diff --git a/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/button/base-button.component.ts b/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/button/base-button.component.ts
index df21cc6..7597873 100644
--- a/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/button/base-button.component.ts
+++ b/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/button/base-button.component.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,31 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 import { InputRendererOptions, JsxRenderFunc, ReactWrapperComponent } from '@angular-react/core';
-import { ChangeDetectorRef, ElementRef, EventEmitter, Input, NgZone, OnInit, Output, Renderer2 } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
+  ElementRef,
+  EventEmitter,
+  Input,
+  NgZone,
+  OnInit,
+  Output,
+  Renderer2,
+  ContentChildren,
+  QueryList,
+  AfterContentInit,
+  OnDestroy,
+} from '@angular/core';
 import { IButtonProps } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/Button';
+import { ContextualMenuItemDirective, IContextualMenuItemOptions } from '../contextual-menu/public-api';
+import { ChangeableItemsHelper } from '../core/shared/changeable-helper';
+import { IContextualMenuItem } from 'office-ui-fabric-react';
+import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import { CommandBarItemChangedPayload } from '../command-bar/directives/command-bar-item.directives';
+import { mergeItemChanges } from '../core/declarative/item-changed';
+import { omit } from '../../utils/omit';
 
-export abstract class FabBaseButtonComponent extends ReactWrapperComponent<IButtonProps> implements OnInit {
+export abstract class FabBaseButtonComponent extends ReactWrapperComponent<IButtonProps>
+  implements OnInit, AfterContentInit, OnDestroy {
   @Input() componentRef?: IButtonProps['componentRef'];
   @Input() href?: IButtonProps['href'];
   @Input() primary?: IButtonProps['primary'];
@@ -47,6 +68,8 @@ export abstract class FabBaseButtonComponent extends ReactWrapperComponent<IButt
   @Output() readonly onMenuClick = new EventEmitter<{ ev?: MouseEvent | KeyboardEvent; button?: IButtonProps }>();
   @Output() readonly onAfterMenuDismiss = new EventEmitter<void>();
 
+  @ContentChildren(ContextualMenuItemDirective) readonly menuItemsDirectives?: QueryList<ContextualMenuItemDirective>;
+
   onRenderIcon: (props?: IButtonProps, defaultRender?: JsxRenderFunc<IButtonProps>) => JSX.Element;
   onRenderText: (props?: IButtonProps, defaultRender?: JsxRenderFunc<IButtonProps>) => JSX.Element;
   onRenderDescription: (props?: IButtonProps, defaultRender?: JsxRenderFunc<IButtonProps>) => JSX.Element;
@@ -54,6 +77,9 @@ export abstract class FabBaseButtonComponent extends ReactWrapperComponent<IButt
   onRenderChildren: (props?: IButtonProps, defaultRender?: JsxRenderFunc<IButtonProps>) => JSX.Element;
   onRenderMenuIcon: (props?: IButtonProps, defaultRender?: JsxRenderFunc<IButtonProps>) => JSX.Element;
 
+  private _changeableItemsHelper: ChangeableItemsHelper<IContextualMenuItem>;
+  private _subscriptions: Subscription[] = [];
+
   constructor(elementRef: ElementRef, changeDetectorRef: ChangeDetectorRef, renderer: Renderer2, ngZone: NgZone) {
     super(elementRef, changeDetectorRef, renderer, { ngZone, setHostDisplay: true });
 
@@ -70,6 +96,50 @@ export abstract class FabBaseButtonComponent extends ReactWrapperComponent<IButt
     this.onRenderMenuIcon = this.createRenderPropHandler(this.renderMenuIcon);
   }
 
