diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/application-menu-in-legacy-extension-api.test.ts b/src/features/application-menu/application-menu-in-legacy-extension-api.test.ts
index 277dd41641..06dbc384c7 100644
--- a/src/features/application-menu/application-menu-in-legacy-extension-api.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/application-menu-in-legacy-extension-api.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { noop } from "lodash/fp";
 import { action } from "mobx";
 import type { ApplicationBuilder } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder";
 import { getApplicationBuilder } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder";
@@ -40,6 +41,14 @@ describe("application-menu-in-legacy-extension-api", () => {
 
         mainOptions: {
           appMenus: [
+            {
+              id: "some-non-shown-item",
+              parentId: "some-top-menu-item",
+              click: noop,
+              label: "Irrelevant",
+              visible: false,
+            },
+
             {
               id: "some-clickable-item",
               parentId: "some-top-menu-item",
@@ -50,6 +59,21 @@ describe("application-menu-in-legacy-extension-api", () => {
               parentId: "some-top-menu-item",
               type: "separator",
             },
+
+            {
+              id: "some-os-action-menu-item-id",
+              parentId: "some-top-menu-item",
+              role: "help",
+            },
+
+            {
+              id: "some-submenu-with-explicit-children",
+              parentId: "some-top-menu-item",
+
+              submenu: [
+                { id: "some-explicit-child", label: "Some explicit child", click: noop },
+              ],
+            },
           ],
         },
       };
@@ -57,21 +81,25 @@ describe("application-menu-in-legacy-extension-api", () => {
       builder.extensions.enable(testExtensionOptions);
     });
 
-    it("menu related items exist", () => {
+    it("related menu items exist", () => {
       const menuItemPathsForExtension = builder.applicationMenu.items.filter(
         (x) =>
           x.startsWith("root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name"),
       );
 
       expect(menuItemPathsForExtension).toEqual([
-        "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/application-menu-item/clickable-menu-item(some-clickable-item)",
-        "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/application-menu-item/separator(1)",
+        "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/some-clickable-item",
+        // Note: anonymous index "1" is used by the non-visible menu item.
+        "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/2-separator",
+        "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/some-os-action-menu-item-id",
+        "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/some-submenu-with-explicit-children",
+        "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/some-submenu-with-explicit-children.some-extension-name/some-submenu-with-explicit-children/some-explicit-child",
       ]);
     });
 
     it("when the extension-based clickable menu item is clicked, does so", () => {
       builder.applicationMenu.click(
-        "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/application-menu-item/clickable-menu-item(some-clickable-item)",
+        "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/some-clickable-item",
       );
 
       expect(onClickMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -100,8 +128,11 @@ describe("application-menu-in-legacy-extension-api", () => {
         );
 
         expect(menuItemPathsForExtension).toEqual([
-          "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/application-menu-item/clickable-menu-item(some-clickable-item)",
-          "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/application-menu-item/separator(1)",
+          "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/some-clickable-item",
+          "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/2-separator",
+          "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/some-os-action-menu-item-id",
+          "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/some-submenu-with-explicit-children",
+          "root.some-top-menu-item.some-extension-name/some-submenu-with-explicit-children.some-extension-name/some-submenu-with-explicit-children/some-explicit-child",
         ]);
       });
     });
diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-item-registrator.injectable.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-item-registrator.injectable.ts
index e4743338fb..ba8d34953f 100644
--- a/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-item-registrator.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-item-registrator.injectable.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@
  * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
+import type { Injectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { extensionRegistratorInjectionToken } from "../../../extensions/extension-loader/extension-registrator-injection-token";
 import type { LensExtension } from "../../../extensions/lens-extension";
 import type { LensMainExtension } from "../../../extensions/lens-main-extension";
-import type { ClickableMenuItem, Separator } from "./menu-items/application-menu-item-injection-token";
+import type {
+  ApplicationMenuItemTypes,
+  ClickableMenuItem,
+  OsActionMenuItem,
+  Separator,
+} from "./menu-items/application-menu-item-injection-token";
 import applicationMenuItemInjectionToken from "./menu-items/application-menu-item-injection-token";
+import type { MenuRegistration } from "./menu-registration";
 
 const applicationMenuItemRegistratorInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "application-menu-item-registrator",
@@ -15,44 +22,122 @@ const applicationMenuItemRegistratorInjectable = getInjectable({
   instantiate: () => (ext: LensExtension) => {
     const extension = ext as LensMainExtension;
 
