diff --git a/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.vue b/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.vue
index 9a49711dd..7ccbf17da 100755
--- a/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.vue
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
             :aria-labelledby="ariaLabelledby"
             :aria-label="ariaLabel"
             :pt="pt"
+            :unstyled="unstyled"
             @focus="onFocus"
             @blur="onBlur"
             @keydown="onKeyDown"
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ export default {
     outsideClickListener: null,
     container: null,
     menubar: null,
+    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/menubar/MenubarSub.vue b/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.vue
index c660250de..220fd1482 100755
--- a/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.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>
                 <MenubarSub
                     v-if="isItemVisible(processedItem) && isItemGroup(processedItem)"
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ import AngleDownIcon from 'primevue/icons/angledown';
 import AngleRightIcon from 'primevue/icons/angleright';
 import Ripple from 'primevue/ripple';
 import { ObjectUtils } from 'primevue/utils';
+import { mergeProps } from 'vue';
 
 export default {
     name: 'MenubarSub',
@@ -179,6 +180,36 @@ 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')
+                ),
+                icons: 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: {