diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php
index 632266007..305cdd705 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace Icinga\Web;
 
+use Icinga\Web\Menu\MenuItemRenderer;
 use RecursiveIterator;
 use Zend_Config;
 use Icinga\Application\Config;
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@ class Menu implements RecursiveIterator
     protected $subMenus = array();
 
     /**
+     * A custom item renderer used instead of the default rendering logic
+     *
+     * @var MenuItemRenderer
+     */
+    protected $itemRenderer = null;
+    
+    /*
      * Parent menu
      *
      * @var Menu
@@ -93,6 +101,15 @@ class Menu implements RecursiveIterator
         if ($props !== null) {
             foreach ($props as $key => $value) {
                 $method = 'set' . implode('', array_map('ucfirst', explode('_', strtolower($key))));
+                if ($key === 'renderer') {
+                    $class = '\Icinga\Web\Menu\\' . $value;
+                    if (!class_exists($class)) {
+                        throw new ConfigurationError(
+                            sprintf('ItemRenderer with class "%s" does not exist', $class)
+                        );
+                    }
+                    $value = new $class;
+                }
                 if (method_exists($this, $method)) {
                     $this->{$method}($value);
                 } else {
@@ -364,6 +381,26 @@ class Menu implements RecursiveIterator
         return $this->icon;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the class that renders the current menu item
+     *
+     * @return MenuItemRenderer
+     */
+    public function getRenderer()
+    {
+        return $this->itemRenderer;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the class that renders the current menu item
+     *
+     * @param MenuItemRenderer $renderer
+     */
+    public function setRenderer(MenuItemRenderer $renderer)
+    {
+        $this->itemRenderer = $renderer;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return whether this menu has any sub menus
      *
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/MenuItemRenderer.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/MenuItemRenderer.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da09d7808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/MenuItemRenderer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Web\Menu;
+
+use Icinga\Web\Menu;
+
+/**
+ * Renders the html content of a single menu item
+ */
+interface MenuItemRenderer {
+    public function render(Menu $menu);
+}
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/ProblemMenuItemRenderer.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/ProblemMenuItemRenderer.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1254033ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/ProblemMenuItemRenderer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Web\Menu;
+
+use Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Backend;
+use Icinga\Web\Menu;
+use Icinga\Web\Url;
+
+class ProblemMenuItemRenderer implements MenuItemRenderer {
+
+    public function render(Menu $menu)
+    {
+        $statusSummary = Backend::createBackend()
+            ->select()->from(
+                'statusSummary',
+                array(
+                    'hosts_down_unhandled',
+                    'services_critical_unhandled'
+                )
+            )->getQuery()->fetchRow();
+        $unhandled = $statusSummary->hosts_down_unhandled + $statusSummary->services_critical_unhandled;
+        $badge = '';
+        if ($unhandled) {
+            $badge = sprintf(
+                '<div class="badge-container"><span class="badge badge-critical">%s</span></div>',
+                $unhandled
+            );
+        }
+        return sprintf(
+            '<a href="%s">%s%s %s</a>',
+            $menu->getUrl() ?: '#',
+            $menu->getIcon() ? '<img src="' . Url::fromPath($menu->getIcon()) . '" class="icon" /> ' : '',
+            htmlspecialchars($menu->getTitle()),
+            $badge
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/UnhandledHostMenuItemRenderer.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/UnhandledHostMenuItemRenderer.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b66709422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/UnhandledHostMenuItemRenderer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Web\Menu;
+
+use Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Backend;
+use Icinga\Web\Menu;
+use Icinga\Web\Url;
+
+class UnhandledHostMenuItemRenderer implements MenuItemRenderer {
+
+    public function render(Menu $menu)
+    {
+        $statusSummary = Backend::createBackend()
+            ->select()->from(
+                'statusSummary',
+                array(
+                    'hosts_down_unhandled'
+                )
+            )->getQuery()->fetchRow();
+        $badge = '';
+        if ($statusSummary->hosts_down_unhandled) {
+            $badge = sprintf(
+                '<div class="badge-container"><span class="badge badge-critical">%s</span></div>',
+                $statusSummary->hosts_down_unhandled
+            );
+        }
+        return sprintf(
+            '<a href="%s">%s%s %s</a>',
+            $menu->getUrl() ?: '#',
+            $menu->getIcon() ? '<img src="' . Url::fromPath($menu->getIcon()) . '" class="icon" /> ' : '',
+            htmlspecialchars($menu->getTitle()),
+            $badge
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/UnhandledServiceMenuItemRenderer.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/UnhandledServiceMenuItemRenderer.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdac34c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu/UnhandledServiceMenuItemRenderer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Web\Menu;
+
+use Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Backend;
+use Icinga\Web\Menu;
+use Icinga\Web\Url;
+
+class UnhandledServiceMenuItemRenderer implements MenuItemRenderer {
+
+    public function render(Menu $menu)
+    {
+        $statusSummary = Backend::createBackend()
+            ->select()->from(
+                'statusSummary',
+                array(
+                    'services_critical_unhandled'
+                )
+            )->getQuery()->fetchRow();
+        $badge = '';
+        if ($statusSummary->services_critical_unhandled) {
+            $badge = sprintf(
+                '<div class="badge-container"><span class="badge badge-critical">%s</span></div>',
+                $statusSummary->services_critical_unhandled
+            );
+        }
+        return sprintf(
+            '<a href="%s">%s%s %s</a>',
+            $menu->getUrl() ?: '#',
+            $menu->getIcon() ? '<img src="' . Url::fromPath($menu->getIcon()) . '" class="icon" /> ' : '',
+            htmlspecialchars($menu->getTitle()),
+            $badge
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/MenuRenderer.php b/library/Icinga/Web/MenuRenderer.php
index c3de9dccb..1bba54239 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/MenuRenderer.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/MenuRenderer.php
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ class MenuRenderer extends RecursiveIteratorIterator
      */
     public function renderChild(Menu $child)
     {
+        if ($child->getRenderer() !== null) {
+            return $child->getRenderer()->render($child);
+        }
         return sprintf(
             '<a href="%s">%s%s</a>',
             $child->getUrl() ?: '#',
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/configuration.php b/modules/monitoring/configuration.php
index fc0688e89..b40a8c282 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/configuration.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/configuration.php
@@ -31,14 +31,17 @@ $this->provideSearchUrl($this->translate('Servicegroups'), 'monitoring/list/serv
  * Problems Section
  */
 $section = $this->menuSection($this->translate('Problems'), array(
-    'icon'      => 'img/icons/error.png',
-    'priority'  => 20
+    'renderer' => 'ProblemMenuItemRenderer',
+    'icon'     => 'img/icons/error.png',
+    'priority' => 20
 ));
 $section->add($this->translate('Unhandled Hosts'), array(
+    'renderer' => 'UnhandledHostMenuItemRenderer',
     'url'      => 'monitoring/list/hosts?host_problem=1&host_handled=0',
     'priority' => 40
 ));
 $section->add($this->translate('Unhandled Services'), array(
+    'renderer' => 'UnhandledServiceMenuItemRenderer',
     'url'      => 'monitoring/list/services?service_problem=1&service_handled=0&sort=service_severity',
     'priority' => 40
 ));
diff --git a/public/css/icinga/menu.less b/public/css/icinga/menu.less
index 1f30b4c46..6f8b97fa9 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/menu.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/menu.less
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #menu li {
     margin-left: 0.5em;
-    margin-right: 0.5em;
 }
 
