diff --git a/api-generator/components/megamenu.js b/api-generator/components/megamenu.js
index 90d0b90e4..0a87a5623 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/megamenu.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/megamenu.js
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ const MegaMenuProps = [
         type: "string",
         default: "horizontal",
         description: "Defines the orientation, valid values are horizontal and vertical."
+    },
+    {
+        name: "exact",
+        type: "boolean",
+        default: "true",
+        description: "Whether to apply 'router-link-active-exact' class if route exactly matches the item path."
     }
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/components/megamenu/MegaMenu.d.ts b/src/components/megamenu/MegaMenu.d.ts
index 571ef5be2..987f7d000 100755
--- a/src/components/megamenu/MegaMenu.d.ts
+++ b/src/components/megamenu/MegaMenu.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { VNode } from 'vue';
 interface MegaMenuProps {
     model?: any[];
     orientation?: string;
+    exact?: boolean;
 }
 
 declare class MegaMenu {
diff --git a/src/components/megamenu/MegaMenu.vue b/src/components/megamenu/MegaMenu.vue
index b3b584251..2139a118d 100755
--- a/src/components/megamenu/MegaMenu.vue
+++ b/src/components/megamenu/MegaMenu.vue
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
                 <li v-if="visible(category)"  :class="getCategoryClass(category)" :style="category.style"
                     @mouseenter="onCategoryMouseEnter($event, category)" role="none">
                     <template v-if="!$slots.item">
-                        <router-link v-if="category.to && !disabled(category)" :to="category.to" custom v-slot="{navigate, href}">
-                            <a :href="href" :class="getLinkClass(category)" @click="onCategoryClick($event, category, navigate)" @keydown="onCategoryKeydown($event, category)" role="menuitem" v-ripple>
+                        <router-link v-if="category.to && !disabled(category)" :to="category.to" custom v-slot="{navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive}">
+                            <a :href="href" :class="linkClass(category, {isActive, isExactActive})" @click="onCategoryClick($event, category, navigate)" @keydown="onCategoryKeydown($event, category)" role="menuitem" v-ripple>
                                 <span v-if="category.icon" :class="getCategoryIcon(category)"></span>
                                 <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{category.label}}</span>
                             </a>
                         </router-link>
-                        <a v-else :href="category.url" :class="getLinkClass(category)" :target="category.target" @click="onCategoryClick($event, category)" @keydown="onCategoryKeydown($event, category)"
+                        <a v-else :href="category.url" :class="linkClass(category)" :target="category.target" @click="onCategoryClick($event, category)" @keydown="onCategoryKeydown($event, category)"
                             role="menuitem" :aria-haspopup="category.items != null" :aria-expanded="category === activeItem" :tabindex="disabled(category) ? null : '0'" v-ripple>
                             <span v-if="category.icon" :class="getCategoryIcon(category)"></span>
                             <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{category.label}}</span>
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
                                     <template v-for="(item, i) of submenu.items" :key="item.label + i.toString()">
                                         <li role="none" :class="getSubmenuItemClass(item)" :style="item.style" v-if="visible(item) && !item.separator">
                                             <template v-if="!$slots.item">
-                                                <router-link v-if="item.to && !disabled(item)" :to="item.to" custom v-slot="{navigate, href}">
-                                                    <a :href="href" :class="getLinkClass(item)" @click="onLeafClick($event, item, navigate)" role="menuitem" v-ripple>
+                                                <router-link v-if="item.to && !disabled(item)" :to="item.to" custom v-slot="{navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive}">
+                                                    <a :href="href" :class="linkClass(item, {isActive, isExactActive})" @click="onLeafClick($event, item, navigate)" role="menuitem" v-ripple>
                                                         <span v-if="item.icon" :class="['p-menuitem-icon', item.icon]"></span>
                                                         <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{item.label}}</span>
                                                     </a>
                                                 </router-link>
-                                                <a v-else :href="item.url" :class="getLinkClass(item)" :target="item.target" @click="onLeafClick($event, item)" role="menuitem" :tabindex="disabled(item) ? null : '0'" v-ripple>
+                                                <a v-else :href="item.url" :class="linkClass(item)" :target="item.target" @click="onLeafClick($event, item)" role="menuitem" :tabindex="disabled(item) ? null : '0'" v-ripple>
                                                     <span v-if="item.icon" :class="['p-menuitem-icon', item.icon]"></span>
                                                     <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{item.label}}</span>
                                                     <span :class="getSubmenuIcon()" v-if="item.items"></span>
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ export default {
         orientation: {
             type: String,
             default: 'horizontal'
+        },
+        exact: {
+            type: Boolean,
+            default: true
         }
     },
     documentClickListener: null,
@@ -271,8 +275,12 @@ export default {
         getSubmenuItemClass(item) {
             return ['p-menuitem', item.class];
         },
-        getLinkClass(item) {
-            return ['p-menuitem-link', {'p-disabled': this.disabled(item)}];
+        linkClass(item, routerProps) {
+            return ['p-menuitem-link', {
+                'p-disabled': this.disabled(item),
+                'router-link-active': routerProps && routerProps.isActive,
+                'router-link-active-exact': this.exact && routerProps && routerProps.isExactActive
+            }];
         },
         bindDocumentClickListener() {
             if (!this.documentClickListener) {
diff --git a/src/views/megamenu/MegaMenuDoc.vue b/src/views/megamenu/MegaMenuDoc.vue
index 173bbdd4b..365b29470 100755
--- a/src/views/megamenu/MegaMenuDoc.vue
+++ b/src/views/megamenu/MegaMenuDoc.vue
@@ -155,6 +155,18 @@ export default {
     &lt;/template&gt;
 &lt;/MegaMenu&gt;
 </template>
+</code></pre>
+
+<p><i>router-link</i> with route configuration can also be used within templating for further customization.</p>
+<pre v-code><code><template v-pre>
+&lt;MegaMenu :model="items"&gt;
+    &lt;template #item="{item}"&gt;
+         &lt;router-link :to="item.to" custom v-slot="{href, route, navigate, isActive, isExactActive}"&gt;
+            &lt;a :href="href" @click="navigate" :class="{'active-link': isActive, 'active-link-exact": isExactActive}&gt;{{route.fullPath}}&lt;/a&gt;
+        &lt;/router-link&gt;
+    &lt;/template&gt;
+&lt;/MegaMenu&gt;
+</template>
 </code></pre>
 
         <h5>Properties</h5>
@@ -181,6 +193,12 @@ export default {
                         <td>string</td>
                         <td>horizontal</td>
                         <td>Defines the orientation, valid values are horizontal and vertical.</td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>exact</td>
+                        <td>boolean</td>
+                        <td>true</td>
+                        <td>Whether to apply 'router-link-active-exact' class if route exactly matches the item path.</td>
                     </tr>
 				</tbody>
 			</table>