diff --git a/application/layouts/scripts/parts/menu.phtml b/application/layouts/scripts/parts/menu.phtml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fdd67c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/layouts/scripts/parts/menu.phtml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?= $this->sub ? '<ul>' : '<ul class="nav nav-stacked" role="navigation" id="icinganavigation">' ?>
+    <?php foreach ($this->items as $item): ?>
+        <?php
+        $itemClass = '';
+        if ($this->sub) {
+            $itemClass .= 'submenu ';
+        }
+        if ($this->href($this->url) === $this->href($item->getUrl())) {
+            $itemClass .= 'active ';
+        }
+        ?>
+        <li <?php if (!empty($itemClass)): ?>class="<?= $itemClass ?>"<?php endif ?>>
+            <?php if($item->getUrl()): ?>
+                <a href="<?= $this->href($item->getUrl()); ?>">
+            <?php endif; ?>
+            <?php
+            if ($icon = $item->getIcon()) {
+                echo $this->img($icon, array('height' => '16px', 'width' => '16px'));
+            }
+            ?>
+            <?php if ($iconClass = $item->getIconClass()): ?>
+            <i class="<?= $iconClass ?>"></i>
+            <?php endif ?>
+            <?= $item->getTitle();?>
+            <?php if($item->getUrl()): ?>
+                </a>
+            <?php endif; ?>
+            <?php
+            if($item->hasChildren()) {
+                echo $this->partial(
+                    'parts/menu.phtml',
+                    array('items' => $item->getChildren(), 'sub' => true, 'url' => $this->url)
+                );
+            }
+            ?>
+        </li>
+    <?php endforeach ?>
+</ul>
diff --git a/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml b/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml
index 025587b2c..f64fb92ed 100755
--- a/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml
+++ b/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml
@@ -1,51 +1,17 @@
 <?php
 // determine current key
-$url = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getRequest()->getRequestUri();
-$currentKey = isset($this->navkey) ? $this->navkey : $url;
+$url = Icinga\Web\Url::fromRequest()->getRelativeUrl();
+$menu = Icinga\Web\Menu::fromConfig();
 
-$item = $this->navigation->keys("menu");
-?>
-<?php if ($this->auth()->isAuthenticated()): ?>
-<ul class="nav nav-stacked" role="navigation" id="icinganavigation">
-  <?php
-  $activeSet = false;
-  foreach ($item as $itemName) {
-      if($itemName[0] == "_") {
-          ?>
-          <li class="section-end"></li>
-          <?php
-          continue;
-      }
+if ($this->auth()->isAuthenticated()): 
+    echo $this->partial(
+       'parts/menu.phtml',
+        array(
+            'items' => $menu->getChildren(),
+            'sub'   => false,
+            'url'   => $url
+        )
+    );
+endif;
 
-      $item = $this->navigation->menu->$itemName;
-      $active = false;
-      $url = "";
-      $iconClass = '';
-
-      if (is_string($item)) {
-          $active = !$activeSet && $this->baseUrl($item) == $currentKey;
-          $url = $this->baseUrl($item);
-      } else {
-          $url = $this->baseUrl(isset($item->route) ? $item->route : "");
-          $itemName = isset($item->title) ? $item->title : $itemName;
-          $active = !$activeSet && (isset($item->key) ? $item->key : $url) === $currentKey;
-          if (isset($item->iconClass)) {
-              $iconClass = $item->iconClass;
-          }
-      }
-      $activeSet = $activeSet || $active;
-      ?>
-    <li class="<?= $active ? "active" : "" ?>">
-      <a href="<?= $url ?>">
-          <?php if ($iconClass): ?>
-            <i class="<?= $iconClass; ?>"></i>
-          <?php endif; ?>
-	  <?= $itemName ?>
-      </a>
-    </li>
-      <?php
-      $class = "";
-  }
-  ?>
-</ul>
-<? endif ?>
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/menu.ini b/config/menu.ini
index ffb8fffba..73f3ebe40 100755
--- a/config/menu.ini
+++ b/config/menu.ini
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-[menu]
-Dashboard.title     = "Dashboard"
-Dashboard.route     = "/dashboard/index"
-Dashboard.iconClass = "icinga-icon-dashboard-petrol"
+[Home]
+title       = "Home"
+url         = "/index/welcome"
+icon        = "/img/icons/down_petrol.png"
+priority    = 1
 
-Configuration.title     = "Configuration"
-Configuration.route     = "/config/index"
-Configuration.iconClass = "icinga-icon-configuration-petrol"
+[Configuration]
+title       = "Configuration"
+url         = "/config/index"
+icon_class  = "icinga-icon-configuration-petrol"
+priority    = 2
 
