diff --git a/application/forms/Navigation/NavigationItemForm.php b/application/forms/Navigation/NavigationItemForm.php
index ff2429d2b..c7cb43422 100644
--- a/application/forms/Navigation/NavigationItemForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Navigation/NavigationItemForm.php
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@ class NavigationItemForm extends Form
      */
     public function createElements(array $formData)
     {
+        $this->addElement(
+            'select',
+            'target',
+            array(
+                'allowEmpty'    => true,
+                'label'         => $this->translate('Target'),
+                'description'   => $this->translate('The target where to open this navigation item\'s url'),
+                'multiOptions'  => array(
+                    '_blank'    => $this->translate('New Window'),
+                    '_next'     => $this->translate('New Column'),
+                    '_main'     => $this->translate('Single Column'),
+                    '_self'     => $this->translate('Current Column')
+                )
+            )
+        );
+
         $this->addElement(
             'text',
             'url',
@@ -36,7 +52,7 @@ class NavigationItemForm extends Form
                 'allowEmpty'    => true,
                 'label'         => $this->translate('Url'),
                 'description'   => $this->translate(
-                    'The url of this navigation item. Leave blank if you only want the name being displayed.'
+                    'The url of this navigation item. Leave blank if you only want the name being displayed'
                 )
             )
         );
@@ -48,7 +64,7 @@ class NavigationItemForm extends Form
                 'allowEmpty'    => true,
                 'label'         => $this->translate('Icon'),
                 'description'   => $this->translate(
-                    'The icon of this navigation item. Leave blank if you do not want a icon being displayed.'
+                    'The icon of this navigation item. Leave blank if you do not want a icon being displayed'
                 )
             )
         );
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/NavigationItem.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/NavigationItem.php
index c1e8b46b0..ba6197ce4 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/NavigationItem.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/NavigationItem.php
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ class NavigationItem implements IteratorAggregate
      */
     protected $url;
 
+    /**
+     * This item's url target
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $target;
+
     /**
      * Additional parameters for this item's url
      *
@@ -445,6 +452,29 @@ class NavigationItem implements IteratorAggregate
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set this item's url target
+     *
+     * @param   string  $target
+     *
+     * @return  $this
+     */
+    public function setTarget($target)
+    {
+        $this->target = $target;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return this item's url target
+     *
+     * @return  string
+     */
+    public function getTarget()
+    {
+        return $this->target;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return this item's url
      *
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/Renderer/NavigationItemRenderer.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/Renderer/NavigationItemRenderer.php
index 70c89c5b7..2de90dae0 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/Renderer/NavigationItemRenderer.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Navigation/Renderer/NavigationItemRenderer.php
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ class NavigationItemRenderer
      */
     protected $item;
 
-    /**
-     * The link target
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $target;
-
     /**
      * Create a new NavigationItemRenderer
      *
@@ -124,29 +117,6 @@ class NavigationItemRenderer
         return $this->item;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Set the link target
-     *
-     * @param   string  $target
-     *
-     * @return  $this
-     */
-    public function setTarget($target)
-    {
-        $this->target = $target;
-        return $this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return the link target
-     *
-     * @return  string
-     */
-    public function getTarget()
-    {
-        return $this->target;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Render the given navigation item as HTML anchor
      *
@@ -175,7 +145,7 @@ class NavigationItemRenderer
                 '<a%s href="%s"%s>%s</a>',
                 $this->view()->propertiesToString($item->getAttributes()),
                 $this->view()->url($url, $item->getUrlParameters()),
-                $this->target ? ' target="' . $this->view()->escape($this->target) . '"' : '',
+                $this->renderTargetAttribute(),
                 $label
             );
         } else {
@@ -189,4 +159,23 @@ class NavigationItemRenderer
 
         return $content;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Render and return the attribute to provide a non-default target for the url
+     *
+     * @return  string
+     */
+    protected function renderTargetAttribute()
+    {
+        $target = $this->getItem()->getTarget();
+        if ($target === null) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        if (! in_array($target, array('_main', '_self', '_next'))) {
+            return ' target="' . $this->view()->escape($target) . '"';
+        }
+
+        return ' data-base-target="' . $target . '"';
+    }
 }