diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35a133f9..298a148e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ information on what to include when reporting a bug.
 - [Linux] Bugfix: Event processing did not detect joystick disconnection (#932)
 - [Cocoa] Added support for Vulkan window surface creation via
           [MoltenVK](https://moltengl.com/moltenvk/) (#870)
+- [Cocoa] Added support for loading a `MainMenu.nib` when available
 - [Cocoa] Bugfix: Disabling window aspect ratio would assert (#852)
 - [Cocoa] Bugfix: Window creation failed to set first responder (#876,#883)
 - [Cocoa] Bugfix: Removed use of deprecated `CGDisplayIOServicePort` function
diff --git a/docs/intro.dox b/docs/intro.dox
index 70ed2d16..57d0da82 100644
--- a/docs/intro.dox
+++ b/docs/intro.dox
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ the application to the `Contents/Resources` subdirectory of the application's
 bundle, if present. 
 
 @anchor GLFW_COCOA_MENUBAR
-__GLFW_COCOA_MENUBAR__ specifies whether to create a basic menu bar when the
-first window is created, which is when AppKit is initialized.
+__GLFW_COCOA_MENUBAR__ specifies whether to create a basic menu bar, either from
+a nib or manually, when the first window is created, which is when AppKit is
+initialized.
 
 
 @subsubsection init_hints_values Supported and default values
diff --git a/include/GLFW/glfw3.h b/include/GLFW/glfw3.h
index d6983bcf..65e4a67c 100644
--- a/include/GLFW/glfw3.h
+++ b/include/GLFW/glfw3.h
@@ -2085,10 +2085,12 @@ GLFWAPI void glfwWindowHint(int hint, int value);
  *  [Bundle Programming Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/)
  *  in the Mac Developer Library.
  *
- *  @remark @macos The first time a window is created the menu bar is populated
- *  with common commands like Hide, Quit and About.  The About entry opens
- *  a minimal about dialog with information from the application's bundle.  The
- *  menu bar can be disabled with the @ref GLFW_COCOA_MENUBAR init hint.
+ *  @remark @macos The first time a window is created the menu bar is created.
+ *  If GLFW finds a `MainMenu.nib` it is loaded and assumed to contain a menu
+ *  bar.  Otherwise a minimal menu bar is created manually with common commands
+ *  like Hide, Quit and About.  The About entry opens a minimal about dialog
+ *  with information from the application's bundle.  Menu bar creation can be
+ *  disabled entirely with the @ref GLFW_COCOA_MENUBAR init hint.
  *
  *  @remark @macos On OS X 10.10 and later the window frame will not be rendered
  *  at full resolution on Retina displays unless the
diff --git a/src/cocoa_window.m b/src/cocoa_window.m
index 84c44148..5275a7a3 100644
--- a/src/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/src/cocoa_window.m
@@ -785,6 +785,10 @@ static const NSRange kEmptyRange = { NSNotFound, 0 };
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 @interface GLFWApplication : NSApplication
+{
+    NSArray* nibObjects;
+}
+
 @end
 
 @implementation GLFWApplication
@@ -809,6 +813,17 @@ static const NSRange kEmptyRange = { NSNotFound, 0 };
 - (void)doNothing:(id)object
 {
 }
+
+- (void)loadMainMenu
+{
+#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 100800
+    [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MainMenu"
+                                  owner:NSApp
+                        topLevelObjects:&nibObjects];
+#else
+    [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MainMenu" owner:NSApp];
+#endif
+}
 @end
 
 // Try to figure out what the calling application is called
@@ -848,8 +863,7 @@ static NSString* findAppName(void)
 // Set up the menu bar (manually)
 // This is nasty, nasty stuff -- calls to undocumented semi-private APIs that
 // could go away at any moment, lots of stuff that really should be
-// localize(d|able), etc.  Loading a nib would save us this horror, but that
-// doesn't seem like a good thing to require of GLFW users.
+// localize(d|able), etc.  Add a nib to save us this horror.
 //
 static void createMenuBar(void)
 {
@@ -943,7 +957,11 @@ static GLFWbool initializeAppKit(void)
         // Menu bar setup must go between sharedApplication above and
         // finishLaunching below, in order to properly emulate the behavior
         // of NSApplicationMain
-        createMenuBar();
+
+        if ([[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"MainMenu" ofType:@"nib"])
+            [NSApp loadMainMenu];
+        else
+            createMenuBar();
     }
 
     // There can only be one application delegate, but we allocate it the