diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula.properties b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula.properties
index 9f577970311e..1b746edc33d4 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/darcula.properties
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ text=bbbbbb
 Menu.maxGutterIconWidth=18
 MenuItem.maxGutterIconWidth=18
 MenuItem.acceleratorDelimiter=-
+MenuItem.border=com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.darcula.ui.DarculaMenuItemBorder
 
 EditorPane.inactiveBackground=45494A
 EditorPane.inactiveForeground=bbbbbb
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/ui/DarculaMenuItemBorder.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/ui/DarculaMenuItemBorder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d4dc06c80d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/darcula/ui/DarculaMenuItemBorder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.darcula.ui;
+
+import javax.swing.plaf.BorderUIResource;
+
+/**
+ * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
+ */
+public class DarculaMenuItemBorder extends BorderUIResource.EmptyBorderUIResource {
+  public DarculaMenuItemBorder() {
+    super(2, 2, 2, 2);
+  }
+}