diff --git a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.d.ts b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.d.ts
index c2d6eae61..2745d74fb 100755
--- a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.d.ts
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ export interface PanelMenuSlots {
          * Menuitem instance
          */
         item: MenuItem;
+        /**
+         * Whether there is a root menuitem
+         */
+        root: boolean;
         /**
          * Current active state of the menuitem
          */
diff --git a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.vue b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.vue
index 1556b0475..f2a53ac8a 100644
--- a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenu.vue
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                                 <span :class="cx('headerLabel')" v-bind="getPTOptions('headerLabel', item, index)">{{ getItemLabel(item) }}</span>
                             </a>
                         </template>
-                        <component v-else :is="$slots.item" :item="item" :isActive="isItemActive(item)" :hasSubmenu="getItemProp(item, 'items')" :label="getItemLabel(item)" :props="getMenuItemProps(item, index)"></component>
+                        <component v-else :is="$slots.item" :item="item" :root="true" :isActive="isItemActive(item)" :hasSubmenu="getItemProp(item, 'items')" :label="getItemLabel(item)" :props="getMenuItemProps(item, index)"></component>
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <transition name="p-toggleable-content" v-bind="ptm('transition')">
diff --git a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuSub.vue b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuSub.vue
index bee85e543..52f94dc5b 100755
--- a/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/panelmenu/PanelMenuSub.vue
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
                         v-else
                         :is="templates.item"
                         :item="processedItem.item"
+                        :root="false"
                         :isActive="isItemActive(processedItem)"
                         :hasSubmenu="isItemGroup(processedItem)"
                         :label="getItemLabel(processedItem)"