+  ngAfterContentInit() {
+    if (this.menuItemsDirectives && this.menuItemsDirectives.length > 0) {
+      const setItems = (directiveItems: ReadonlyArray<ContextualMenuItemDirective>) => {
+        const items = directiveItems.map(directive =>
+          this._transformContextualMenuItemOptionsToProps(this._directiveToContextualMenuItem(directive))
+        );
+        if (!this.menuProps) {
+          this.menuProps = { items: items };
+        } else {
+          this.menuProps.items = items;
+        }
+
+        this.markForCheck();
+      };
+
+      this._changeableItemsHelper = new ChangeableItemsHelper(this.menuItemsDirectives);
+      this._subscriptions.push(
+        this._changeableItemsHelper.onItemsChanged.subscribe((newItems: QueryList<ContextualMenuItemDirective>) => {
+          setItems(newItems.toArray());
+        }),
+        this._changeableItemsHelper.onChildItemChanged.subscribe(({ key, changes }: CommandBarItemChangedPayload) => {
+          const newItems = this.menuItemsDirectives.map(item =>
+            item.key === key ? mergeItemChanges(item, changes) : item
+          );
+          setItems(newItems);
+
+          this.markForCheck();
+        })
+      );
+
+      setItems(this.menuItemsDirectives.toArray());
+    }
+  }
+
+  ngOnDestroy() {
+    if (this._changeableItemsHelper) {
+      this._changeableItemsHelper.destroy();
+    }
+
+    if (this._subscriptions) {
+      this._subscriptions.forEach(subscription => subscription.unsubscribe());
+    }
+  }
+
   onMenuClickHandler(ev?: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement> | React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>, button?: IButtonProps) {
     this.onMenuClick.emit({
       ev: ev && ev.nativeEvent,
@@ -80,4 +150,46 @@ export abstract class FabBaseButtonComponent extends ReactWrapperComponent<IButt
   onClickHandler(ev?: React.MouseEvent) {
     this.onClick.emit(ev.nativeEvent);
   }
+
+  private _directiveToContextualMenuItem(directive: ContextualMenuItemDirective): IContextualMenuItemOptions {
+    return {
+      ...omit(
+        directive,
+        'menuItemsDirectives',
+        'renderDirective',
+        'renderIconDirective',
+        'click',
+        'onItemChanged',
+        'onItemsChanged',
+        'onChildItemChanged',
+        'ngOnInit',
+        'ngOnChanges',
+        'ngOnDestroy',
+        'ngAfterContentInit'
+      ),
+      onClick: (ev, item) => {
+        directive.click.emit({ ev: ev && ev.nativeEvent, item: item });
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  private _transformContextualMenuItemOptionsToProps(itemOptions: IContextualMenuItemOptions): IContextualMenuItem {
+    const sharedProperties = omit(itemOptions, 'renderIcon', 'render');
+
+    // Legacy render mode is used for the icon because otherwise the icon is to the right of the text (instead of the usual left)
+    const iconRenderer = this.createInputJsxRenderer(itemOptions.renderIcon, { legacyRenderMode: true });
+    const renderer = this.createInputJsxRenderer(itemOptions.render);
+
+    return Object.assign(
+      {},
+      sharedProperties,
+      iconRenderer && {
+        onRenderIcon: (item: IContextualMenuItem) => iconRenderer({ contextualMenuItem: item }),
+      },
+      renderer &&
+        ({
+          onRender: (item, dismissMenu) => renderer({ item, dismissMenu }),
+        } as Pick<IContextualMenuItem, 'onRender'>)
+    ) as IContextualMenuItem;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/command-bar/command-bar.component.ts b/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/command-bar/command-bar.component.ts
index f2cb776..ff0fe80 100644
--- a/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/command-bar/command-bar.component.ts
+++ b/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/command-bar/command-bar.component.ts
@@ -198,10 +198,9 @@ export class FabCommandBarComponent extends ReactWrapperComponent<ICommandBarPro
     return Object.assign(
       {},
       sharedProperties,
-      iconRenderer &&
-        ({
-          onRenderIcon: (item: IContextualMenuItem) => iconRenderer({ contextualMenuItem: item }),
-        } as any) /* NOTE: Fix for wrong typings of `onRenderIcon` in office-ui-fabric-react */,
+      iconRenderer && {
+        onRenderIcon: (item: IContextualMenuItem) => iconRenderer({ contextualMenuItem: item }),
+      },
       renderer &&
         ({ onRender: (item, dismissMenu) => renderer({ item, dismissMenu }) } as Pick<ICommandBarItemProps, 'onRender'>)
     ) as ICommandBarItemProps;
diff --git a/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/command-bar/directives/command-bar-item.directives.ts b/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/command-bar/directives/command-bar-item.directives.ts
index 3646f8a..6002ca8 100644
--- a/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/command-bar/directives/command-bar-item.directives.ts
+++ b/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/command-bar/directives/command-bar-item.directives.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import { AfterContentInit, ContentChild, Directive, Input, TemplateRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { ContentChild, Directive, Input, TemplateRef } from '@angular/core';
 import { ContextualMenuItemDirective } from '../../contextual-menu/directives/contextual-menu-item.directive';
 import { ItemChangedPayload } from '../../core/declarative/item-changed.payload';
 import {
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@ export class CommandBarItemRenderIconDirective {
 }
 
