diff --git a/src/objects/window/header.c b/src/objects/window/header.c
index b08dae6..ffaf81c 100644
--- a/src/objects/window/header.c
+++ b/src/objects/window/header.c
@@ -49,6 +49,24 @@
 
 		g_autoptr(GtkBuilder) builder = pw3270_application_get_builder("window.xml");
 
+		if(!gtk_application_prefers_app_menu(GTK_APPLICATION(g_application_get_default()))) {
+			g_autoptr(GtkBuilder) app_builder = pw3270_application_get_builder("application.xml");
+
+			g_menu_insert_submenu(
+				G_MENU(gtk_builder_get_object(builder,"open-menu")),
+				0,
+				_("Help"),
+				G_MENU_MODEL(gtk_builder_get_object(app_builder,"help-menu-placeholder"))
+			);
+
+			g_menu_append_submenu(
+				G_MENU(gtk_builder_get_object(builder,"preferences-menu")),
+				_("View"),
+				G_MENU_MODEL(gtk_builder_get_object(app_builder,"view-menu-placeholder"))
+			);
+
+		}
+
 		if(g_strv_length(header_blocks) >= 2) {
 
 			gchar ** elements;
diff --git a/ui/application.xml b/ui/application.xml
index 721b214..826d4bc 100644
--- a/ui/application.xml
+++ b/ui/application.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 		</submenu>
 
-		<submenu>
+		<submenu id="view-menu-placeholder">
 
 			<attribute name='label' translatable='yes'>View</attribute>
 
diff --git a/ui/window.xml b/ui/window.xml
index 9d85eec..43f80db 100644
--- a/ui/window.xml
+++ b/ui/window.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
 		</submenu>
 
-		<submenu>
+		<submenu id='preferences-menu'>
 
 			<attribute name='label' translatable='yes'>Preferences</attribute>
 
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