 #menu > ul > li {
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@
 }
 
 #menu li.hover > ul a {
-  width: 100%;
+  width: 95%;
   display: block;
   color: white;
 }
diff --git a/public/css/icinga/widgets.less b/public/css/icinga/widgets.less
index a5c540a1e..86f08da5f 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/widgets.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/widgets.less
@@ -179,3 +179,64 @@ ul.tree li a.error:hover {
   padding: 1.5em;
   height: 80vh;
 }
+
+.badge-container {
+  font-size: 1em;
+  display: inline-block;
+  float: right;
+  margin-right: 0.6em;
+}
+
+
+li li .badge-container {
+  /*
+   fix margin for smaller font-size of list elements
+   1 = 0,8em / 0.8em
+  */
+  margin-right: 0.75em;
+}
+
+#layout.hoveredmenu .hover > a > .badge-container {
+  margin-right: 14.15em;
+}
+
+.badge {
+  position: relative;
+  top: -0.2em;
+  display: inline-block;
+  min-width: 1em;
+  padding: 3px 7px;
+  font-size: 0.8em;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  line-height: 1.1em;
+  color: white;
+  text-align: center;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  vertical-align: baseline;
+  border-radius: 1em;
+  background-color: @colorInvalid;
+}
+
+li li .badge {
+  font-size: 0.975em;
+}
+
+.badge-critical {
+  background-color: @colorCritical;
+}
+
+.badge-warning {
+  background-color: @colorWarning;
+}
+
+.badge-ok {
+  background-color: @colorOk;
+}
+
+.badge-pending {
+  background-color: @colorPending;
+}
+
+.badge-pending {
+  background-color: @colorUnknown;
+}