diff --git a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 1ad8e983b4..795cc342b2 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -192,15 +192,16 @@ QMenu *findSubMenu(const QString &name, const QMenu &menu)
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-QMenu *createSubMenus(QString *name, QMenu *menu)
+std::pair<QMenu*, QMenu*> createSubMenus(QString *name, QMenu *menu)
 {
     QStringList path = name->split('|');
     if (path.size() == 1)
-        return menu;
+        return {nullptr, menu};
 
     *name = path.takeLast();
 
     QMenu *parentMenu = menu;
+    QMenu *rootMenu = nullptr;
 
     for (const auto &subMenuName : path) {
         QMenu *subMenu = findSubMenu(subMenuName, *parentMenu);
@@ -210,10 +211,12 @@ QMenu *createSubMenus(QString *name, QMenu *menu)
             parentMenu->addMenu(subMenu);
         }
 
+        if (parentMenu == menu)
+            rootMenu = subMenu;
         parentMenu = subMenu;
     }
 
-    return parentMenu;
+    return {rootMenu, parentMenu};
 }
 
 // WORKAROUND: setWindowFlags() hides the window.
@@ -1558,7 +1561,8 @@ void MainWindow::addCommandsToItemMenu(ClipboardBrowser *c)
 
     for (const auto &command : commands) {
         QString name = command.name;
-        QMenu *currentMenu = createSubMenus(&name, m_menuItem);
+        QMenu *_rootMenu, *currentMenu;
+        std::tie(_rootMenu, currentMenu) = createSubMenus(&name, m_menuItem);
         auto act = new CommandAction(command, name, currentMenu);
         c->addAction(act);
 
@@ -1592,14 +1596,18 @@ void MainWindow::addCommandsToTrayMenu(const QVariantMap &clipboardData, QList<Q
 
     for (const auto &command : commands) {
         QString name = command.name;
-        QMenu *currentMenu = createSubMenus(&name, m_trayMenu);
+        QMenu *rootMenu, *currentMenu;
+        std::tie(rootMenu, currentMenu) = createSubMenus(&name, m_trayMenu);
         auto act = new CommandAction(command, name, currentMenu);
 
         const QList<QKeySequence> uniqueShortcuts = getUniqueShortcuts(
                 command.globalShortcuts, &usedShortcuts);
         act->setShortcuts(uniqueShortcuts);
 
-        actions->append(act);
+        if (rootMenu)
+            actions->append(rootMenu->menuAction());
+        else
+            actions->append(act);
 
         addMenuMatchCommand(&m_trayMenuMatchCommands, command.matchCmd, act);
 
diff --git a/src/tests/tests.cpp b/src/tests/tests.cpp
index b50f5c7b11..a3dc6f923e 100644
--- a/src/tests/tests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/tests.cpp
@@ -3987,6 +3987,41 @@ void Tests::automaticCommandIgnoreSpecialFormat()
     WAIT_ON_OUTPUT("separator" << "," << "read" << "0" << "1" << "2" << "3", "SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED,CMD2,CMD1,");
 }
 
+void Tests::globalCommandInMenu()
+{
+    const auto script = R"(
+        setCommands([
+            { isGlobalShortcut: true, name: 'test', cmd: 'copyq add test' },
+        ])
+        )";
+    RUN(script, "");
+    WAIT_ON_OUTPUT("commands().length", "1\n");
+    RUN("menu", "");
+    RUN("keys" << trayMenuId << "DOWN" << "ENTER", "");
+    RUN("keys" << clipboardBrowserId, "");
+    WAIT_ON_OUTPUT("read(0)", "test");
+
+    RUN("setCommands([])", "");
+    WAIT_ON_OUTPUT("commands().length", "0\n");
+
+    // Test sub-menus
+    const auto script2 = R"(
+        setCommands([
+            { isGlobalShortcut: true, name: 'test|test1|test2', cmd: 'copyq add test2' },
+        ])
+        )";
+    RUN(script2, "");
+    WAIT_ON_OUTPUT("commands().length", "1\n");
+    RUN("menu", "");
+    RUN("keys" << trayMenuId << "DOWN" << "DOWN" << "ENTER", "");
+    waitFor(100);
+    RUN("keys" << trayMenuId << "ENTER", "");
+    waitFor(100);
+    RUN("keys" << trayMenuId << "ENTER", "");
+    RUN("keys" << clipboardBrowserId, "");
+    WAIT_ON_OUTPUT("read(0)", "test2");
+}
+
 void Tests::scriptCommandLoaded()
 {
     const auto script = R"(
diff --git a/src/tests/tests.h b/src/tests/tests.h
index acbbc52b38..040aaf87aa 100644
--- a/src/tests/tests.h
+++ b/src/tests/tests.h
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ private slots:
     void automaticCommandStoreSpecialFormat();
     void automaticCommandIgnoreSpecialFormat();
 
+    void globalCommandInMenu();
+
     void scriptCommandLoaded();
     void scriptCommandAddFunction();
     void scriptCommandOverrideFunction();