diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/menu-toggle/menu-toggle.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/menu-toggle/menu-toggle.tsx
index 0f8d806fa7..2b4fcd5cb1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/menu-toggle/menu-toggle.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/menu-toggle/menu-toggle.tsx
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ export class MenuToggle {
 
   @Listen('body:ionMenuDisable')
   @Listen('body:ionSplitPaneVisible')
+  @Listen('body:ionMenuRegister')
   updateVisibility() {
-    getMenuController().then(menuCtrl => {
+    return getMenuController().then(menuCtrl => {
       if (menuCtrl) {
         const menu = menuCtrl.get(this.menu);
         if (menu && menu.isActive()) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/menu-toggle/test/list/index.html b/packages/core/src/components/menu-toggle/test/list/index.html
index 1ed476a0e6..42090b8821 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/menu-toggle/test/list/index.html
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/menu-toggle/test/list/index.html
@@ -40,13 +40,14 @@
 
       <ion-content padding>
         <ion-list>
-          <ion-menu-toggle>
+
+          <!-- <ion-menu-toggle> -->
             <ion-item>
               <ion-label>
-                  List Item
+                No Menu Toggle
               </ion-label>
             </ion-item>
-          </ion-menu-toggle>
+          <!-- </ion-menu-toggle> -->
 
           <ion-menu-toggle>
             <ion-item>
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/menu/menu.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/menu/menu.tsx
index c39c5d265c..1a6c7cf444 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/menu/menu.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/menu/menu.tsx
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ export class Menu {
 
   @Event() protected ionMenuDisable: EventEmitter;
 
+  @Event() protected ionMenuRegister: EventEmitter;
+
   componentWillLoad() {
     return this.lazyMenuCtrl.componentOnReady().then(menu => {
       this.menuCtrl = menu;
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ export class Menu {
     }
     // register this menu with the app's menu controller
     this.menuCtrl._register(this);
+    this.ionMenuRegister.emit();
 
     // mask it as enabled / disabled
     this.disabled = !isEnabled;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/menu/readme.md b/packages/core/src/components/menu/readme.md
index 87eb6c7ad4..2989a3890e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/menu/readme.md
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/menu/readme.md
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ It reports the relative position.
 #### ionMenuDisable
 
 
+#### ionMenuRegister
+
+
 #### ionOpen
 
 Emitted when the menu is open.