diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/menu.h b/include/wx/gtk/menu.h
index 49126e5583..0b2f4a33b1 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/menu.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/menu.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ public:
 
     void Attach(wxMenuBarBase *menubar) wxOVERRIDE;
 
+    void SetupBitmaps(wxWindow *win);
+
     void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir);
     wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
 
diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/menuitem.h b/include/wx/gtk/menuitem.h
index 0156cbc727..7edb61e992 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/menuitem.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/menuitem.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef _WX_GTKMENUITEM_H_
 #define _WX_GTKMENUITEM_H_
 
-#include "wx/bitmap.h"
+#include "wx/bmpbndl.h"
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxMenuItem
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ public:
     virtual void Enable( bool enable = true ) wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual void Check( bool check = true ) wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual bool IsChecked() const wxOVERRIDE;
-    virtual void SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bitmap);
-    virtual const wxBitmap& GetBitmap() const { return m_bitmap; }
+    virtual void SetBitmap(const wxBitmapBundle& bitmap);
+    virtual wxBitmap GetBitmap() const;
+    const wxBitmapBundle& GetBitmapBundle() const { return m_bitmap; }
+    void SetupBitmaps(wxWindow *win);
 
 #if wxUSE_ACCEL
     virtual void AddExtraAccel(const wxAcceleratorEntry& accel) wxOVERRIDE;
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ public:
 #endif
 
 private:
-    wxBitmap  m_bitmap; // Bitmap for menuitem, if any
+    wxBitmapBundle m_bitmap; // Bitmap for menuitem, if any
     GtkWidget *m_menuItem;  // GtkMenuItem
 
     wxDECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxMenuItem);
diff --git a/src/gtk/menu.cpp b/src/gtk/menu.cpp
index 3c183c1529..0611f639d7 100644
--- a/src/gtk/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/menu.cpp
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ AttachToFrame(wxMenu* menu, wxFrame* frame)
             AttachToFrame(menuitem->GetSubMenu(), frame);
         node = node->GetNext();
     }
+
+    menu->SetupBitmaps(frame);
 }
 
 } // anonymous namespace
@@ -664,6 +666,8 @@ void wxMenuItem::SetMenuItem(GtkWidget* menuItem)
     m_menuItem = menuItem;
     if (menuItem)
         g_object_ref(menuItem);
+    if (m_menuItem && m_parentMenu && m_parentMenu->GetWindow())
+        SetupBitmaps(m_parentMenu->GetWindow());
 }
 
 void wxMenuItem::SetItemLabel( const wxString& str )
@@ -752,7 +756,7 @@ void wxMenuItem::ClearExtraAccels()
 
 #endif // wxUSE_ACCEL
 
-void wxMenuItem::SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bitmap)
+void wxMenuItem::SetBitmap(const wxBitmapBundle& bitmap)
 {
     if (m_kind == wxITEM_NORMAL)
         m_bitmap = bitmap;
@@ -762,6 +766,36 @@ void wxMenuItem::SetBitmap(const wxBitmap& bitmap)
     }
 }
 
+wxBitmap wxMenuItem::GetBitmap() const
+{
+    wxBitmap bmp;
+    if ( m_bitmap.IsOk() )
+    {
+        if ( m_parentMenu && m_parentMenu->GetWindow() )
+        {
+            bmp = m_bitmap.GetBitmapFor(m_parentMenu->GetWindow());
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            bmp = m_bitmap.GetBitmap(wxDefaultSize);
+        }
+    }
+    return bmp;
+}
+
+void wxMenuItem::SetupBitmaps(wxWindow *win)
+{
+#ifndef __WXGTK4__
+    if ( m_menuItem && m_bitmap.IsOk() )
+    {
+        GtkWidget* image = wxGtkImage::New(win);
+        WX_GTK_IMAGE(image)->Set(m_bitmap);
+        gtk_widget_show(image);
+        gtk_image_menu_item_set_image(GTK_IMAGE_MENU_ITEM(m_menuItem), image);
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 void wxMenuItem::Check( bool check )
 {
     wxCHECK_RET( m_menuItem, wxT("invalid menu item") );
@@ -1000,14 +1034,9 @@ void wxMenu::GtkAppend(wxMenuItem* mitem, int pos)
             menuItem = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label("");
 #else
             wxGCC_WARNING_SUPPRESS(deprecated-declarations)
-            const wxBitmap& bitmap = mitem->GetBitmap();
-            if (bitmap.IsOk())
+            if (mitem->GetBitmapBundle().IsOk())
             {
-                GtkWidget* image = wxGtkImage::New();
-                WX_GTK_IMAGE(image)->Set(bitmap);
                 menuItem = gtk_image_menu_item_new_with_label("");
-                gtk_widget_show(image);
-                gtk_image_menu_item_set_image(GTK_IMAGE_MENU_ITEM(menuItem), image);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1110,6 +1139,20 @@ void wxMenu::Attach(wxMenuBarBase *menubar)
     SetLayoutDirection(menubar->GetLayoutDirection());
 }
 
+void wxMenu::SetupBitmaps(wxWindow *win)
+{
+    wxMenuItemList::compatibility_iterator node = GetMenuItems().GetFirst();
+    while (node)
+    {
+        wxMenuItem *menuitem = node->GetData();
+        if (menuitem->IsSubMenu())
+            menuitem->GetSubMenu()->SetupBitmaps(win);
+        if (menuitem->GetKind() == wxITEM_NORMAL)
+            menuitem->SetupBitmaps(win);
+        node = node->GetNext();
+    }
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // helpers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/gtk/window.cpp b/src/gtk/window.cpp
index 1463eebde2..7d46a67906 100644
--- a/src/gtk/window.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/window.cpp
@@ -5869,6 +5869,8 @@ bool wxWindowGTK::DoPopupMenu( wxMenu *menu, int x, int y )
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( m_widget != NULL, false, wxT("invalid window") );
 
+    menu->SetupBitmaps(this);
+
     wxPopupMenuPositionCallbackData data;
     gpointer userdata;
     GtkMenuPositionFunc posfunc;