diff --git a/src/libui_sdl/libui/ui.h b/src/libui_sdl/libui/ui.h
index 6e51d444..31ca5a9a 100644
--- a/src/libui_sdl/libui/ui.h
+++ b/src/libui_sdl/libui/ui.h
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ _UI_EXTERN uiMenuItem *uiMenuAppendCheckItem(uiMenu *m, const char *name);
 _UI_EXTERN uiMenuItem *uiMenuAppendQuitItem(uiMenu *m);
 _UI_EXTERN uiMenuItem *uiMenuAppendPreferencesItem(uiMenu *m);
 _UI_EXTERN uiMenuItem *uiMenuAppendAboutItem(uiMenu *m);
+_UI_EXTERN uiMenuItem *uiMenuAppendSubmenu(uiMenu *m, const char *name, uiMenu* child);
 _UI_EXTERN void uiMenuAppendSeparator(uiMenu *m);
 _UI_EXTERN uiMenu *uiNewMenu(const char *name);
 
diff --git a/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/menu.cpp b/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/menu.cpp
index 6112fc13..2310e614 100644
--- a/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/libui_sdl/libui/windows/menu.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static BOOL hasAbout = FALSE;
 struct uiMenu {
 	WCHAR *name;
 	uiMenuItem **items;
+	BOOL ischild;
 	size_t len;
 	size_t cap;
 };
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ struct uiMenuItem {
 	BOOL disabled;				// template for new instances; kept in sync with everything else
 	BOOL checked;
 	HMENU *hmenus;
+	uiMenu* popupchild;
 	size_t len;
 	size_t cap;
 };
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ enum {
 	typePreferences,
 	typeAbout,
 	typeSeparator,
+	typeSubmenu,
 };
 
 #define grow 32
@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ static uiMenuItem *newItem(uiMenu *m, int type, const char *name)
 		item->name = toUTF16(name);
 		break;
 	}
+	item->popupchild = NULL;
 
 	if (item->type != typeSeparator) {
 		item->id = curID;
@@ -156,6 +160,34 @@ static uiMenuItem *newItem(uiMenu *m, int type, const char *name)
 	return item;
 }
 
+uiMenuItem *uiMenuAppendSubmenu(uiMenu *m, const char *name, uiMenu* child)
+{
+	uiMenuItem *item;
+
+	if (menusFinalized)
+		userbug("You can not create a new menu item after menus have been finalized.");
+
+	if (m->len >= m->cap) {
+		m->cap += grow;
+		m->items = (uiMenuItem **) uiRealloc(m->items, m->cap * sizeof (uiMenuItem *), "uiMenuitem *[]");
+	}
+
+	item = uiNew(uiMenuItem);
+
+	m->items[m->len] = item;
+	m->len++;
+
+	item->type = typeSubmenu;
+    item->name = toUTF16(name);
+
+    item->popupchild = child;
+    child->ischild = TRUE;
+
+	uiMenuItemOnClicked(item, defaultOnClicked, NULL);
+
+	return item;
+}
+
 uiMenuItem *uiMenuAppendItem(uiMenu *m, const char *name)
 {
 	return newItem(m, typeRegular, name);
@@ -216,13 +248,17 @@ uiMenu *uiNewMenu(const char *name)
 	len++;
 
 	m->name = toUTF16(name);
+	m->ischild = FALSE;
 
 	return m;
 }
 
+static HMENU makeMenu(uiMenu *m);
+
 static void appendMenuItem(HMENU menu, uiMenuItem *item)
 {
 	UINT uFlags;
+	UINT_PTR id = item->id;
 
 	uFlags = MF_SEPARATOR;
 	if (item->type != typeSeparator) {
@@ -231,8 +267,13 @@ static void appendMenuItem(HMENU menu, uiMenuItem *item)
 			uFlags |= MF_DISABLED | MF_GRAYED;
 		if (item->checked)
 			uFlags |= MF_CHECKED;
+        if (item->popupchild)
+        {
+            uFlags |= MF_POPUP;
+            id = (UINT_PTR)makeMenu(item->popupchild);
+        }
 	}
-	if (AppendMenuW(menu, uFlags, item->id, item->name) == 0)
+	if (AppendMenuW(menu, uFlags, id, item->name) == 0)
 		logLastError(L"error appending menu item");
 
 	if (item->len >= item->cap) {
@@ -269,6 +310,7 @@ HMENU makeMenubar(void)
 		logLastError(L"error creating menubar");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        if (menus[i]->ischild) continue;
 		menu = makeMenu(menus[i]);
 		if (AppendMenuW(menubar, MF_POPUP | MF_STRING, (UINT_PTR) menu, menus[i]->name) == 0)
 			logLastError(L"error appending menu to menubar");