diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php
index e95f14c88..056e2ff88 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php
@@ -117,13 +117,17 @@ class Menu implements RecursiveIterator
             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', $class)
-                        );
+                    if (class_exists($value)) {
+                        $value = new $value;
+                    } else {
+                        $class = '\Icinga\Web\Menu\\' . $value;
+                        if (!class_exists($class)) {
+                            throw new ConfigurationError(
+                                sprintf('ItemRenderer with class "%s" does not exist', $class)
+                            );
+                        }
+                        $value = new $class;
                     }
-                    $value = new $class;
                 }
                 if (method_exists($this, $method)) {
                     $this->{$method}($value);