diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 5386cabb..2462c244 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ src/libsysprof/sysprof-tracer.c
 src/sysprof-cli/sysprof-cli.c
 src/sysprofd/org.gnome.sysprof3.policy.in
 src/sysprof/gtk/help-overlay.ui
+src/sysprof/gtk/menus.ui
 src/sysprof/sysprof-animation.c
 src/sysprof/sysprof-application.c
 src/sysprof/sysprof-callgraph-view.ui
diff --git a/src/sysprof/gtk/menus.ui b/src/sysprof/gtk/menus.ui
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb1d5ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sysprof/gtk/menus.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<interface>
+  <menu id="descendant_menu">
+    <section>
+      <item>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Make Function Root</attribute>
+        <attribute name="action">callgraph.make-descendant-root</attribute>
+      </item>
+    </section>
+    <section>
+      <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Options</attribute>
+      <item>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Categorize Frames</attribute>
+        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.categorize-frames</attribute>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Hide System Libraries</attribute>
+        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.hide-system-libraries</attribute>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Include Threads</attribute>
+        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.include-threads</attribute>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Bottom Up</attribute>
+        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.bottom-up</attribute>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Ignore Kernel Processes</attribute>
+        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.ignore-kernel-processes</attribute>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Ignore Process 0</attribute>
+        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.ignore-process-0</attribute>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Merge Similar Processes</attribute>
+        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.merge-similar-processes</attribute>
+      </item>
+    </section>
+  </menu>
+</interface>
diff --git a/src/sysprof/sysprof-application.c b/src/sysprof/sysprof-application.c
index b1ec0160..151c80b6 100644
--- a/src/sysprof/sysprof-application.c
+++ b/src/sysprof/sysprof-application.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct _SysprofApplication
   AdwApplication parent_instance;
 };
 
-G_DEFINE_TYPE (SysprofApplication, sysprof_application, ADW_TYPE_APPLICATION)
+G_DEFINE_FINAL_TYPE (SysprofApplication, sysprof_application, ADW_TYPE_APPLICATION)
 
 static const GOptionEntry option_entries[] = {
   { "greeter", 'g', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, NULL, N_("Start a new recording") },
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ static const GOptionEntry option_entries[] = {
   { 0 }
 };
 
+enum {
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_DESCENDANT_MENU,
+  N_PROPS
+};
+
+static GParamSpec *properties[N_PROPS];
+
 static void
 sysprof_application_activate (GApplication *app)
 {
@@ -149,18 +157,48 @@ sysprof_application_window_added (GtkApplication *application,
   GTK_APPLICATION_CLASS (sysprof_application_parent_class)->window_added (application, window);
 }
 
+static void
+sysprof_application_get_property (GObject    *object,
+                                  guint       prop_id,
+                                  GValue     *value,
+                                  GParamSpec *pspec)
+{
+  SysprofApplication *self = SYSPROF_APPLICATION (object);
+
+  switch (prop_id)
+    {
+    case PROP_DESCENDANT_MENU:
+      g_value_set_object (value, gtk_application_get_menu_by_id (GTK_APPLICATION (self), "descendant_menu"));
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
+    }
+}
+
 static void
 sysprof_application_class_init (SysprofApplicationClass *klass)
 {
+  GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
   GApplicationClass *app_class = G_APPLICATION_CLASS (klass);
   GtkApplicationClass *gtk_app_class = GTK_APPLICATION_CLASS (klass);
 
+  object_class->get_property = sysprof_application_get_property;
+
   app_class->open = sysprof_application_open;
   app_class->activate = sysprof_application_activate;
   app_class->command_line = sysprof_application_command_line;
   app_class->handle_local_options = sysprof_application_handle_local_options;
 
   gtk_app_class->window_added = sysprof_application_window_added;
+
+  properties[PROP_DESCENDANT_MENU] =
+    g_param_spec_object ("descendant-menu", NULL, NULL,
+                         G_TYPE_MENU_MODEL,
+                         (G_PARAM_READABLE|
+                          G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
+
+  g_object_class_install_properties (object_class, N_PROPS, properties);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/sysprof/sysprof-callgraph-view.ui b/src/sysprof/sysprof-callgraph-view.ui
index 494d75a4..dd4061f6 100644
--- a/src/sysprof/sysprof-callgraph-view.ui
+++ b/src/sysprof/sysprof-callgraph-view.ui
@@ -158,7 +158,13 @@
     <property name="child">
       <object class="SysprofTreeExpander" id="expander">
         <property name="focusable">true</property>
-        <property name="menu-model">menu_model</property>
+        <binding name="menu-model">
+          <lookup name="descendant-menu" type="SysprofApplication">
+            <lookup name="application" type="GtkWindow">
+              <lookup name="root">expander</lookup>
+            </lookup>
+          </lookup>
+        </binding>
         <property name="has-tooltip">true</property>
         <binding name="tooltip-text">
           <lookup name="tooltip-text" type="SysprofSymbol">
@@ -246,45 +252,6 @@
       </object>
     </property>
   </template>
-  <menu id="menu_model">
-    <section>
-      <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Make Function Root</attribute>
-        <attribute name="action">callgraph.make-descendant-root</attribute>
-      </item>
-    </section>
-    <section>
-      <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Options</attribute>
-      <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Categorize Frames</attribute>
-        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.categorize-frames</attribute>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Hide System Libraries</attribute>
-        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.hide-system-libraries</attribute>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Include Threads</attribute>
-        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.include-threads</attribute>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Bottom Up</attribute>
-        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.bottom-up</attribute>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Ignore Kernel Processes</attribute>
-        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.ignore-kernel-processes</attribute>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Ignore Process 0</attribute>
-        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.ignore-process-0</attribute>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Merge Similar Processes</attribute>
-        <attribute name="action">win.callgraph.merge-similar-processes</attribute>
-      </item>
-    </section>
-  </menu>
 </interface>
 ]]></property>
                       </object>
diff --git a/src/sysprof/sysprof.gresource.xml b/src/sysprof/sysprof.gresource.xml
index eb5d9307..e2474bbe 100644
--- a/src/sysprof/sysprof.gresource.xml
+++ b/src/sysprof/sysprof.gresource.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     <file preprocess="xml-stripblanks">sysprof-traceables-utility.ui</file>
     <file preprocess="xml-stripblanks">sysprof-weighted-callgraph-view.ui</file>
     <file preprocess="xml-stripblanks">sysprof-window.ui</file>
+    <file preprocess="xml-stripblanks">gtk/menus.ui</file>
     <file>style.css</file>
   </gresource>
 </gresources>