-    return extension.appMenus.map((registration, index) => {
-      const registrationId = registration.id || index;
-      const applicationMenuId = `${extension.sanitizedExtensionId}/application-menu-item`;
-
-      return getInjectable({
-        id: `${applicationMenuId}/${registrationId}`,
-
-        instantiate: () => {
-          const orderNumber = 1000 + index * 10;
-
-          if (registration.type === "separator") {
-            return {
-              kind: "separator" as const,
-              id: `${applicationMenuId}/separator(${registrationId})`,
-              parentId: registration.parentId,
-              orderNumber,
-            } as Separator;
-          }
-
-          return {
-            kind: "clickable-menu-item" as const,
-            id: `${applicationMenuId}/clickable-menu-item(${registrationId})`,
-            parentId: registration.parentId,
-            // Todo: hide electron evens from this abstraction.
-            onClick: registration.click,
-            label: registration.label,
-            isShown: registration.visible ?? true,
-            orderNumber,
-            ...(registration.accelerator ? { keyboardShortcut: registration.accelerator as string } : {}),
-          } as ClickableMenuItem;
-        },
-
-        injectionToken: applicationMenuItemInjectionToken,
-      });
-    });
+    return extension.appMenus.flatMap(
+      toRecursedInjectables([extension.sanitizedExtensionId]),
+    );
   },
 
   injectionToken: extensionRegistratorInjectionToken,
 });
 
 export default applicationMenuItemRegistratorInjectable;
+
+const toRecursedInjectables =
+  (previousIdPath: string[]) =>
+    (
+      registration: MenuRegistration,
+      index: number,
+    // Todo: new version of injectable would require less type parameters with defaults.
+    ): Injectable<ApplicationMenuItemTypes, ApplicationMenuItemTypes, void>[] => {
+      const previousIdPathString = previousIdPath.join("/");
+      const registrationId = registration.id || index.toString();
+      const currentIdPath = [...previousIdPath, registrationId];
+      const currentIdPathString = currentIdPath.join("/");
+      const parentId = registration.parentId || previousIdPathString;
+
+      const menuItem = getApplicationMenuItem({
+        registration,
+        parentId,
+        currentIdPathString,
+        index,
+      });
+
+      if(!menuItem) {
+        return [];
+      }
+
+      return [
+        getInjectable({
+          id: `${currentIdPathString}/application-menu-item`,
+
+          instantiate: () => menuItem,
+
+          injectionToken: applicationMenuItemInjectionToken,
+        }),
+
+        ...((registration.submenu as MenuRegistration[])
+          ? (registration.submenu as MenuRegistration[]).flatMap(
+            toRecursedInjectables(currentIdPath),
+          )
+          : []),
+      ];
+    };
+
+const getApplicationMenuItem = ({
+  registration,
+  index,
+  currentIdPathString,
+  parentId,
+}: {
+  registration: MenuRegistration;
+  index: number;
+  currentIdPathString: string;
+  parentId: string;
+}): ApplicationMenuItemTypes | undefined => {
+  const orderNumber = 1000 + index * 10;
+
+  if (registration.type === "separator") {
+    return {
+      kind: "separator" as const,
+      id: `${currentIdPathString}-separator`,
+      parentId,
+      orderNumber,
+    } as Separator;
+  }
+
+  if (registration.submenu) {
+    return {
+      kind: "sub-menu" as const,
+      id: currentIdPathString,
+      parentId,
+      isShown: registration.visible ?? true,
+      orderNumber,
+      label: registration.label || "",
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (registration.click) {
+    return {
+      kind: "clickable-menu-item" as const,
+      id: currentIdPathString,
+      parentId,
+      // Todo: hide electron events from this abstraction.
+      onClick: registration.click,
+      label: registration.label,
+      isShown: registration.visible ?? true,
+      orderNumber,
+
+      ...(registration.accelerator
+        ? { keyboardShortcut: registration.accelerator as string }
+        : {}),
+    } as ClickableMenuItem;
+  }
+
+  if (registration.role) {
+    return {
+      kind: "os-action-menu-item" as const,
+      id: currentIdPathString,
+      parentId,
+      label: registration.label,
+      isShown: registration.visible ?? true,
+      orderNumber,
+      actionName: registration.role,
+
+      ...(registration.accelerator
+        ? { keyboardShortcut: registration.accelerator as string }
+        : {}),
+    } as OsActionMenuItem;
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+};