diff --git a/api-generator/components/tieredmenu.js b/api-generator/components/tieredmenu.js
index 57b1b20d7..bbe629896 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/tieredmenu.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/tieredmenu.js
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ const TieredMenuSlots = [
     {
         name: 'submenuicon',
         description: 'Custom submenu icon template.'
+    },
+    {
+        name: 'itemicon',
+        description: 'Custom item icon template.'
     }
 ];
 
diff --git a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.d.ts b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.d.ts
index a7edfd7c3..a8c124c1e 100755
--- a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.d.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ export interface TieredMenuSlots {
          */
         active: boolean;
     }): 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/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.vue b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.vue
index 255056b68..552ddb0eb 100755
--- a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenu.vue
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                     :menuId="id"
                     :focusedItemId="focused ? focusedItemId : undefined"
                     :items="processedItems"
-                    :template="$slots"
+                    :templates="$slots"
                     :activeItemPath="activeItemPath"
                     :exact="exact"
                     :level="0"
diff --git a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue
index fe189db2c..82cf151c4 100755
--- a/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/tieredmenu/TieredMenuSub.vue
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                 :aria-posinset="getAriaPosInset(index)"
             >
                 <div class="p-menuitem-content" @click="onItemClick($event, processedItem)" @mouseenter="onItemMouseEnter($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>
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
                         <a v-else v-ripple :href="getItemProp(processedItem, 'url')" :class="getItemActionClass(processedItem)" :target="getItemProp(processedItem, 'target')" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
                             <span v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'icon')" :class="getItemIconClass(processedItem)"></span>
                             <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{ getItemLabel(processedItem) }}</span>
-                            <component v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'items')" :is="template.submenuicon || 'AngleRightIcon'" class="p-submenu-icon" :active="isItemActive(processedItem)" />
+                            <component v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'items')" :is="templates.submenuicon || 'AngleRightIcon'" class="p-submenu-icon" :active="isItemActive(processedItem)" />
                         </a>
                     </template>
-                    <component v-else :is="template.item" :item="processedItem.item"></component>
+                    <component v-else :is="templates.item" :item="processedItem.item"></component>
                 </div>
                 <TieredMenuSub
                     v-if="isItemVisible(processedItem) && isItemGroup(processedItem)"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                     :menuId="menuId"
                     :focusedItemId="focusedItemId"
                     :items="processedItem.items"
-                    :template="template"
+                    :templates="templates"
                     :activeItemPath="activeItemPath"
                     :exact="exact"
                     :level="level + 1"
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export default {
             type: Number,
             default: 0
         },
-        template: {
+        templates: {
             type: Object,
             default: null
         },