diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_menu_mac.h b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_menu_mac.h
index d318b7bdc0..4539efb26c 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_menu_mac.h
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_menu_mac.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class MenuMac : public Menu {
   MenuMac(v8::Isolate* isolate, v8::Local<v8::Object> wrapper);
 
   void PopupAt(Window* window, int x, int y, int positioning_item) override;
+  void PopupOnUI(const base::WeakPtr<NativeWindow>& native_window,
+                 int x, int y, int positioning_item);
 
   base::scoped_nsobject<AtomMenuController> menu_controller_;
 
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ class MenuMac : public Menu {
 
   static void SendActionToFirstResponder(const std::string& action);
 
+  base::WeakPtrFactory<MenuMac> weak_factory_;
+
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MenuMac);
 };
 
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_menu_mac.mm b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_menu_mac.mm
index 9e901d1098..ed4dae372e 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_menu_mac.mm
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_menu_mac.mm
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 
 #include "atom/browser/native_window.h"
 #include "atom/browser/unresponsive_suppressor.h"
+#include "base/mac/scoped_sending_event.h"
 #include "base/message_loop/message_loop.h"
 #include "base/strings/sys_string_conversions.h"
 #include "brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents.h"
 #include "brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents_view.h"
+#include "content/public/browser/browser_thread.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/web_contents.h"
 
 #include "atom/common/node_includes.h"
@@ -19,13 +21,24 @@ namespace atom {
 namespace api {
 
 MenuMac::MenuMac(v8::Isolate* isolate, v8::Local<v8::Object> wrapper)
-    : Menu(isolate, wrapper) {
+    : Menu(isolate, wrapper),
+      weak_factory_(this) {
 }
 
 void MenuMac::PopupAt(Window* window, int x, int y, int positioning_item) {
   NativeWindow* native_window = window->window();
   if (!native_window)
     return;
+
+  content::BrowserThread::PostTask(content::BrowserThread::UI, FROM_HERE,
+      base::Bind(&MenuMac::PopupOnUI, weak_factory_.GetWeakPtr(),
+                 native_window->GetWeakPtr(), x, y, positioning_item));
+}
+
+void MenuMac::PopupOnUI(const base::WeakPtr<NativeWindow>& native_window,
+                        int x, int y, int positioning_item) {
+  if (!native_window)
+    return;
   brightray::InspectableWebContents* web_contents =
       native_window->inspectable_web_contents();
   if (!web_contents)
@@ -69,11 +82,24 @@ void MenuMac::PopupAt(Window* window, int x, int y, int positioning_item) {
   if (rightmostMenuPoint > screenRight)
     position.x = position.x - [menu size].width;
 
-  // Don't emit unresponsive event when showing menu.
-  atom::UnresponsiveSuppressor suppressor;
+  {
+    // Make sure events can be pumped while the menu is up.
+    base::MessageLoop::ScopedNestableTaskAllower allow(
+        base::MessageLoop::current());
 
-  // Show the menu.
-  [menu popUpMenuPositioningItem:item atLocation:position inView:view];
+    // One of the events that could be pumped is |window.close()|.
+    // User-initiated event-tracking loops protect against this by
+    // setting flags in -[CrApplication sendEvent:], but since
+    // web-content menus are initiated by IPC message the setup has to
+    // be done manually.
+    base::mac::ScopedSendingEvent sendingEventScoper;
+
+    // Don't emit unresponsive event when showing menu.
+    atom::UnresponsiveSuppressor suppressor;
+
+    // Show the menu.
+    [menu popUpMenuPositioningItem:item atLocation:position inView:view];
+  }
 }
 
 // static