diff --git a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.vue b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.vue
index d63addb46..285b3803c 100755
--- a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.vue
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
                     :exact="exact"
                     :level="0"
                     :pt="pt"
+                    :unstyled="unstyled"
                     @focus="onFocus"
                     @blur="onBlur"
                     @keydown="onKeyDown"
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ export default {
             }
         }
     },
+    beforeMount() {
+        if (!this.$slots.item) {
+            console.warn('In future versions, vue-router support will be removed. Item templating should be used.');
+        }
+    },
     mounted() {
         this.id = this.id || UniqueComponentId();
     },
diff --git a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue
index a7173748a..ae08ecbb9 100755
--- a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
                             </template>
                         </a>
                     </template>
-                    <component v-else :is="templates.item" :item="processedItem.item"></component>
+                    <component v-else :is="templates.item" :item="processedItem.item" :label="getItemLabel(processedItem)" :props="getMenuItemProps(processedItem, index)"></component>
                 </div>
                 <TieredMenuSub
                     v-if="isItemVisible(processedItem) && isItemGroup(processedItem)"
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
                     :exact="exact"
                     :level="level + 1"
                     :pt="pt"
+                    :unstyled="unstyled"
                     @item-click="$emit('item-click', $event)"
                     @item-mouseenter="$emit('item-mouseenter', $event)"
                 />
@@ -167,6 +168,36 @@ export default {
         },
         getAriaPosInset(index) {
             return index - this.items.slice(0, index).filter((processedItem) => this.isItemVisible(processedItem) && this.getItemProp(processedItem, 'separator')).length + 1;
+        },
+        getMenuItemProps(processedItem, index) {
+            return {
+                action: mergeProps(
+                    {
+                        class: this.cx('action'),
+                        tabindex: -1,
+                        'aria-hidden': true
+                    },
+                    this.getPTOptions(processedItem, index, 'action')
+                ),
+                icon: mergeProps(
+                    {
+                        class: [this.cx('icon'), this.getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')]
+                    },
+                    this.getPTOptions(processedItem, index, 'icon')
+                ),
+                label: mergeProps(
+                    {
+                        class: this.cx('label')
+                    },
+                    this.getPTOptions(processedItem, index, 'label')
+                ),
+                submenuicon: mergeProps(
+                    {
+                        class: this.cx('submenuIcon')
+                    },
+                    this.getPTOptions(processedItem, index, 'submenuIcon')
+                )
+            };
         }
     },
     components: {