diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections.txt
index ca8cbf2b7..683b66b7e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections.txt
@@ -3773,6 +3773,7 @@ g_menu_prepend_submenu
 
 <SUBSECTION>
 g_menu_remove
+g_menu_remove_all
 
 <SUBSECTION>
 GMenuItem
diff --git a/gio/gmenu.c b/gio/gmenu.c
index 1fa132f16..940ba66e6 100644
--- a/gio/gmenu.c
+++ b/gio/gmenu.c
@@ -486,6 +486,29 @@ g_menu_remove (GMenu *menu,
   g_menu_model_items_changed (G_MENU_MODEL (menu), position, 1, 0);
 }
 
+/**
+ * g_menu_remove_all:
+ * @menu: a #GMenu
+ *
+ * Removes all items in the menu.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.38
+ **/
+void
+g_menu_remove_all (GMenu *menu)
+{
+  gint i, n;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (G_IS_MENU (menu));
+  n = menu->items->len;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+    g_menu_clear_item (&g_array_index (menu->items, struct item, i));
+  g_array_set_size (menu->items, 0);
+
+  g_menu_model_items_changed (G_MENU_MODEL (menu), 0, n, 0);
+}
+
 static void
 g_menu_finalize (GObject *object)
 {
diff --git a/gio/gmenu.h b/gio/gmenu.h
index 729915d7d..e68cf83f5 100644
--- a/gio/gmenu.h
+++ b/gio/gmenu.h
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_32
 void        g_menu_remove                           (GMenu       *menu,
                                                      gint         position);
 
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_38
+void        g_menu_remove_all                       (GMenu       *menu);
+
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_32
 void        g_menu_insert                           (GMenu       *menu,
                                                      gint         position,