diff --git a/src/libresrc/osx/default_menu.json b/src/libresrc/osx/default_menu.json
index 5e2a8a77c9..f07077d8c8 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/osx/default_menu.json
+++ b/src/libresrc/osx/default_menu.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         { "submenu" : "main/video",    "tlcontext": "Menu bar", "text" : "&Video" },
         { "submenu" : "main/audio",    "tlcontext": "Menu bar", "text" : "&Audio" },
         { "special" : "automation",    "tlcontext": "Menu bar", "text" : "A&utomation" },
-        { "submenu" : "main/window",   "tlcontext": "Menu bar", "text" : "Window" },
+        { "submenu" : "main/window",   "tlcontext": "Menu bar", "text" : "Window", "special" : "window" },
         { "submenu" : "main/help",     "tlcontext": "Menu bar", "text" : "&Help", "special" : "help" }
     ],
     "main/file" : [
diff --git a/src/menu.cpp b/src/menu.cpp
index 1052c3caf9..50dd6fa4d7 100644
--- a/src/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/menu.cpp
@@ -533,7 +533,17 @@ namespace menu {
 			read_entry(item, "text", &disp);
 			read_entry(item, "tlcontext", &context);
 			if (!submenu.empty()) {
-				menu->Append(build_menu(submenu, c, &menu->cm), wxGetTranslation(to_wx(disp), {}, to_wx(context)));
+				wxString tl_disp = wxGetTranslation(to_wx(disp), {}, to_wx(context));
+				menu->Append(build_menu(submenu, c, &menu->cm), tl_disp);
+#ifdef __WXMAC__
+				std::string special;
+				read_entry(item, "special", &special);
+				// wx finds the macOS Window menu by comparing menu titles, so it has to be
+				// given the translated one. Without this it fails to match a translated
+				// title and appends a second, untranslated "Window" menu of its own.
+				if (special == "window")
+					wxApp::s_macWindowMenuTitleName = tl_disp;
+#endif
 			}
 			else {
 				read_entry(item, "special", &submenu);