diff --git a/crates/egui/src/menu.rs b/crates/egui/src/menu.rs
index fa99cebbd2d..ef84451db5f 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/menu.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/menu.rs
@@ -76,11 +76,13 @@ impl std::ops::DerefMut for BarState {
 }
 
 fn set_menu_style(style: &mut Style) {
-    style.spacing.button_padding = vec2(2.0, 0.0);
-    style.visuals.widgets.active.bg_stroke = Stroke::NONE;
-    style.visuals.widgets.hovered.bg_stroke = Stroke::NONE;
-    style.visuals.widgets.inactive.weak_bg_fill = Color32::TRANSPARENT;
-    style.visuals.widgets.inactive.bg_stroke = Stroke::NONE;
+    if style.compact_menu_style {
+        style.spacing.button_padding = vec2(2.0, 0.0);
+        style.visuals.widgets.active.bg_stroke = Stroke::NONE;
+        style.visuals.widgets.hovered.bg_stroke = Stroke::NONE;
+        style.visuals.widgets.inactive.weak_bg_fill = Color32::TRANSPARENT;
+        style.visuals.widgets.inactive.bg_stroke = Stroke::NONE;
+    }
 }
 
 /// The menu bar goes well in a [`crate::TopBottomPanel::top`],
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/style.rs b/crates/egui/src/style.rs
index 4d227f63bf8..d0b368f0aba 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/style.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/style.rs
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ pub struct Style {
 
     /// The animation that should be used when scrolling a [`crate::ScrollArea`] using e.g. [`Ui::scroll_to_rect`].
     pub scroll_animation: ScrollAnimation,
+
+    /// Use a more compact style for menus.
+    pub compact_menu_style: bool,
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -1277,6 +1280,7 @@ impl Default for Style {
             url_in_tooltip: false,
             always_scroll_the_only_direction: false,
             scroll_animation: ScrollAnimation::default(),
+            compact_menu_style: true,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1578,6 +1582,7 @@ impl Style {
             url_in_tooltip,
             always_scroll_the_only_direction,
             scroll_animation,
+            compact_menu_style,
         } = self;
 
         crate::Grid::new("_options").show(ui, |ui| {
@@ -1683,6 +1688,8 @@ impl Style {
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
         ui.collapsing("🐛 Debug", |ui| debug.ui(ui));
 
+        ui.checkbox(compact_menu_style, "Compact menu style");
+
         ui.checkbox(explanation_tooltips, "Explanation tooltips")
             .on_hover_text(
                 "Show explanatory text when hovering DragValue:s and other egui widgets",