diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index dca685aacb..a9f6d35cbd 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - Add wxUIActionSimulator::Select().
 - Add wxOwnerDrawnComboBox::Is{List,Text}Empty() methods.
 - Fix creating/removing mode buttons in wxPG manager (Artur Wieczorek).
+- Harmonize wxMenuEvent handling between all major ports.
 
 wxGTK:
 
diff --git a/include/wx/menu.h b/include/wx/menu.h
index 9e980665e6..6ca2205ddf 100644
--- a/include/wx/menu.h
+++ b/include/wx/menu.h
@@ -309,6 +309,13 @@ public:
     // the checked parameter may have boolean value or -1 for uncheckable items
     bool SendEvent(int itemid, int checked = -1);
 
+    // called to dispatch a wxMenuEvent to the right recipients, menu pointer
+    // can be NULL if we failed to find the associated menu (this happens at
+    // least in wxMSW for the events from the system menus)
+    static
+    bool ProcessMenuEvent(wxMenu* menu, wxMenuEvent& event, wxWindow* win);
+
+
     // compatibility: these functions are deprecated, use the new ones instead
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -390,8 +397,8 @@ protected:
 
 
 private:
-    // Helper of SendEvent(): sends the event to its intended recipients,
-    // returns true if it was processed.
+    // Common part of SendEvent() and ProcessMenuEvent(): sends the event to
+    // its intended recipients, returns true if it was processed.
     static bool DoProcessEvent(wxMenuBase* menu, wxEvent& event, wxWindow* win);
 
     wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxMenuBase);
diff --git a/interface/wx/event.h b/interface/wx/event.h
index 6d249a01fc..b1702d3a9b 100644
--- a/interface/wx/event.h
+++ b/interface/wx/event.h
@@ -4107,8 +4107,24 @@ public:
     these do not include menu command events, which are
     handled using wxCommandEvent objects.
 
-    The default handler for @c wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT displays help
-    text in the first field of the status bar.
+    Events of this class are generated by both menus that are part of a
+    wxMenuBar, attached to wxFrame, and popup menus shown by
+    wxWindow::PopupMenu(). They are sent to the following objects until one of
+    them handles the event:
+
+        -# The menu object itself, as returned by GetMenu(), if any.
+        -# The wxMenuBar to which this menu is attached, if any.
+        -# The window associated with the menu, e.g. the one calling
+        PopupMenu() for the popup menus.
+        -# The top level parent of that window if it's different from the
+        window itself.
+
+    This is similar to command events generated by the menu items, but, unlike
+    them, wxMenuEvent are only sent to the window itself and its top level
+    parent but not any intermediate windows in the hierarchy.
+
+    The default handler for @c wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT in wxFrame displays help
+    text in the status bar, see wxFrame::SetStatusBarPane().
 
     @beginEventTable{wxMenuEvent}
     @event{EVT_MENU_OPEN(func)}
diff --git a/src/common/menucmn.cpp b/src/common/menucmn.cpp
index ca8f1f57a2..031ba7e5e3 100644
--- a/src/common/menucmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/menucmn.cpp
@@ -651,28 +651,39 @@ bool wxMenuBase::DoProcessEvent(wxMenuBase* menu, wxEvent& event, wxWindow* win)
 {
     event.SetEventObject(menu);
 
-    wxMenuBar* const mb = menu->GetMenuBar();
-
-    // Try the menu's event handler first
-    wxEvtHandler *handler = menu->GetEventHandler();
-    if ( handler )
+    if ( menu )
     {
-        // Indicate to the event processing code that we're going to pass this
-        // event to another handler if it's not processed here to prevent it
-        // from passing the event to wxTheApp: this will be done below if we do
-        // have the associated window.
-        if ( win || mb )
-            event.SetWillBeProcessedAgain();
+        wxMenuBar* const mb = menu->GetMenuBar();
 
-        if ( handler->SafelyProcessEvent(event) )
-            return true;
+        // Try the menu's event handler first
+        wxEvtHandler *handler = menu->GetEventHandler();
+        if ( handler )
+        {
+            // Indicate to the event processing code that we're going to pass
+            // this event to another handler if it's not processed here to
+            // prevent it from passing the event to wxTheApp: this will be done
+            // below if we do have the associated window.
+            if ( win || mb )
+                event.SetWillBeProcessedAgain();
+
+            if ( handler->SafelyProcessEvent(event) )
+                return true;
+        }
+
+        // If this menu is part of the menu bar, try the event there. this
+        if ( mb )
+        {
+            if ( mb->HandleWindowEvent(event) )
+                return true;
+
+            // If this already propagated it upwards to the window containing
+            // the menu bar, we don't have to handle it in this window again
+            // below.
+            if ( event.ShouldPropagate() )
+                return false;
+        }
     }
 
-    // If this menu is part of the menu bar, process the event there: this will
-    // also propagate it upwards to the window containing the menu bar.
-    if ( mb )
-        return mb->HandleWindowEvent(event);
-
     // Try the window the menu was popped up from.
     if ( win )
         return win->HandleWindowEvent(event);
@@ -681,6 +692,24 @@ bool wxMenuBase::DoProcessEvent(wxMenuBase* menu, wxEvent& event, wxWindow* win)
     return false;
 }
 
+/* static */
+bool
+wxMenuBase::ProcessMenuEvent(wxMenu* menu, wxMenuEvent& event, wxWindow* win)
+{
+    // Try to process the event in the usual places first.
+    if ( DoProcessEvent(menu, event, win) )
+        return true;
+
+    // But the menu events should also reach the TLW parent if they were not
+    // processed before so, as it's not a command event and hence doesn't
+    // bubble up by default, send it there explicitly if not done yet.
+    wxWindow* const tlw = wxGetTopLevelParent(win);
+    if ( tlw != win && tlw->HandleWindowEvent(event) )
+        return true;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxMenu attaching/detaching to/from menu bar
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/gtk/menu.cpp b/src/gtk/menu.cpp
index 3c5426dc80..1244df1723 100644
--- a/src/gtk/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/menu.cpp
@@ -74,16 +74,7 @@ static void DoCommonMenuCallbackCode(wxMenu *menu, wxMenuEvent& event)
     if ( !IsMenuEventAllowed(menu) )
         return;
 
-    event.SetEventObject( menu );
-
-    wxEvtHandler* handler = menu->GetEventHandler();
-    if (handler && handler->SafelyProcessEvent(event))
-        return;
-
-    wxWindow *win = menu->GetWindow();
-    wxCHECK_RET( win, "event for a menu without associated window?" );
-
-    win->HandleWindowEvent( event );
+    wxMenu::ProcessMenuEvent(menu, event, menu->GetWindow());
 }
 
 // Return the top level menu containing this menu (possibly this menu itself).
diff --git a/src/msw/window.cpp b/src/msw/window.cpp
index 6f2d4b3f15..62e5879935 100644
--- a/src/msw/window.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/window.cpp
@@ -2269,9 +2269,7 @@ wxWindowMSW::HandleMenuSelect(WXWORD nItem, WXWORD flags, WXHMENU hMenu)
         item = wxID_NONE;
 
     wxMenuEvent event(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, item);
-    event.SetEventObject(this);
-
-    if ( HandleWindowEvent(event) )
+    if ( wxMenu::ProcessMenuEvent(MSWFindMenuFromHMENU(hMenu), event, this) )
         return true;
 
     // by default, i.e. if the event wasn't handled above, clear the status bar
@@ -2291,9 +2289,8 @@ bool
 wxWindowMSW::DoSendMenuOpenCloseEvent(wxEventType evtType, wxMenu* menu)
 {
     wxMenuEvent event(evtType, menu && !menu->IsAttached() ? wxID_ANY : 0, menu);
-    event.SetEventObject(menu);
 
-    return HandleWindowEvent(event);
+    return wxMenu::ProcessMenuEvent(menu, event, this);
 }
 
 bool wxWindowMSW::HandleMenuPopup(wxEventType evtType, WXHMENU hMenu)
diff --git a/src/osx/menu_osx.cpp b/src/osx/menu_osx.cpp
index 88676f78a2..16debbdf7a 100644
--- a/src/osx/menu_osx.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/menu_osx.cpp
@@ -555,22 +555,7 @@ void wxMenu::HandleMenuClosed()
 
 bool wxMenu::DoHandleMenuEvent(wxEvent& wxevent)
 {
-    wxevent.SetEventObject(this);
-    wxEvtHandler* handler = GetEventHandler();
-    if (handler && handler->ProcessEvent(wxevent))
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        wxWindow *win = GetWindow();
-        if (win)
-        {
-            if ( win->HandleWindowEvent(wxevent) )
-                return true;
-        }
-    }
-    return false;
+    return ProcessMenuEvent(this, wxevent, GetWindow());
 }
 
 // Menu Bar