+[Dashboard]
+title       = "Dashboard"
+url         = "/dashboard/index"
+icon        = "/img/icons/dashboard_petrol.png"
+priority    = 3
diff --git a/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini b/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini
index e54c3c819..0ffe74dc6 100755
--- a/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini
+++ b/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini
@@ -1,49 +1,43 @@
-[menu]
-;Remove component as of #4583 since it's not working
-;Issues.title        = "Issues"                                                      ; Extended version
-;Issues.route        = "/monitoring/list/services?problems=1&sort=severity"          ; Explicit route
-;Issues.key          = "issues"                                                      ; When this key is set in the controller, the item is active
+[Hosts]
+title       = "Hosts"
+url         = "/monitoring/list/hosts"
+icon_class  = "icinga-icon-host-petrol"
 
-;Remove component as of #4583 since it's not working
-;Changes.title       = "Recent Changes"
-;Changes.route       = "/monitoring/list/services?sort=service_last_state_change"
-;_1                  = 1                                                             ;Spacer after this section
+[Services]
+title       = "Services"
+url         = "/monitoring/list/services"
+icon_class  = "icinga-icon-service-petrol"
 
-Hosts.title          = "Hosts"
-Hosts.route          = "/monitoring/list/hosts"
-Hosts.iconClass      = "icinga-icon-host-petrol"
+[Downtimes]
+title       = "Downtimes"
+url         = "/monitoring/list/downtimes"
+icon_class  = "icinga-icon-down-petrol"
 
-Services.title       = "Services"
-Services.route       = "/monitoring/list/services"
-Services.iconClass   = "icinga-icon-service-petrol"
+[Notifications]
+title       = "Notifications"
+url         = "/monitoring/list/notifications"
+icon_class  = "icinga-icon-notification-petrol"
 
-Downtimes.title      = "Downtimes"
-Downtimes.route      = "/monitoring/list/downtimes"
-Downtimes.iconClass  = "icinga-icon-down-petrol"
+[Comments]
+title       = "Comments"
+url         = "/monitoring/list/comments"
+icon_class  = "icinga-icon-comment-petrol"
 
-Notifications.title  = "Notifications"
-Notifications.route  = "/monitoring/list/notifications"
-Notifications.iconClass  = "icinga-icon-notification-petrol"
+[Servicegroups]
+title       = "Servicegroups"
+url         = "/monitoring/list/servicegroups"
+icon_class  = "icinga-icon-servicegroup-petrol"
 
-Comments.title       = "Comments"
-Comments.route       = "/monitoring/list/comments"
-Comments.iconClass   = "icinga-icon-comment-petrol"
+[Hostgroups]
+title       = "Hostgroups"
+url         = "/monitoring/list/hostgroups"
+icon_class  = "icinga-icon-hostgroup-petrol"
 
-;Contacts             = "/monitoring/list/contacts"
+[History]
+title       = "History"
+url         = "/monitoring/list/eventhistory"
+icon_class  = "icinga-icon-history-petrol"
 
-;Contact Groups  = "/monitoring/list/contactgroups"
-
-Servicegroups.title  = "Servicegroups"
-Servicegroups.route  = "/monitoring/list/servicegroups"
-Servicegroups.iconClass   = "icinga-icon-servicegroup-petrol"
-
-Hostgroups.title     = "Hostgroups"
-Hostgroups.route     = "/monitoring/list/hostgroups"
-Hostgroups.iconClass = "icinga-icon-hostgroup-petrol"
-
-History.title        = "History"
-History.route        = "/monitoring/list/eventhistory"
-History.iconClass    = "icinga-icon-history-petrol"
-
-Performance.title    = "Performance"
-Performance.route    ="/monitoring/process/performance"
+[Performance]
+title   = "Performance"
+url     = "/monitoring/process/performance"
diff --git a/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini.in b/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef874f6a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini.in
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+[menu]
+;Remove component as of #4583 since it's not working
+;Issues.title        = "Issues"                                                      ; Extended version
+;Issues.route        = "/monitoring/list/services?problems=1&sort=severity"          ; Explicit route
+;Issues.key          = "issues"                                                      ; When this key is set in the controller, the item is active
+
+;Remove component as of #4583 since it's not working
+;Changes.title       = "Recent Changes"
+;Changes.route       = "/monitoring/list/services?sort=service_last_state_change"
+;_1                  = 1                                                             ;Spacer after this section
+
+Hosts.title          = "Hosts"
+Hosts.route          = "/monitoring/list/hosts"
+Hosts.iconClass      = "icinga-icon-host-petrol"
+
+Services.title       = "Services"
+Services.route       = "/monitoring/list/services"
+Services.iconClass   = "icinga-icon-service-petrol"
+
+Downtimes.title      = "Downtimes"
+Downtimes.route      = "/monitoring/list/downtimes"
+Downtimes.iconClass  = "icinga-icon-down-petrol"
+
+Notifications.title  = "Notifications"
+Notifications.route  = "/monitoring/list/notifications"
+Notifications.iconClass  = "icinga-icon-notification-petrol"
+
+Comments.title       = "Comments"
+Comments.route       = "/monitoring/list/comments"
+Comments.iconClass   = "icinga-icon-comment-petrol"
+
+;Contacts             = "/monitoring/list/contacts"
+
+;Contact Groups  = "/monitoring/list/contactgroups"
+
+Servicegroups.title  = "Servicegroups"
+Servicegroups.route  = "/monitoring/list/servicegroups"
+Servicegroups.iconClass   = "icinga-icon-servicegroup-petrol"
+
+Hostgroups.title     = "Hostgroups"
+Hostgroups.route     = "/monitoring/list/hostgroups"
+Hostgroups.iconClass = "icinga-icon-hostgroup-petrol"
+
+History.title        = "History"
+History.route        = "/monitoring/list/eventhistory"
+History.iconClass    = "icinga-icon-history-petrol"
+
+Performance.title    = "Performance"
+Performance.route    ="/monitoring/process/performance"
+
+
+[Hosts]
+; New section
+; Title property unset means title is "Hosts"
+url="#"
+iconClass="icon-hosts"
+priority=1
+
+[Hosts.Problems]
+; New section beneath section hosts
+title="Problem Hosts"
+url="/monitoring/list/hosts?problem=1"
+priority=2
+
+[Hosts.A Link]
+title="Wiki"
+url="https://wiki.somewhere.com"
+priority=1
+icon="https://wiki.somewhere.com/icon.png" 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31f5846dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+/**
+ * This file is part of Icinga Web 2.
+ *
+ * Icinga Web 2 - Head for multiple monitoring backends.
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Icinga Development Team
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ * @copyright  2013 Icinga Development Team <info@icinga.org>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt GPL, version 2
+ * @author     Icinga Development Team <info@icinga.org>
+ *
+ */
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Web;
+
+use Icinga\Application\Config;
+use Icinga\Application\Icinga;
+use Icinga\Web\Menu\Item as MenuItem;
+
+class Menu extends MenuItem
+{
+    /**
+     * Create menu from the application's menu config file plus the config files from all enabled modules
+     *
+     * @return Menu
+     */
+    public static function fromConfig() {
+        $menu = new static('menu');
+        $manager =  Icinga::app()->getModuleManager();
+        $menuConfigs = array(Config::app('menu'));
+        foreach ($manager->listEnabledModules() as $moduleName) {
+            $menuConfigs[] = Config::module($moduleName, 'menu');
+        }
+        return $menu->loadMenuItems($menu->flattenConfigs($menuConfigs));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Flatten configs into a key-value array
+     */
+    public function flattenConfigs(array $configs)
+    {
+        $flattened = array();
+        foreach ($configs as $menuConfig) {
+            foreach ($menuConfig as $section => $itemConfig) {
+                while (array_key_exists($section, $flattened)) {
+                    $section .= '_dup';
+                }
+                $flattened[$section] = $itemConfig;
+            }
+        }
+        ksort($flattened);
+        return $flattened;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Load menu items from a key-value array
+     */
+    public function loadMenuItems(array $flattened)
+    {
+        foreach ($flattened as $id => $itemConfig) {
+            $this->addChild($id, $itemConfig);
+        }
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/Item.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/Item.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c233faac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/Item.php
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Web\Menu;
+
+class Item
+{
+    /**
+     * Item id
+     *
+     * @type string
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * Item title
+     *
+     * Used for sorting when priority is unset or equal to other items
+     *
+     * @type string
+     */
+    private $title;
+
+    /**
+     * Item priority
+     *
+     * Used for sorting
+     *
+     * @type int
+     */
+    private $priority = 100;
+
+    /**
+     * Item url
+     *
+     * @type string
+     */
+    private $url;
+
+    /**
+     * Item icon path
+     *
+     * @type string
+     */
+    private $icon;
+
+    /**
+     * Item icon class
+     *
+     * @type string
