diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
index ae3a7143d9d..1589ede75c1 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
@@ -674,6 +674,10 @@ openerp.web.Menu =  openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Menu# */{
      * @param parent
      */
     template: 'Menu',
+    init: function() {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+        this.has_been_loaded = $.Deferred();
+    },
     do_reload: function() {
         var self = this;
         return this.rpc("/web/menu/load", {}, this.on_loaded).then(function () {
@@ -693,12 +697,13 @@ openerp.web.Menu =  openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Menu# */{
         this.$secondary_menus.html(QWeb.render("Menu.secondary", { widget : this }));
         // Hide second level submenus
         this.$secondary_menus.find('.oe_menu_toggler').siblings('.oe_secondary_submenu').hide();
+        this.has_been_loaded.resolve();
     },
     /**
      * Opens a given menu by id, as if a user had browsed to that menu by hand
      * except does not trigger any event on the way
      *
-     * @param {Number} menu_id database id of the terminal menu to select
+     * @param {Number} id database id of the terminal menu to select
      */
     open_menu: function (id) {
         var $clicked_menu, $sub_menu, $main_menu;
@@ -731,6 +736,12 @@ openerp.web.Menu =  openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Menu# */{
             }
         }
     },
+    open_action: function (id) {
+        var menu_id, $menu = this.$element.add(this.$secondary_menus).find('a[data-action-id=' + id + ']');
+        if (menu_id = $menu.data('menu')) {
+            this.open_menu(menu_id);
+        }
+    },
     on_menu_click: function(ev, id) {
         id = id || 0;
         var $clicked_menu, manual = false;
@@ -751,7 +762,10 @@ openerp.web.Menu =  openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Menu# */{
             this.open_menu(id);
             this.current_menu = id;
             this.session.active_id = id;
-            this.rpc('/web/menu/action', {'menu_id': id}, this.on_menu_action_loaded);
+            var action_id = $clicked_menu.data('action-id');
+            if (action_id) {
+                this.on_action(action_id);
+            }
         }
         if (ev) {
             ev.stopPropagation();
@@ -766,16 +780,6 @@ openerp.web.Menu =  openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Menu# */{
         }
         $sub_menu.show();
     },
-    on_menu_action_loaded: function(data) {
-        var self = this;
-        if (data.action.length) {
-            var action = data.action[0][2];
-            action.from_menu = true;
-            self.on_action(action);
-        } else {
-            self.on_action({type: 'null_action'});
-        }
-    },
     on_action: function(action) {
     }
 });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
index 08886ddfbe3..82f6d63b9f1 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ session.web.ActionManager = session.web.OldWidget.extend({
             if (run_action) {
                 this.null_action();
                 action_loaded = this.do_action(state.action_id);
+                session.webclient.menu.has_been_loaded.then(function() {
+                    session.webclient.menu.open_action(state.action_id);
+                });
             }
         } else if (state.model && state.id) {
             // TODO handle context & domain ?
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index d2d30c5d580..d1dbf9845c9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -327,9 +327,7 @@
 <t t-name="Menu">
     <ul class="oe_menu" t-if="widget.data">
         <li t-foreach="widget.data.data.children" t-as="menu">
-            <a href="#" t-att-data-menu="menu.id">
-                <t t-esc="menu.name"/>
-            </a>
+            <t t-call="Menu.secondary.link"/>
         </li>
     </ul>
 </t>
@@ -359,7 +357,9 @@
 <t t-name="Menu.secondary.link">
     <a href="#"
         t-att-class="menu.children.length ? 'oe_menu_toggler' : 'oe_menu_leaf'"
-        t-att-data-menu="menu.id">
+        t-att-data-menu="menu.id"
+        t-att-data-action-model="menu.action ? menu.action.split(',')[0] : ''"
+        t-att-data-action-id="menu.action ? menu.action.split(',')[1] : ''">
         <t t-esc="menu.name"/>
     </a>
 </t>