diff --git a/application/layouts/scripts/parts/menu.phtml b/application/layouts/scripts/parts/menu.phtml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14b5bc0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/layouts/scripts/parts/menu.phtml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php echo ($this->sub) ? '<ul>' : '<ul class="nav nav-stacked" role="navigation" id="icinganavigation">' ?>
+    <?php foreach ($this->items as $item): ?>
+        <li class="<?php echo ($this->sub) ? 'submenu ' : '' ; echo $item->getIconClass(); echo ($this->href($this->url) === $this->href($item->getUrl())) ? ' active' : ''; ?>">
+            <?php if($item->getUrl()): ?>
+                <a href="<?= $this->href($item->getUrl()); ?>">
+            <?php endif; ?>
+                <?= ($item->getIcon()) ? $this->img($item->getIcon(), array('height' => '16px', 'width' => '16px')) : ''; ?> <?= $item->getTitle();?>
+            <?php if($item->getUrl()): ?>
+                </a>
+            <?php endif; ?>
+            <?php if($item->hasChildren()) :
+                echo $this->partial('parts/menu.phtml', array('items' => $item->getChildren(), 'sub' => true, 'url' => $this->url));
+            endif; ?>
+        </li>
+    <?php endforeach; ?>
+</ul>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml b/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml
index 025587b2c..f64fb92ed 100755
--- a/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml
+++ b/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml
@@ -1,51 +1,17 @@
 <?php
 // determine current key
-$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..e2c505e73 100755
--- a/config/menu.ini
+++ b/config/menu.ini
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
-[menu]
-Dashboard.title     = "Dashboard"
-Dashboard.route     = "/dashboard/index"
-Dashboard.iconClass = "icinga-icon-dashboard-petrol"
-
-Configuration.title     = "Configuration"
-Configuration.route     = "/config/index"
-Configuration.iconClass = "icinga-icon-configuration-petrol"
+;[menu]
+;Dashboard.title     = "Dashboard"
+;Dashboard.route     = "/dashboard/index"
+;Dashboard.iconClass = "icinga-icon-dashboard-petrol"
+;
+;Configuration.title     = "Configuration"
+;Configuration.route     = "/config/index"
+;Configuration.iconClass = "icinga-icon-configuration-petrol"
 
+[Home]
+title = "Home"
+url = "/index/welcome"
+priority = "1"
+icon = "/img/icons/down.png" 
+ 
+[Dashboard]
+title = "Dashboard"
+url = "/dashboard/index"
+priority = "5"
+icon = "/img/icons/askgoogle.jpg"
+icon_class = "testclass" 
+ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini b/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini
index e54c3c819..55813a4b0 100755
--- a/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini
+++ b/config/modules/monitoring/menu.ini
@@ -1,49 +1,52 @@
-[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
+; title
+; url
+; priority
+; icon
+; icon class
 
-;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"
+url = "/monitoring/index"
+priority = "2"
+icon = "" 
 
-Hosts.title          = "Hosts"
-Hosts.route          = "/monitoring/list/hosts"
-Hosts.iconClass      = "icinga-icon-host-petrol"
+[Hosts.Problems]
+url = "/monitoring/index?grp=probs"
+priority = "1"
+icon = "" 
 
-Services.title       = "Services"
-Services.route       = "/monitoring/list/services"
-Services.iconClass   = "icinga-icon-service-petrol"
+[Hosts.Mail]
+priority = "2"
+icon = "" 
 
-Downtimes.title      = "Downtimes"
-Downtimes.route      = "/monitoring/list/downtimes"
-Downtimes.iconClass  = "icinga-icon-down-petrol"
+[Hosts.Exchange]
+title = "Hosts Exchange"
+url = "/monitoring/index?grp=exchange"
+priority = "5"
+icon = "" 
 
-Notifications.title  = "Notifications"
-Notifications.route  = "/monitoring/list/notifications"
-Notifications.iconClass  = "icinga-icon-notification-petrol"
+[Cluster]
+title = "Cluster"
+url = "/monitoring/index?grp=cluster"
+priority = "10"
+icon = "" 
 
