diff --git a/tests/testgmenu.c b/tests/testgmenu.c
index 48b508649d..faa35e204b 100644
--- a/tests/testgmenu.c
+++ b/tests/testgmenu.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ create_menuitem_from_model (GMenuModel   *model,
   const GVariantType *type;
   GVariant *v;
 
+  label = NULL;
   g_menu_model_get_item_attribute (model, item, G_MENU_ATTRIBUTE_LABEL, "s", &label);
 
   action = NULL;
@@ -270,7 +271,8 @@ static void
 append_items_from_model (GtkWidget    *menu,
                          GMenuModel   *model,
                          GActionGroup *group,
-                         gboolean     *need_separator)
+                         gboolean     *need_separator,
+                         const gchar  *heading)
 {
   gint n;
   gint i;
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@ append_items_from_model (GtkWidget    *menu,
   GtkWidget *menuitem;
   GtkWidget *submenu;
   GMenuModel *m;
+  gchar *label;
 
   n = g_menu_model_get_n_items (model);
 
@@ -290,12 +293,28 @@ append_items_from_model (GtkWidget    *menu,
       *need_separator = FALSE;
     }
 
+  if (heading != NULL)
+    {
+      w = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label (heading);
+      gtk_widget_show (w);
+      gtk_widget_set_sensitive (w, FALSE);
+      gtk_menu_shell_append (GTK_MENU_SHELL (menu), w);
+#if 0
+      /* FIXME: this interferes with toggle spacing */
+      w = gtk_bin_get_child (GTK_BIN (w));
+      gtk_misc_set_alignment (GTK_MISC (w), 0.5, 0.5);
+#endif
+    }
+
   for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
     {
       if ((m = g_menu_model_get_item_link (model, i, G_MENU_LINK_SECTION)))
         {
-          append_items_from_model (menu, m, group, need_separator);
+          label = NULL;
+          g_menu_model_get_item_attribute (model, i, G_MENU_ATTRIBUTE_LABEL, "s", &label);
+          append_items_from_model (menu, m, group, need_separator, label);
           g_object_unref (m);
+          g_free (label);
           continue;
         }
 
@@ -324,7 +343,7 @@ create_menu_from_model (GMenuModel   *model,
 
   w = gtk_menu_new ();
   need_separator = FALSE;
-  append_items_from_model (w, model, group, &need_separator);
+  append_items_from_model (w, model, group, &need_separator, NULL);
 
   return w;
 }