diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula_linux.properties b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula_linux.properties
index 1892292402fb..f37783dc3362 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula_linux.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula_linux.properties
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ darcula.selectionForeground=bbbbbb
 #Tree.collapsedIcon=AllIcons.Darcula.TreeNodeCollapsed
 #Tree.expandedIcon=AllIcons.Darcula.TreeNodeExpanded
 
-PopupMenu.border=com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.darcula.ui.DarculaPopupMenuBorder
\ No newline at end of file
+PopupMenu.border=com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.darcula.ui.DarculaPopupMenuBorder
+
+MenuBar.border=com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.darcula.ui.DarculaMenuBarBorder
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula_windows.properties b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula_windows.properties
index 53c4465c1742..3ab977eb14d5 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula_windows.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula_windows.properties
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ Tree.hash=909090
 Tree.collapsedIcon=AllIcons.Darcula.TreeNodeCollapsed
 Tree.expandedIcon=AllIcons.Darcula.TreeNodeExpanded
 
-PopupMenu.border=com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.darcula.ui.DarculaPopupMenuBorder
\ No newline at end of file
+PopupMenu.border=com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.darcula.ui.DarculaPopupMenuBorder
+
+MenuBar.border=com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.darcula.ui.DarculaMenuBarBorder
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/ui/DarculaMenuBarBorder.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/ui/DarculaMenuBarBorder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b647e179897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/ui/DarculaMenuBarBorder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.darcula.ui;
+
+import com.intellij.ui.Gray;
+
+import javax.swing.border.Border;
+import javax.swing.plaf.UIResource;
+import java.awt.*;
+
+/**
+ * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
+ */
+public class DarculaMenuBarBorder implements Border, UIResource {
+  @Override
+  public void paintBorder(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y, int w, int h) {
+    g.translate(x, y);
+    w--;h--;
+    g.setColor(Gray._85);
+    g.drawLine(0, h, w, h);
+    h--;
+    g.setColor(Gray._40);
+    g.drawLine(0, h, w, h);
+    g.translate(-x, -y);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Insets getBorderInsets(Component c) {
+    return new Insets(0, 0, 2, 0);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isBorderOpaque() {
+    return true;
+  }
+}