diff --git a/native/Avalonia.Native/inc/avalonia-native.h b/native/Avalonia.Native/inc/avalonia-native.h
index 4cec243d0b..cbd90e1dcf 100644
--- a/native/Avalonia.Native/inc/avalonia-native.h
+++ b/native/Avalonia.Native/inc/avalonia-native.h
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ AVNCOM(IAvnWindowBase, 02) : IUnknown
     virtual HRESULT CreateGlRenderTarget(IAvnGlSurfaceRenderTarget** ret) = 0;
     virtual HRESULT GetSoftwareFramebuffer(AvnFramebuffer*ret) = 0;
     virtual HRESULT SetMainMenu(IAvnAppMenu* menu) = 0;
-    virtual HRESULT GetMainMenu(IAvnAppMenu** ret) = 0;
+    virtual HRESULT ObtainMainMenu(IAvnAppMenu** retOut) = 0;
     virtual bool TryLock() = 0;
     virtual void Unlock() = 0;
 };
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Native/AvaloniaNativeMenuExporter.cs b/src/Avalonia.Native/AvaloniaNativeMenuExporter.cs
index 5e473d9aa8..1ec5db149c 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Native/AvaloniaNativeMenuExporter.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Native/AvaloniaNativeMenuExporter.cs
@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ namespace Avalonia.Native
         private Dictionary<NativeMenuItem, int> _itemsToIds = new Dictionary<NativeMenuItem, int>();
         private uint _revision = 1;
         private bool _exported = false;
+        private IAvnWindow _nativeWindow;
 
-        public AvaloniaNativeMenuExporter(IAvaloniaNativeFactory factory)
+        public AvaloniaNativeMenuExporter(IAvnWindow nativeWindow, IAvaloniaNativeFactory factory)
         {
             _factory = factory;
+            _nativeWindow = nativeWindow;
         }
 
         public bool IsNativeMenuExported => _exported;
@@ -113,8 +115,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Native
 
             LayoutUpdated?.Invoke((_revision, 0));
 
-            SetMenu(_menu.Items);
-            
+            SetMenu(_nativeWindow, _menu.Items);
             
             _exported = true;
         }
@@ -231,8 +232,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Native
 
         private void SetMenu(IAvnWindow avnWindow, ICollection<NativeMenuItem> menuItems)
         {
-            
-            var appMenu = _factory.ObtainAppMenu();
+            var appMenu = avnWindow.ObtainMainMenu();
+
+            if(appMenu is null)
+            {
+                appMenu = _factory.CreateMenu();
+
+                avnWindow.SetMainMenu(appMenu);
+            }
 
             appMenu.Clear();
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Native/WindowImpl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Native/WindowImpl.cs
index 02c20b04ee..a7828bedaf 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Native/WindowImpl.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Native/WindowImpl.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Native
                 Init(_native = factory.CreateWindow(e), factory.CreateScreens());
             }
 
-            NativeMenuExporter = new AvaloniaNativeMenuExporter(factory);
+            NativeMenuExporter = new AvaloniaNativeMenuExporter(_native, factory);
         }
 
         class WindowEvents : WindowBaseEvents, IAvnWindowEvents