diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc b/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc
index cefaeeb4cf..bdb6821f89 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/actions.cc
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ ActionManager::init ()
 }
 
 void
-ActionManager::load_menus ()
+ActionManager::load_menus (const string& menus_file)
 {
 	std::string ui_file;
 
-	find_file_in_search_path (ardour_config_search_path(), "ardour.menus", ui_file);
+	find_file_in_search_path (ardour_config_search_path(), menus_file, ui_file);
 
 	bool loaded = false;
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/actions.h b/gtk2_ardour/actions.h
index f3fba51de5..50f9c20b82 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/actions.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/actions.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace ActionManager {
 	/* Ardour specific */
 
 	extern void init ();
-	extern void load_menus ();
+	extern void load_menus (const std::string& menus_file_name); /* not path, just name */
 
 	extern std::vector<Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Action> > session_sensitive_actions;
 	extern std::vector<Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Action> > write_sensitive_actions;