diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
index 193b1aeaa43..f8eaf6eac10 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
@@ -1412,6 +1412,7 @@
             <field name="res_model">ir.ui.menu</field>
             <field name="view_type">form</field>
             <field name="view_id" ref="edit_menu"/>
+            <field name="context">{'ir.ui.menu.full_list':True}</field>
             <field name="search_view_id" ref="edit_menu_access_search"/>
             <field name="help">Manage and customize the items available and displayed in your OpenERP system menu. You can delete an item by clicking on the box at the beginning of each line and then delete it through the button that appeared. Items can be assigned to specific groups in order to make them accessible to some users within the system.</field>
         </record>
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_menu.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_menu.py
index 800a3ede95a..9baff950c4f 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_menu.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_menu.py
@@ -97,22 +97,15 @@ class ir_ui_menu(osv.osv):
         self._cache[key] = True
         return action_id
 
-    def search(self, cr, uid, args, offset=0, limit=None, order=None,
-               context=None, count=False):
-
-        ids = super(ir_ui_menu, self).search(cr, uid, args, offset=0,
-            limit=None, order=order, context=context, count=False)
-
-        if not ids:
-            if count:
-                return 0
-            return []
-
-
+    def _filter_visible_menus(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
+        """Filters the give menu ids to only keep the menu items that should be
+           visible in the menu hierarchy of the current user.
+           Uses a cache for speeding up the computation.
+        """
         modelaccess = self.pool.get('ir.model.access')
         user_groups = set(self.pool.get('res.users').read(cr, 1, uid, ['groups_id'])['groups_id'])
         result = []
-        for menu in self.browse(cr, uid, ids):
+        for menu in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
             # this key works because user access rights are all based on user's groups (cfr ir_model_access.check)
             key = (cr.dbname, menu.id, tuple(user_groups))
             if key in self._cache:
@@ -153,6 +146,25 @@ class ir_ui_menu(osv.osv):
 
             result.append(menu.id)
             self._cache[key] = True
+        return result
+
+    def search(self, cr, uid, args, offset=0, limit=None, order=None, context=None, count=False):
+        if context is None:
+            context = {}
+
+        ids = super(ir_ui_menu, self).search(cr, uid, args, offset=0,
+            limit=None, order=order, context=context, count=False)
+
+        if not ids:
+            if count:
+                return 0
+            return []
+
+        # menu filtering is done only on main menu tree, not other menu lists
+        if context.get('ir.ui.menu.full_list'):
+            result = ids
+        else:
+            result = self._filter_visible_menus(cr, uid, ids, context=context)
 
         if offset:
             result = result[long(offset):]
@@ -178,6 +190,10 @@ class ir_ui_menu(osv.osv):
             parent_path = ''
         return parent_path + menu.name
 
+    def create(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.clear_cache()
+        return super(ir_ui_menu, self).create(*args, **kwargs)
+
     def write(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.clear_cache()
         return super(ir_ui_menu, self).write(*args, **kwargs)