diff --git a/toolkit/themes/gnomestripe/global/menu.css b/toolkit/themes/gnomestripe/global/menu.css
index afe651c6834a..b97bf00e942a 100644
--- a/toolkit/themes/gnomestripe/global/menu.css
+++ b/toolkit/themes/gnomestripe/global/menu.css
@@ -146,31 +146,12 @@ menulist > menupopup > menu {
   margin-bottom: 0px;
   -moz-margin-start: 6px;
   -moz-margin-end: 0px;
-  width: 8px;
-  list-style-image: url("chrome://global/skin/menu/Menu-arrow.png");
+  width: 1ex;
+  height: 1ex;
+  /* These next two rules are needed to prevent inheritance and thus ugliness */
+  list-style-image: none;
   -moz-image-region: auto;
-}
-
-.menu-right[_moz-menuactive="true"] {
-  list-style-image: url("chrome://global/skin/menu/Menu-arrow-hover.png");
-  -moz-image-region: auto;
-}
-
-.menu-right[disabled="true"] {
-  list-style-image: url("chrome://global/skin/menu/Menu-arrow-disabled.png");
-  -moz-image-region: auto;
-}
-
-.menu-right[chromedir="rtl"] {
-  list-style-image: url("chrome://global/skin/menu/Menu-arrow-rtl.png");
-}
-
-.menu-right[chromedir="rtl"][_moz-menuactive="true"] {
-  list-style-image: url("chrome://global/skin/menu/Menu-arrow-hover-rtl.png");
-}
-
-.menu-right[chromedir="rtl"][disabled="true"] {
-  list-style-image: url("chrome://global/skin/menu/Menu-arrow-disabled-rtl.png");
+  -moz-appearance: menuarrow;
 }
 
 .menubar-left {
diff --git a/widget/src/gtk2/gtk2drawing.c b/widget/src/gtk2/gtk2drawing.c
index 1c0e1698d25a..4eb80e78797b 100644
--- a/widget/src/gtk2/gtk2drawing.c
+++ b/widget/src/gtk2/gtk2drawing.c
@@ -1588,6 +1588,28 @@ moz_gtk_menu_item_paint(GdkDrawable* drawable, GdkRectangle* rect,
     return MOZ_GTK_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+static gint
+moz_gtk_menu_arrow_paint(GdkDrawable* drawable, GdkRectangle* rect,
+                         GdkRectangle* cliprect, GtkWidgetState* state)
+{
+    GtkStyle* style;
+    GtkTextDirection chromedir;
+    GtkStateType state_type = ConvertGtkState(state);
+
+    ensure_menu_item_widget();
+    style = gMenuItemWidget->style;
+    chromedir = gtk_widget_get_direction(gMenuItemWidget);
+
+    TSOffsetStyleGCs(style, rect->x, rect->y);
+    gtk_paint_arrow(style, drawable, state_type,
+                    (state_type == GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT) ? GTK_SHADOW_IN : GTK_SHADOW_OUT,
+                    cliprect, gMenuItemWidget, "menuitem",
+                    (chromedir == GTK_TEXT_DIR_LTR) ? GTK_ARROW_RIGHT : GTK_ARROW_LEFT,
+                    TRUE, rect->x, rect->y, rect->width, rect->height);
+
+    return MOZ_GTK_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 static gint
 moz_gtk_check_menu_item_paint(GdkDrawable* drawable, GdkRectangle* rect,
                               GdkRectangle* cliprect, GtkWidgetState* state,
@@ -1875,6 +1897,7 @@ moz_gtk_get_widget_border(GtkThemeWidgetType widget, gint* left, gint* top,
     case MOZ_GTK_TOOLTIP:
     case MOZ_GTK_WINDOW:
     case MOZ_GTK_RESIZER:
+    case MOZ_GTK_MENUARROW:
         *left = *top = *right = *bottom = 0;
         return MOZ_GTK_SUCCESS;
     default:
@@ -2064,6 +2087,9 @@ moz_gtk_widget_paint(GtkThemeWidgetType widget, GdkDrawable* drawable,
     case MOZ_GTK_MENUITEM:
         return moz_gtk_menu_item_paint(drawable, rect, cliprect, state);
         break;
+    case MOZ_GTK_MENUARROW:
+        return moz_gtk_menu_arrow_paint(drawable, rect, cliprect, state);
+        break;
     case MOZ_GTK_CHECKMENUITEM:
     case MOZ_GTK_RADIOMENUITEM:
         return moz_gtk_check_menu_item_paint(drawable, rect, cliprect, state,
diff --git a/widget/src/gtk2/gtkdrawing.h b/widget/src/gtk2/gtkdrawing.h
index 8715765a5a2b..70f2ff950523 100644
--- a/widget/src/gtk2/gtkdrawing.h
+++ b/widget/src/gtk2/gtkdrawing.h
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ typedef enum {
   MOZ_GTK_MENUBAR,
   /* Paints the background of menus, context menus. */
   MOZ_GTK_MENUPOPUP,
+  /* Paints the arrow of menuitems that contain submenus */
+  MOZ_GTK_MENUARROW,
   /* Paints items of menubar and popups. */
   MOZ_GTK_MENUITEM,
   MOZ_GTK_CHECKMENUITEM,
diff --git a/widget/src/gtk2/nsNativeThemeGTK.cpp b/widget/src/gtk2/nsNativeThemeGTK.cpp
index adbb2b9e3df8..b3dba0ed5223 100644
--- a/widget/src/gtk2/nsNativeThemeGTK.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/gtk2/nsNativeThemeGTK.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ nsNativeThemeGTK::GetGtkWidgetAndState(PRUint8 aWidgetType, nsIFrame* aFrame,
 
         if (aWidgetType == NS_THEME_MENUITEM ||
             aWidgetType == NS_THEME_CHECKMENUITEM ||
-            aWidgetType == NS_THEME_RADIOMENUITEM) {
+            aWidgetType == NS_THEME_RADIOMENUITEM ||
+            aWidgetType == NS_THEME_MENUARROW) {
           PRBool isTopLevel = PR_FALSE;
           nsIMenuFrame *menuFrame;
           CallQueryInterface(aFrame, &menuFrame);
@@ -484,6 +485,9 @@ nsNativeThemeGTK::GetGtkWidgetAndState(PRUint8 aWidgetType, nsIFrame* aFrame,
   case NS_THEME_MENUITEM:
     aGtkWidgetType = MOZ_GTK_MENUITEM;
     break;
+  case NS_THEME_MENUARROW:
+    aGtkWidgetType = MOZ_GTK_MENUARROW;
+    break;
   case NS_THEME_CHECKMENUITEM:
     aGtkWidgetType = MOZ_GTK_CHECKMENUITEM;
     break;
@@ -1053,6 +1057,7 @@ nsNativeThemeGTK::ThemeSupportsWidget(nsPresContext* aPresContext,
   case NS_THEME_MENUBAR:
   case NS_THEME_MENUPOPUP:
   case NS_THEME_MENUITEM:
+  case NS_THEME_MENUARROW:
   case NS_THEME_CHECKMENUITEM:
   case NS_THEME_RADIOMENUITEM:
   case NS_THEME_WINDOW: