diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
index 6606ec195e..c32a5e400e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ bool GuiApplication::searchMenu(FuncRequest const & func,
 void GuiApplication::initGlobalMenu()
 {
 	if (global_menubar_)
-		menus().fillMenuBar(global_menubar_, 0);
+		menus().fillMenuBar(global_menubar_, 0, true);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 51964929fa..40423df3d3 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ GuiView::GuiView(int id)
 	theLyXFunc().setLyXView(this);
 	
 	// Fill up the menu bar.
-	guiApp->menus().fillMenuBar(menuBar(), this);
+	guiApp->menus().fillMenuBar(menuBar(), this, true);
 
 	setCentralWidget(d.stack_widget_);
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.cpp
index 3cb90fa0cb..bbb03d8350 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.cpp
@@ -1461,15 +1461,17 @@ bool Menus::searchMenu(FuncRequest const & func,
 }
 
 
-void Menus::fillMenuBar(QMenuBar * qmb, GuiView * view)
+void Menus::fillMenuBar(QMenuBar * qmb, GuiView * view, bool initial)
 {
-	// Clear all menubar contents before filling it.
-	qmb->clear();
-	
+	if (initial) {
 #ifdef Q_WS_MACX
-	// setup special mac specific menu item
-	d->macxMenuBarInit(view, qmb);
+		// setup special mac specific menu item
+		d->macxMenuBarInit(view, qmb);
 #endif
+	} else {
+		// Clear all menubar contents before filling it.
+		qmb->clear();
+	}
 
 	LYXERR(Debug::GUI, "populating menu bar" << fromqstr(d->menubar_.name()));
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.h b/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.h
index d0bc687591..f0b0789e20 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/Menus.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
 	bool searchMenu(FuncRequest const & func,
 		std::vector<docstring> & names) const;
 	///
-	void fillMenuBar(QMenuBar * qmb, GuiView * view);
+	void fillMenuBar(QMenuBar * qmb, GuiView * view, bool initial = false);
 
 	/// \return a top-level submenu given its name.
 	Menu * menu(QString const & name, GuiView & view);