-Comments.title       = "Comments"
-Comments.route       = "/monitoring/list/comments"
-Comments.iconClass   = "icinga-icon-comment-petrol"
+[Cluster.Cluster1]
+title = "Cluster Cluster1"
+url = "#"
+priority = "1"
+icon = "" 
 
-;Contacts             = "/monitoring/list/contacts"
+[Cluster.Cluster2]
+title = "Cluster 2"
+url = "#"
+priority = "2"
+icon = "" 
 
-;Contact Groups  = "/monitoring/list/contactgroups"
 
-Servicegroups.title  = "Servicegroups"
-Servicegroups.route  = "/monitoring/list/servicegroups"
-Servicegroups.iconClass   = "icinga-icon-servicegroup-petrol"
+[Hosts.Exchange.Ex1]
+title = "Hosts Exchange Ex1"
+url = "#"
+priority = "2"
+icon = "" 
 
-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"
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..e7727e1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Menu.php
@@ -0,0 +1,383 @@
+<?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\Modules\Manager as ModulManager;
+use Icinga\Application\Icinga;
+
+class MenuItem
+{
+    /**
+     * MenuItem name
+     *
+     * @type    string
+     */
+    private $name;
+    
+    /**
+     * MenuItem titel
+     * 
+     * @type    string
+     */
+    private $title;
+    
+    /**
+     * MenuItem priority
+     * 
+     * @type    int
+     */
+    private $priority;
+    
+    /**
+     * MenuItem url
+     * 
+     * @type    string
+     */
+    private $url;
+    
+    /**
+     * MenuItem icon path
+     * 
+     * @type    string
+     */
+    private $icon;
+    
+    /**
+     * MenuItem icon class
+     * 
+     * @type    string
+     */
+    private $icon_class;
+    
+    /**
+     * MenuItem children array
+     * 
+     * @type    array
+     */
+    private $children = array();
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Create a new MenuItem
+     */
+    public function __construct($name='', $title='')
+    {
+        ($name != '') ? $this->name = $name: $this->name = $title;
+        $this->title = $title;
+        $this->priority = 100;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set name for MenuItems
+     *
+     * @param   string  name
+     * 
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setName($name)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        return $this;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Get name from MenuItem
+     *
+     * @return  string
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Set title for MenuItems
+     *
+     * @param   string  title
+     * 
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setTitle($title)
+    {
+        $this->title = $title;
+        return $this;
+    }
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Get title from MenuItem
+     *
+     * @return  string
+     */
+    public function getTitle()
+    {
+        return $this->title ? $this->title : $this->name;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Set priority for MenuItems
+     *
+     * @param   int  priority
+     * 
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setPriority($priority)
+    {
+        $this->priority = $priority;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get priority from MenuItem
+     *
+     * @return  int
+     */
+    public function getPriority()
+    {
+        return $this->priority;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set url for MenuItems
+     *
+     * @param   string  url
+     * 
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setUrl($url)
+    {
+        $this->url = $url;
+        return $this;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Get url from MenuItem
+     *
+     * @return  string
+     */
+    public function getUrl()
+    {
+        return $this->url;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Set icon for MenuItems
+     *
+     * @param   string  icon
+     * 
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setIcon($icon)
+    {
+        $this->icon = $icon;
+        return $this;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Get icon from MenuItem
+     *
+     * @return  string
+     */
+    public function getIcon()
+    {
+        return $this->icon;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set icon class for MenuItems
+     *
+     * @param   string  icon class
+     * 
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function setIconClass($iconClass)
+    {
+        $this->icon_class = $iconClass;
+        return $this;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Get icon class from MenuItem
+     *
+     * @return  string
+     */
+    public function getIconClass()
+    {
