diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts b/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts
index 6daf6eac7..a9f2cb0d1 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/page/page-tests-common.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import LabelModule = require("ui/label");
 import stackLayoutModule = require("ui/layouts/stack-layout");
 import helper = require("../helper");
 import view = require("ui/core/view");
+import builder = require("ui/builder");
 
 export function addLabelToPage(page: PageModule.Page, text?: string) {
     var label = new LabelModule.Label();
@@ -68,6 +69,15 @@ export function test_menuItem_inherit_bindingContext() {
     }
 }
 
+export function test_menuItem_inherit_bindingContext_inXML() {
+    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse("<Page><Page.optionsMenu><MenuItem text=\"{{ myProp }} \" /></Page.optionsMenu></Page>");
+    p.bindingContext = { myProp: "success" };
+
+    var menuItem = p.optionsMenu.getItemAt(0);
+
+    TKUnit.assertEqual(menuItem.text, "success", "menuItem.text");
+};
+
 export function test_Setting_OptionsMenu_doesnt_thrown() {
 
     var page: PageModule.Page;
@@ -392,4 +402,4 @@ export var test_cssShouldBeAppliedAfterChangeToAllNestedElements = function () {
     finally {
         helper.goBack();
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/ui/page/page-common.ts b/ui/page/page-common.ts
index e21aef45a..bacc95990 100644
--- a/ui/page/page-common.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page-common.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,20 @@ export class OptionsMenu implements dts.OptionsMenu {
     }
 
     public setItems(items: Array<MenuItem>) {
-        this._items = items;
+        if (this._items === items) {
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        // Remove all existing items
+        while (this._items.length > 0) {
+            this.removeItem(this._items[this._items.length - 1]);
+        }
+
+        // Add new items
+        for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+            this.addItem(items[i]);
+        }
+
         this.invalidate();
     }