diff --git a/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb b/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
index 341a64df87..fd78bbfefe 100644
--- a/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 class WelcomeController < ApplicationController
-  self.main_menu = false
+  menu_item :home
 
   def index
     @news = News.latest User.current
diff --git a/lib/redmine.rb b/lib/redmine.rb
index 6e7d109740..783c5b9bd2 100644
--- a/lib/redmine.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine.rb
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ Redmine::MenuManager.map :account_menu do |menu|
 end
 
 Redmine::MenuManager.map :application_menu do |menu|
+  menu.push :home, :home_path
   menu.push :projects, {:controller => 'projects', :action => 'index'},
     :permission => nil,
     :caption => :label_project_plural
diff --git a/test/functional/welcome_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/welcome_controller_test.rb
index 38533edacf..3fb567eecc 100644
--- a/test/functional/welcome_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/welcome_controller_test.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ class WelcomeControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
     get :index
     assert_response :success
     assert_select 'h3', :text => 'Latest news'
+    assert_select '#main-menu' do
+      assert_select 'a.home.selected', 1
+    end
   end
 
   def test_browser_language