+        return $this->icon_class;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Add a child to MenuItem
+     * 
+     * @param   string  identifier
+     * @param   array   props
+     *
+     * @return  self
+     */
+    public function addChild($identifier, $props)
+    {
+        if (false === ($pos = strpos($identifier, '.'))) {
+            $menuItem = new MenuItem($identifier);
+            $menuItem
+                    ->setTitle($props->title)
+                    ->setPriority($props->priority)
+                    ->setUrl($props->url)
+                    ->setIcon($props->icon)
+                    ->setIconClass($props->icon_class);
+            $this->children[$identifier] = $menuItem;
+        } else {
+            $parent = substr($identifier, 0, $pos);
+            $identifier = substr($identifier, $pos + 1);
+            $this->getChild($parent)->addChild($identifier, $props);
+        }
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if MenuItem has Childs
+     *
+     * @return  bool
+     */
+    public function hasChildren()
+    {
+        return ! empty($this->children);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Get children from MenuItem
+     *
+     * return all children proper sortet of the current MenuItem
+     * 
+     * @return  array
+     */
+    public function getChildren()
+    {
+        usort($this->children, array($this, 'cmpChildren'));
+        return $this->children;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Get child from MenuItem
+     *
+     * @param   string      identifier
+     * 
+     * @return  MenuItem
+     */
+    public function getChild($identifier)
+    {
+        return $this->children[$identifier];
+    }
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Compare children
+     * 
+     * compare two children against each other based on priority and name
+     *
+     * @return  array
+     */
+    protected function cmpChildren($a, $b)
+    {   
+        if ($a->priority == $b->priority) {
+            return ($a->getTitle() > $b->getTitle()) ? +1 : -1;
+        }
+        return ($a->priority > $b->priority) ? +1 : -1;
+    }
+}
+
+
+class Menu extends MenuItem
+{
+    /**
+     * ZendConfig   cfg
+     *
+     * @type    Config
+     */
+    private $cfg;
+    
+    /**
+     * Config
+     *
+     * @type    config
+     */
+    private $config;
+    
+    /**
+     * Load MenuItems from all Configs
+     *
+     * @return  Menu
+     */
+    public static function fromConfig(){
+        $menu = new Menu();
+        $manager =  Icinga::app()->getModuleManager(); 
+        $menu->cfg[] = Config::app('menu');
+        foreach ($manager->listEnabledModules() as $moduleName) 
+        { 
+            $menu->cfg[] = Config::module($moduleName, 'menu');
+        } 
+        $menu->mergeConfigs();
+        $menu->loadMenuItems();
+        return $menu;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Merge all configs 
+     * 
+     * merge all configs and set suffix if duplicate entry exist
+     *
+     */
+    private function mergeConfigs()
+    {
+        $this->config = array();
+        foreach ($this->cfg as $config){
+            foreach ($config as $identifier => $keys){
+                while (array_key_exists($identifier, $this->config)) {
+                    $identifier .= '_dup';
+                }
+                $this->config[$identifier] = $keys;
+            }
+        }
+        ksort($this->config);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Load menu items
+     * 
+     * load MenuItems based on the merged config
+     */
+    private function loadMenuItems()
+    {
+        foreach ($this->config as $id => $props) {
+            $this->addChild($id, $props);
+        }
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/public/css/icinga/navigation.less b/public/css/icinga/navigation.less
index b6b2f4ce7..4f2ff7a34 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/navigation.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/navigation.less
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@
 .nav-stacked > li:first-child {
 }
 
+.submenu {
+    background-image: none;
+    padding-left: 15px;
+}
+
+.submenu > a {
+    color: red;
+}
+
+.testclass > a{
+    color: green;
+}
+
+.active > a{
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
 .icinga-subnavigation > li {
   padding-top: 8px;
   padding-bottom: 8px;
@@ -185,3 +203,8 @@ ul.icinga-subnavigation {
   padding-left: 15px;
   margin-top: 12px;
 }
+
+.nav > .subclass {
+    text-decoration: underline;
+    font-size: 16px;
+}
\ No newline at end of file