diff --git a/gtk/gtkmenusectionbox.c b/gtk/gtkmenusectionbox.c
index 6d3251e341..72ca8c8b1a 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkmenusectionbox.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkmenusectionbox.c
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ gtk_menu_section_box_insert_func (GtkMenuTrackerItem *item,
       else
         g_object_bind_property (item, "icon", widget, "icon", G_BINDING_SYNC_CREATE);
 
+      g_object_bind_property (item, "use-markup", widget, "use-markup", G_BINDING_SYNC_CREATE);
       g_object_bind_property (item, "sensitive", widget, "sensitive", G_BINDING_SYNC_CREATE);
       g_object_bind_property (item, "role", widget, "role", G_BINDING_SYNC_CREATE);
       g_object_bind_property (item, "toggled", widget, "active", G_BINDING_SYNC_CREATE);
diff --git a/gtk/gtkmenutrackeritem.c b/gtk/gtkmenutrackeritem.c
index 4e191221e2..70ac0de8aa 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkmenutrackeritem.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkmenutrackeritem.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ enum {
   PROP_0,
   PROP_IS_SEPARATOR,
   PROP_LABEL,
+  PROP_USE_MARKUP,
   PROP_ICON,
   PROP_VERB_ICON,
   PROP_SENSITIVE,
@@ -162,6 +163,9 @@ gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_property (GObject    *object,
     case PROP_LABEL:
       g_value_set_string (value, gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_label (self));
       break;
+    case PROP_USE_MARKUP:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_use_markup (self));
+      break;
     case PROP_ICON:
       g_value_take_object (value, gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_icon (self));
       break;
@@ -223,6 +227,8 @@ gtk_menu_tracker_item_class_init (GtkMenuTrackerItemClass *class)
     g_param_spec_boolean ("is-separator", "", "", FALSE, G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | G_PARAM_READABLE);
   gtk_menu_tracker_item_pspecs[PROP_LABEL] =
     g_param_spec_string ("label", "", "", NULL, G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | G_PARAM_READABLE);
+  gtk_menu_tracker_item_pspecs[PROP_USE_MARKUP] =
+    g_param_spec_boolean ("use-markup", "", "", FALSE, G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | G_PARAM_READABLE);
   gtk_menu_tracker_item_pspecs[PROP_ICON] =
     g_param_spec_object ("icon", "", "", G_TYPE_ICON, G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | G_PARAM_READABLE);
   gtk_menu_tracker_item_pspecs[PROP_VERB_ICON] =
@@ -628,6 +634,12 @@ gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_label (GtkMenuTrackerItem *self)
   return label;
 }
 
+gboolean
+gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_use_markup (GtkMenuTrackerItem *self)
+{
+  return g_menu_item_get_attribute (self->item, "use-markup", "&s", NULL);
+}
+
 /*< private >
  * gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_icon:
  *
diff --git a/gtk/gtkmenutrackeritemprivate.h b/gtk/gtkmenutrackeritemprivate.h
index 6ebbc3764c..50343ba99e 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkmenutrackeritemprivate.h
+++ b/gtk/gtkmenutrackeritemprivate.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ gboolean                gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_has_link              (GtkMenu
 
 const char *           gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_label                 (GtkMenuTrackerItem *self);
 
+gboolean               gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_use_markup            (GtkMenuTrackerItem *self);
+
 GIcon *                 gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_icon                  (GtkMenuTrackerItem *self);
 
 GIcon *                 gtk_menu_tracker_item_get_verb_icon             (GtkMenuTrackerItem *self);
diff --git a/gtk/gtkpopovermenu.c b/gtk/gtkpopovermenu.c
index 9a3458584f..0c4f57ecf2 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkpopovermenu.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkpopovermenu.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
  * The following attributes are used when constructing menu items:
  *
  * - "label": a user-visible string to display
+ * - "use-markup": whether the text in the menu item includes [Pango markup](https://docs.gtk.org/Pango/pango_markup.html)
  * - "action": the prefixed name of the action to trigger
  * - "target": the parameter to use when activating the action
  * - "icon" and "verb-icon": names of icons that may be displayed