diff --git a/api-generator/components/panelmenu.js b/api-generator/components/panelmenu.js
index a534bc763..d15581799 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/panelmenu.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/panelmenu.js
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ const PanelMenuSlots = [
     {
         name: 'submenuicon',
         description: 'Custom submenu icon template.'
+    },
+    {
+        name: 'headericon',
+        description: 'Custom header icon template.'
+    },
+    {
+        name: 'itemicon',
+        description: 'Custom item icon template.'
     }
 ];
 
diff --git a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.d.ts b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.d.ts
index 94cb98495..6785b8abc 100755
--- a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.d.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,34 @@ export interface PanelMenuSlots {
          */
         active: boolean;
     }): VNode[];
+    /**
+     * Custom header icon template.
+     * @param {Object} scope - header icon slot's params.
+     */
+    headericon(scope: {
+        /**
+         * Menuitem instance
+         */
+        item: MenuItem;
+        /**
+         * Style class of the item icon element.
+         */
+        class: any;
+    }): VNode[];
+    /**
+     * Custom item icon template.
+     * @param {Object} scope - item icon slot's params.
+     */
+    itemicon(scope: {
+        /**
+         * Menuitem instance
+         */
+        item: MenuItem;
+        /**
+         * Style class of the item icon element.
+         */
+        class: any;
+    }): VNode[];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.vue b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.vue
index 1b926ac0f..6db4b4516 100644
--- a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.vue
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
                         <template v-if="!$slots.item">
                             <router-link v-if="getItemProp(item, 'to') && !isItemDisabled(item)" v-slot="{ navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive }" :to="getItemProp(item, 'to')" custom>
                                 <a :href="href" :class="getHeaderActionClass(item, { isActive, isExactActive })" :tabindex="-1" @click="onHeaderActionClick($event, navigate)">
-                                    <span v-if="getItemProp(item, 'icon')" :class="getHeaderIconClass(item)"></span>
+                                    <component :is="templates.headericon || (getItemProp(item, 'icon') ? 'span' : undefined)" :item="item" :class="getHeaderIconClass(item)" />
                                     <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{ getItemLabel(item) }}</span>
                                 </a>
                             </router-link>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
                                 <slot v-if="getItemProp(item, 'items')" name="submenuicon" :active="isItemActive(item)">
                                     <component :is="isItemActive(item) ? 'ChevronDownIcon' : 'ChevronRightIcon'" class="p-submenu-icon" />
                                 </slot>
-                                <span v-if="getItemProp(item, 'icon')" :class="getHeaderIconClass(item)"></span>
+                                <component :is="templates.headericon || (getItemProp(item, 'icon') ? 'span' : undefined)" :item="item" :class="getHeaderIconClass(item)" />
                                 <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{ getItemLabel(item) }}</span>
                             </a>
                         </template>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
                 <transition name="p-toggleable-content">
                     <div v-show="isItemActive(item)" :id="getContentId(index)" class="p-toggleable-content" role="region" :aria-labelledby="getHeaderId(index)">
                         <div v-if="getItemProp(item, 'items')" class="p-panelmenu-content">
-                            <PanelMenuList :panelId="getPanelId(index)" :items="getItemProp(item, 'items')" :template="$slots" :expandedKeys="expandedKeys" @item-toggle="changeExpandedKeys" @header-focus="updateFocusedHeader" :exact="exact" />
+                            <PanelMenuList :panelId="getPanelId(index)" :items="getItemProp(item, 'items')" :templates="$slots" :expandedKeys="expandedKeys" @item-toggle="changeExpandedKeys" @header-focus="updateFocusedHeader" :exact="exact" />
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </transition>
diff --git a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuList.vue b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuList.vue
index 05cf8acb7..83cdf691d 100644
--- a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuList.vue
+++ b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuList.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         :panelId="panelId"
         :focusedItemId="focused ? focusedItemId : undefined"
         :items="processedItems"
-        :template="template"
+        :templates="templates"
         :activeItemPath="activeItemPath"
         :exact="exact"
         @focus="onFocus"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default {
             type: Array,
             default: null
         },
-        template: {
+        templates: {
             type: Object,
             default: null
         },
diff --git a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuSub.vue b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuSub.vue
index 342f7ac51..277110132 100755
--- a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuSub.vue
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@
                 :aria-posinset="getAriaPosInset(index)"
             >
                 <div class="p-menuitem-content" @click="onItemClick($event, processedItem)">
-                    <template v-if="!template.item">
+                    <template v-if="!templates.item">
                         <router-link v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'to') && !isItemDisabled(processedItem)" v-slot="{ navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive }" :to="getItemProp(processedItem, 'to')" custom>
                             <a v-ripple :href="href" :class="getItemActionClass(processedItem, { isActive, isExactActive })" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" @click="onItemActionClick($event, navigate)">
-                                <span v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="getItemIconClass(processedItem)"></span>
+                                <component :is="templates.itemicon || (getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon') ? 'span' : undefined)" :item="processedItem.item" :class="getItemIconClass(processedItem)" />
                                 <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
                             </a>
                         </router-link>
                         <a v-else v-ripple :href="getItemProp(processedItem, 'url')" :class="getItemActionClass(processedItem)" :target="getItemProp(processedItem, 'target')" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
-                            <component v-if="isItemGroup(processedItem)" :is="template.submenuicon || (isItemActive(processedItem) ? 'ChevronDownIcon' : 'ChevronRightIcon')" class="p-submenu-icon" :active="isItemActive(processedItem)" />
-                            <span v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="getItemIconClass(processedItem)"></span>
+                            <component v-if="isItemGroup(processedItem)" :is="templates.submenuicon || (isItemActive(processedItem) ? 'ChevronDownIcon' : 'ChevronRightIcon')" class="p-submenu-icon" :active="isItemActive(processedItem)" />
+                            <component :is="templates.itemicon || (getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon') ? 'span' : undefined)" :item="processedItem.item" :class="getItemIconClass(processedItem)" />
                             <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
                         </a>
                     </template>
-                    <component v-else :is="template.item" :item="processedItem.item"></component>
+                    <component v-else :is="templates.item" :item="processedItem.item"></component>
                 </div>
                 <transition name="p-toggleable-content">
                     <div v-show="isItemActive(processedItem)" class="p-toggleable-content">
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                             :focusedItemId="focusedItemId"
                             :items="processedItem.items"
                             :level="level + 1"
-                            :template="template"
+                            :templates="templates"
                             :activeItemPath="activeItemPath"
                             :exact="exact"
                             @item-toggle="onItemToggle"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default {
             type: Number,
             default: 0
         },
-        template: {
+        templates: {
             type: Object,
             default: null
         },