+     */
+    private $iconClass;
+
+    /**
+     * Item's children
+     *
+     * @type array
+     */
+    private $children = array();
+
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new MenuItem
+     *
+     * @param int       $id
+     * @param object    $config
+     */
+    public function __construct($id, $config = null)
+    {
+        $this->id = $id;
+        if ($config !== null) {
+            $this->setConfig($config);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Setter for id
+     *
+     * @param   string $id
+     *
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setId($id)
+    {
+        $this->id = $id;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Getter for id
+     *
+     * @return  string
+     */
+    public function getId()
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Setter for title
+     *
+     * @param   string $title
+     *
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setTitle($title)
+    {
+        $this->title = $title;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Getter for title
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getTitle()
+    {
+        return $this->title ? $this->title : $this->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Setter for priority
+     *
+     * @param   int $priority
+     *
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setPriority($priority)
+    {
+        $this->priority = (int) $priority;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Getter for priority
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getPriority()
+    {
+        return $this->priority;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Setter for URL
+     *
+     * @param   string $url
+     *
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setUrl($url)
+    {
+        $this->url = $url;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Getter for URL
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getUrl()
+    {
+        return $this->url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Setter for icon path
+     *
+     * @param   string $path
+     *
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setIcon($path)
+    {
+        $this->icon = $path;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Getter for icon path
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getIcon()
+    {
+        return $this->icon;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Setter for icon class
+     *
+     * @param   string $iconClass
+     *
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setIconClass($iconClass)
+    {
+        $this->iconClass = $iconClass;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Getter for icon class
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getIconClass()
+    {
+        return $this->iconClass;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the configuration for the item
+     *
+     * @param object $config
+     */
+    public function setConfig($config)
+    {
+        foreach ($config as $key => $value) {
+            $method = 'set' . implode('', array_map('ucfirst', explode('_', strtolower($key))));
+            if (method_exists($this, $method)) {
+                $this->{$method}($value);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a child to MenuItem
+     *
+     * @param   string  $id
+     * @param   object  $itemConfig
+     *
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function addChild($id, $itemConfig = null)
+    {
+        if (false === ($pos = strpos($id, '.'))) {
+            // Root item
+            $menuItem = new self($id, $itemConfig);
+            $this->children[$id] = $menuItem;
+        } else {
+            // Submenu item
+            list($parentId, $id) = explode('.', $id, 2);
+            $parent = $this->getChild($parentId);
+            if ($parent !== null) {
+                $menuItem = $parent->addChild($id, $itemConfig);
+            } else {
+                // Parent does not exist, auto-generate a knot to inform the user
+                $autoId = 'Auto-generated knot because submenu items refer to a non-existent parent menu item';
+                if (($auto = $this->getChild($autoId)) === null) {
+                    $auto = $this->addChild($autoId);
+                }
+                $menuItem = $auto->addChild($id, $itemConfig);
+            }
+        }
+        return $menuItem;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the item has children
+     *
+     * @return  bool
+     */
+    public function hasChildren()
+    {
+        return !empty($this->children);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get children sorted
+     *
+     * @return  array
+     * @see     cmpChildren()
+     */
+    public function getChildren()
+    {
+        usort($this->children, array($this, 'cmpChildren'));
+        return $this->children;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get child by its id
+     *
+     * @param   string  $id
+     * @param   mixed   $default
+     *
+     * @return  self|$default
+     */
+    public function getChild($id, $default = null)
+    {
+        if (array_key_exists($id, $this->children)) {
+            return $this->children[$id];
+        }
+        return $default;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Compare children based on priority and title
+     *
+     * @param   MenuItem $a
+     * @param   MenuItem $b
+     *
+     * @return  int
+     */
+    protected function cmpChildren($a, $b)
+    {
+        if ($a->priority === $b->priority) {
+            return ($a->getTitle() > $b->getTitle()) ? 1 : -1;
+        }
+        return ($a->priority > $b->priority) ? 1 : -1;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/public/css/icinga/navigation.less b/public/css/icinga/navigation.less
index b6b2f4ce7..f165492ce 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/navigation.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/navigation.less
@@ -76,6 +76,20 @@
 .nav-stacked > li:first-child {
 }
 
+.submenu {
+    background-image: none;
+    padding-left: 15px;
+}
+
+.submenu > a {
+    color: red;
+}
+
+.active > a{
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
 .icinga-subnavigation > li {
   padding-top: 8px;
   padding-bottom: 8px;
@@ -185,3 +199,8 @@ ul.icinga-subnavigation {
   padding-left: 15px;
   margin-top: 12px;
 }
+
+.nav > .subclass {
+    text-decoration: underline;
+    font-size: 16px;
+}