diff --git a/headers/private/interface/MenuPrivate.h b/headers/private/interface/MenuPrivate.h
index c64db0f11d..23d883b5b1 100644
--- a/headers/private/interface/MenuPrivate.h
+++ b/headers/private/interface/MenuPrivate.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2011, Haiku, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2006-2015 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  *
  * Authors:
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
 								MenuPrivate(BMenu* menu);
 
 			menu_layout			Layout() const;
+			void				SetLayout(menu_layout layout);
 
 			void				ItemMarked(BMenuItem* item);
 			void				CacheFontInfo();
diff --git a/src/kits/interface/MenuPrivate.cpp b/src/kits/interface/MenuPrivate.cpp
index 7e2d80f53d..e824e27dc1 100644
--- a/src/kits/interface/MenuPrivate.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/interface/MenuPrivate.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ MenuPrivate::Layout() const
 }
 
 
+void
+MenuPrivate::SetLayout(menu_layout layout)
+{
+	fMenu->fLayout = layout;
+}
+
+
 void
 MenuPrivate::ItemMarked(BMenuItem *item)
 {