 @Directive({ selector: 'fab-command-bar-item' })
-export class CommandBarItemDirective extends ContextualMenuItemDirective
-  implements ICommandBarItemOptions, AfterContentInit {
-  @ContentChild(CommandBarItemRenderDirective) readonly renderDirective: CommandBarItemRenderDirective;
-  @ContentChild(CommandBarItemRenderIconDirective) readonly renderIconDirective: CommandBarItemRenderIconDirective;
-
+export class CommandBarItemDirective extends ContextualMenuItemDirective implements ICommandBarItemOptions {
   // ICommandBarItemOptions implementation
   @Input() iconOnly?: ICommandBarItemOptions['iconOnly'];
   @Input() tooltipHostProps?: ICommandBarItemOptions['tooltipHostProps'];
@@ -41,18 +37,4 @@ export class CommandBarItemDirective extends ContextualMenuItemDirective
   @Input() cacheKey?: ICommandBarItemOptions['cacheKey'];
   @Input() renderedInOverflow?: ICommandBarItemOptions['renderedInOverflow'];
   @Input() commandBarButtonAs?: ICommandBarItemOptions['commandBarButtonAs'];
-  @Input() render: ICommandBarItemOptions['render'];
-  @Input() renderIcon: ICommandBarItemOptions['renderIcon'];
-
-  ngAfterContentInit() {
-    super.ngAfterContentInit();
-
-    if (this.renderDirective && this.renderDirective.templateRef) {
-      this.render = this.renderDirective.templateRef;
-    }
-
-    if (this.renderIconDirective && this.renderIconDirective.templateRef) {
-      this.renderIcon = this.renderIconDirective.templateRef;
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/contextual-menu/contextual-menu.module.ts b/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/contextual-menu/contextual-menu.module.ts
index ecdfb2a..f29e38a 100644
--- a/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/contextual-menu/contextual-menu.module.ts
+++ b/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/contextual-menu/contextual-menu.module.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,17 @@
 
 import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
 import { NgModule, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
-import { ContextualMenuItemDirective } from './directives/contextual-menu-item.directive';
+import {
+  ContextualMenuItemDirective,
+  ContextualMenuItemRenderDirective,
+  ContextualMenuItemRenderIconDirective,
+} from './directives/contextual-menu-item.directive';
 
-const components = [ContextualMenuItemDirective];
+const components = [
+  ContextualMenuItemDirective,
+  ContextualMenuItemRenderDirective,
+  ContextualMenuItemRenderIconDirective,
+];
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [CommonModule],
diff --git a/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/contextual-menu/directives/contextual-menu-item.directive.ts b/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/contextual-menu/directives/contextual-menu-item.directive.ts
index b53b2bd..da641e9 100644
--- a/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/contextual-menu/directives/contextual-menu-item.directive.ts
+++ b/libs/fabric/src/lib/components/contextual-menu/directives/contextual-menu-item.directive.ts
@@ -10,14 +10,38 @@ import {
   OnDestroy,
   Output,
   QueryList,
+  ContentChild,
+  TemplateRef,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { IContextualMenuItem } from 'office-ui-fabric-react';
+import { KnownKeys, InputRendererOptions } from '@angular-react/core';
 
 import { OnChanges } from '../../../declarations/angular/typed-changes';
 import { ItemChangedPayload } from '../../core/declarative/item-changed.payload';
 import { ChangeableItemsHelper, IChangeableItemsContainer } from '../../core/shared/changeable-helper';
 import { ChangeableItemDirective } from '../../core/shared/changeable-item.directive';
 
+export type ContextualMenuItemChangedPayload = ItemChangedPayload<
+  IContextualMenuItemOptions['key'],
+  IContextualMenuItemOptions
+>;
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper directive to allow rendering a custom item to a ContextualMenuItem.
+ */
+@Directive({ selector: 'fab-command-bar-item > render' })
+export class ContextualMenuItemRenderDirective {
+  @ContentChild(TemplateRef) readonly templateRef: TemplateRef<IContextualMenuItemOptionsRenderContext>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper directive to allow rendering a custom icon to a ContextualMenuItem.
+ */
+@Directive({ selector: 'fab-command-bar-item > render-icon' })
+export class ContextualMenuItemRenderIconDirective {
+  @ContentChild(TemplateRef) readonly templateRef: TemplateRef<IContextualMenuItemOptionsRenderIconContext>;
+}
+
 @Directive({ selector: 'contextual-menu-item' })
 export class ContextualMenuItemDirective extends ChangeableItemDirective<IContextualMenuItem>
   implements
@@ -27,13 +51,15 @@ export class ContextualMenuItemDirective extends ChangeableItemDirective<IContex
     OnChanges<ContextualMenuItemDirective>,
     OnDestroy {
   @ContentChildren(ContextualMenuItemDirective) readonly menuItemsDirectives: QueryList<ContextualMenuItemDirective>;
+  @ContentChild(ContextualMenuItemRenderDirective) readonly renderDirective: ContextualMenuItemRenderDirective;
+  @ContentChild(ContextualMenuItemRenderIconDirective)
+  readonly renderIconDirective: ContextualMenuItemRenderIconDirective;
 
