diff --git a/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php b/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php
index 3cd35d59e9fab..542e06b880790 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php
@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ abstract class CMSApplication extends WebApplication implements ContainerAwareIn
 	 */
 	protected $authenticationPluginType = 'authentication';
 
+	/**
+	 * Menu instances container.
+	 *
+	 * @var    AbstractMenu[]
+	 * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 */
+	protected $menus = [];
+
 	/**
 	 * The menu factory
 	 *
@@ -525,12 +533,23 @@ public function getMenu($name = null, $options = array())
 			$options['app'] = $this;
 		}
 
+		if (array_key_exists($name, $this->menus))
+		{
+			return $this->menus[$name];
+		}
+
 		if ($this->menuFactory === null)
 		{
+			@trigger_error('Menu factory must be set in 5.0', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
 			$this->menuFactory = $this->getContainer()->get(MenuFactoryInterface::class);
 		}
 
-		return $this->menuFactory->createMenu($name, $options);
+		$this->menus[$name] = $this->menuFactory->createMenu($name, $options);
+
+		// Make sure the abstract menu has the instance too, is needed for BC and will be removed with version 5
+		AbstractMenu::$instances[$name] = $this->menus[$name];
+
+		return $this->menus[$name];
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/libraries/src/Menu/AbstractMenu.php b/libraries/src/Menu/AbstractMenu.php
index 180f5d0135c48..f3a7b2f499986 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Menu/AbstractMenu.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Menu/AbstractMenu.php
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ abstract class AbstractMenu
 	 * @var    AbstractMenu[]
 	 *
 	 * @since  1.7
+	 *
+	 * @deprecated 5.0 Use the MenuFactoryInterface from the container instead
 	 */
-	protected static $instances = array();
+	public static $instances = array();
 
 	/**
 	 * User object to check access levels for