diff --git a/api-generator/components/menubar.js b/api-generator/components/menubar.js
index e36616ff2..a1cc25bfd 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/menubar.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/menubar.js
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ const MenubarSlots = [
     {
         name: 'submenuicon',
         description: 'Custom submenu icon template.'
+    },
+    {
+        name: 'itemicon',
+        description: 'Custom item icon template.'
     }
 ];
 
diff --git a/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.d.ts b/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.d.ts
index 0c2070a26..e2a33e07d 100755
--- a/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.d.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,20 @@ export interface MenubarSlots {
          */
         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/menubar/Menubar.vue b/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.vue
index a7ffcf325..d2ac8e8bd 100755
--- a/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menubar/Menubar.vue
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             class="p-menubar-root-list"
             role="menubar"
             :items="processedItems"
-            :template="$slots"
+            :templates="$slots"
             :root="true"
             :mobileActive="mobileActive"
             tabindex="0"
diff --git a/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.vue b/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.vue
index bdca322ea..b2958965f 100755
--- a/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menubar/MenubarSub.vue
@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@
                 :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>
+                                <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">
-                            <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>
-                            <component v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'items')" :is="template.submenuicon || (root ? 'AngleDownIcon' : 'AngleRightIcon')" :root="root" :active="isItemActive(processedItem)" class="p-submenu-icon" />
+                            <component v-if="getItemProp(processedItem, 'items')" :is="templates.submenuicon || (root ? 'AngleDownIcon' : 'AngleRightIcon')" :root="root" :active="isItemActive(processedItem)" class="p-submenu-icon" />
                         </a>
                     </template>
-                    <component v-else :is="template.item" :item="processedItem.item"></component>
+                    <component v-else :is="templates.item" :item="processedItem.item"></component>
                 </div>
                 <MenubarSub
                     v-if="isItemVisible(processedItem) && isItemGroup(processedItem)"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                     :items="processedItem.items"
                     :mobileActive="mobileActive"
                     :activeItemPath="activeItemPath"
-                    :template="template"
+                    :templates="templates"
                     :exact="exact"
                     :level="level + 1"
                     @item-click="$emit('item-click', $event)"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default {
             type: Boolean,
             default: false
         },
-        template: {
+        templates: {
             type: Object,
             default: null
         },