   @Input() componentRef?: IContextualMenuItem['componentRef'];
   @Input() text?: IContextualMenuItem['text'];
   @Input() secondaryText?: IContextualMenuItem['secondaryText'];
   @Input() itemType?: IContextualMenuItem['itemType'];
   @Input() iconProps?: IContextualMenuItem['iconProps'];
-  @Input() onRenderIcon?: IContextualMenuItem['onRenderIcon'];
   @Input() submenuIconProps?: IContextualMenuItem['submenuIconProps'];
   @Input() disabled?: IContextualMenuItem['disabled'];
   @Input() primaryDisabled?: IContextualMenuItem['primaryDisabled'];
@@ -54,29 +80,39 @@ export class ContextualMenuItemDirective extends ChangeableItemDirective<IContex
   @Input() style?: IContextualMenuItem['style'];
   @Input() ariaLabel?: IContextualMenuItem['ariaLabel'];
   @Input() title?: IContextualMenuItem['title'];
-  @Input() onRender?: IContextualMenuItem['onRender'];
   @Input() onMouseDown?: IContextualMenuItem['onMouseDown'];
   @Input() role?: IContextualMenuItem['role'];
   @Input() customOnRenderListLength?: IContextualMenuItem['customOnRenderListLength'];
   @Input() keytipProps?: IContextualMenuItem['keytipProps'];
   @Input() inactive?: IContextualMenuItem['inactive'];
   @Input() name?: IContextualMenuItem['name'];
+  @Input() render: IContextualMenuItemOptions['render'];
+  @Input() renderIcon: IContextualMenuItemOptions['renderIcon'];
 
   @Output() readonly click = new EventEmitter<{ ev?: MouseEvent | KeyboardEvent; item?: IContextualMenuItem }>();
 
   @Output()
   get onChildItemChanged(): EventEmitter<ItemChangedPayload<string, IContextualMenuItem>> {
-    return this.changeableItemsHelper && this.changeableItemsHelper.onChildItemChanged;
-  }
-  @Input()
-  get onItemsChanged(): EventEmitter<QueryList<ChangeableItemDirective<IContextualMenuItem>>> {
-    return this.changeableItemsHelper && this.changeableItemsHelper.onItemsChanged;
+    return this._changeableItemsHelper && this._changeableItemsHelper.onChildItemChanged;
   }
 
-  private changeableItemsHelper: ChangeableItemsHelper<IContextualMenuItem>;
+  @Output()
+  get onItemsChanged(): EventEmitter<QueryList<ChangeableItemDirective<IContextualMenuItem>>> {
+    return this._changeableItemsHelper && this._changeableItemsHelper.onItemsChanged;
+  }
+
+  private _changeableItemsHelper: ChangeableItemsHelper<IContextualMenuItem>;
 
   ngAfterContentInit() {
-    this.changeableItemsHelper = new ChangeableItemsHelper(this.menuItemsDirectives, this, nonSelfDirective => {
+    if (this.renderDirective && this.renderDirective.templateRef) {
+      this.render = this.renderDirective.templateRef;
+    }
+
+    if (this.renderIconDirective && this.renderIconDirective.templateRef) {
+      this.renderIcon = this.renderIconDirective.templateRef;
+    }
+
+    this._changeableItemsHelper = new ChangeableItemsHelper(this.menuItemsDirectives, this, nonSelfDirective => {
       const items = nonSelfDirective.map(directive => this._directiveToContextualMenuItem(directive as any));
       if (!this.subMenuProps) {
         this.subMenuProps = { items: items };
@@ -87,7 +123,7 @@ export class ContextualMenuItemDirective extends ChangeableItemDirective<IContex
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
-    this.changeableItemsHelper.destroy();
+    this._changeableItemsHelper.destroy();
   }
 
   private _directiveToContextualMenuItem(directive: ContextualMenuItemDirective): IContextualMenuItem {
@@ -99,3 +135,21 @@ export class ContextualMenuItemDirective extends ChangeableItemDirective<IContex
     };
   }
 }
+
+// Not using `Omit` here since it confused the TypeScript compiler and it just showed the properties listed here (`renderIcon`, `render` and `data`).
+// The type here is just `Omit` without the generics though.
+export interface IContextualMenuItemOptions<TData = any>
+  extends Pick<IContextualMenuItem, Exclude<KnownKeys<IContextualMenuItem>, 'onRender' | 'onRenderIcon'>> {
+  readonly renderIcon?: InputRendererOptions<IContextualMenuItemOptionsRenderIconContext>;
+  readonly render?: InputRendererOptions<IContextualMenuItemOptionsRenderContext>;
+  readonly data?: TData;
+}
+
+export interface IContextualMenuItemOptionsRenderContext {
+  item: any;
+  dismissMenu: (ev?: any, dismissAll?: boolean) => void;
+}
+
+export interface IContextualMenuItemOptionsRenderIconContext {
+  contextualMenuItem: IContextualMenuItem;
+}