleted: if (model != undefined) rebuildMenu()
-
-
-    function rebuildMenu()
-    {
-        clearMenuItems();
-        for (var i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) {
-            addMenuItem(items[i].text)
-        }
-
-        //it's a model
-        if (model != undefined && model.count) {
-            for (var j = 0; j < model.count; ++j) {
-                var data = model.get(j)
-                var text = data.text
-
-                if (!text) {
-                    text = data.display
-                }
-                addMenuItem(text)
-
-                //enabled property must be present -and- be false
-                if (data.enabled === false) {
-                    items[items.length-1].enabled = false
-                }
-                if (data.separator === true) {
-                    items[items.length-1].separator = true
-                }
-            }
-        //it's a list
-        } else if (model != undefined && model.length) {
-            for (var j = 0; j < model.length; ++j) {
-                var data = model[j]
-                var text = data.text
-
-                if (!text) {
-                    text = data.display
-                }
-                addMenuItem(text)
-
-                //enabled property must be present -and- be false
-                if (data.enabled === false) {
-                    items[items.length-1].enabled = false
-                }
-                if (data.separator === true) {
-                    items[items.length-1].separator = true
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }