diff --git a/src/gtk/menu.cpp b/src/gtk/menu.cpp
index 67c2d902ca..ef10b56cd1 100644
--- a/src/gtk/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/menu.cpp
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static void menuitem_select(GtkWidget*, wxMenuItem* item)
     if (!item->IsEnabled())
         return;
 
-    wxMenuEvent event(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, item->GetId());
+    wxMenuEvent event(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, item->GetId(), item->GetMenu());
     DoCommonMenuCallbackCode(item->GetMenu(), event);
 }
 }
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static void menuitem_deselect(GtkWidget*, wxMenuItem* item)
     if (!item->IsEnabled())
         return;
 
-    wxMenuEvent event( wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, -1 );
+    wxMenuEvent event(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, -1, item->GetMenu());
     DoCommonMenuCallbackCode(item->GetMenu(), event);
 }
 }
diff --git a/src/gtk1/menu.cpp b/src/gtk1/menu.cpp
index a85cfe5a72..269972c499 100644
--- a/src/gtk1/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk1/menu.cpp
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static void gtk_menu_hilight_callback( GtkWidget *widget, wxMenu *menu )
     if (!menu->IsEnabled(id))
         return;
 
-    wxMenuEvent event( wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, id );
+    wxMenuEvent event( wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, id, menu );
     event.SetEventObject( menu );
 
     wxEvtHandler* handler = menu->GetEventHandler();
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static void gtk_menu_nolight_callback( GtkWidget *widget, wxMenu *menu )
     if (!menu->IsEnabled(id))
         return;
 
-    wxMenuEvent event( wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, -1 );
+    wxMenuEvent event( wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, -1, menu );
     event.SetEventObject( menu );
 
     wxEvtHandler* handler = menu->GetEventHandler();
diff --git a/src/motif/menuitem.cpp b/src/motif/menuitem.cpp
index 88b9c79378..8464f0c644 100644
--- a/src/motif/menuitem.cpp
+++ b/src/motif/menuitem.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ void wxMenuItemArmCallback (Widget WXUNUSED(w), XtPointer clientData,
     {
         if (item->GetMenuBar() && item->GetMenuBar()->GetMenuBarFrame())
         {
-            wxMenuEvent menuEvent(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, item->GetId());
+            wxMenuEvent menuEvent(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, item->GetId(), item->GetMenu());
             menuEvent.SetEventObject(item->GetMenuBar()->GetMenuBarFrame());
 
             item->GetMenuBar()->GetMenuBarFrame()
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ wxMenuItemDisarmCallback (Widget WXUNUSED(w), XtPointer clientData,
         {
             // TODO: not sure this is correct, since -1 means something
             // special to event system
-            wxMenuEvent menuEvent(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, -1);
+            wxMenuEvent menuEvent(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, -1, item->GetMenu());
             menuEvent.SetEventObject(item->GetMenuBar()->GetMenuBarFrame());
 
             item->GetMenuBar()->GetMenuBarFrame()
diff --git a/src/msw/window.cpp b/src/msw/window.cpp
index 77a883460b..7fadbb5dc1 100644
--- a/src/msw/window.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/window.cpp
@@ -2420,8 +2420,9 @@ wxWindowMSW::HandleMenuSelect(WXWORD nItem, WXWORD flags, WXHMENU hMenu)
     if ( flags & (MF_POPUP | MF_SEPARATOR) )
         item = wxID_NONE;
 
-    wxMenuEvent event(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, item);
-    if ( wxMenu::ProcessMenuEvent(MSWFindMenuFromHMENU(hMenu), event, this) )
+    wxMenu* menu = MSWFindMenuFromHMENU(hMenu);
+    wxMenuEvent event(wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT, item, menu);
+    if ( wxMenu::ProcessMenuEvent(menu, event, this) )
         return true;
 
     // by default, i.e. if the event wasn't handled above, clear the status bar