diff --git a/app/views/admin/index.rhtml b/app/views/admin/index.rhtml
index 438f72a3..e2d16073 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/index.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/admin/index.rhtml
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
 <%= link_to l(:label_settings), :controller => 'settings' %>
 </p>
 
+<% menu_items_for(:admin_menu) do |item, caption, url, selected| -%>
+  <%= content_tag 'p', 
+    link_to(h(caption), item.url, item.html_options),
+    :class => ["icon22", "icon22-#{item.name}"].join(' ') %>
+<% end -%>
+
 <p class="icon22 icon22-info">
 <%= link_to l(:label_information_plural), :controller => 'admin', :action => 'info' %>
 </p>
diff --git a/lib/redmine.rb b/lib/redmine.rb
index 19f0854e..45cfcbdd 100644
--- a/lib/redmine.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine.rb
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ Redmine::MenuManager.map :application_menu do |menu|
   # Empty
 end
 
+Redmine::MenuManager.map :admin_menu do |menu|
+  # Empty
+end
+
 Redmine::MenuManager.map :project_menu do |menu|
   menu.push :overview, { :controller => 'projects', :action => 'show' }
   menu.push :activity, { :controller => 'projects', :action => 'activity' }
diff --git a/lib/redmine/menu_manager.rb b/lib/redmine/menu_manager.rb
index 730097d7..b09e5150 100644
--- a/lib/redmine/menu_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine/menu_manager.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ module Redmine
       
       def render_menu(menu, project=nil)
         links = []
+        menu_items_for(menu, project) do |item, caption, url, selected|
+          links << content_tag('li', 
+            link_to(h(caption), url, (selected ? item.html_options.merge(:class => 'selected') : item.html_options)))
+        end
+        links.empty? ? nil : content_tag('ul', links.join("\n"))
+      end
+
+      def menu_items_for(menu, project=nil)
+        items = []
         Redmine::MenuManager.allowed_items(menu, User.current, project).each do |item|
           unless item.condition && !item.condition.call(project)
             url = case item.url
@@ -82,11 +91,14 @@ module Redmine
             end
             caption = item.caption(project)
             caption = l(caption) if caption.is_a?(Symbol)
-            links << content_tag('li', 
-              link_to(h(caption), url, (current_menu_item == item.name ? item.html_options.merge(:class => 'selected') : item.html_options)))
+            if block_given?
+              yield item, caption, url, (current_menu_item == item.name)
+            else
+              items << [item, caption, url, (current_menu_item == item.name)]
+            end
           end
         end
-        links.empty? ? nil : content_tag('ul', links.join("\n"))
+        return block_given? ? nil : items
       end
     end