diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/AdminMenu.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/AdminMenu.cs
index f3bb709c3..347090532 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/AdminMenu.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/AdminMenu.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Core.Contents {
             var contentTypes = contentTypeDefinitions.Where(ctd => ctd.Settings.GetModel<ContentTypeSettings>().Creatable).OrderBy(ctd => ctd.DisplayName);
             if (contentTypes.Count() > 0) {
                 builder.Add(T("New"), "-1", menu => {
+                    menu.LinkToFirstChild(false);
                     foreach (var contentTypeDefinition in contentTypes) {
                         var ci = _contentManager.New(contentTypeDefinition.Name);
                         var cim = _contentManager.GetItemMetadata(ci);
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Views/Menu.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Views/Menu.cshtml
index ce2ec4b5c..715be0e3b 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Views/Menu.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Views/Menu.cshtml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         var firstOfTheSecond = secondLevelMenuItems.FirstOrDefault();
         var sectionHeaderMarkup = firstLevelMenuItem.RouteValues != null || HasText(firstLevelMenuItem.Url)
             ? Html.Link(sectionHeaderText, (string)firstLevelMenuItem.Href)
-            : firstOfTheSecond != null
+            : firstOfTheSecond != null && firstLevelMenuItem.LinkToFirstChild
                 ? Html.Link(sectionHeaderText, (string)firstOfTheSecond.Href)
                 : new HtmlString(string.Format("<span>{0}</span>", Html.Encode(sectionHeaderText)));
 
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuFilter.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuFilter.cs
index efc437cf9..6e2a80875 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuFilter.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
                 var menuItemShape = shapeFactory.MenuItem()
                     .Text(menuItem.Text)
                     .Href(menuItem.Href)
+                    .LinkToFirstChild(menuItem.LinkToFirstChild)
                     .RouteValues(menuItem.RouteValues)
                     .Item(menuItem)
                     .Menu(menu)
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuItem.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuItem.cs
index 73bef8dc3..0e9d095ab 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuItem.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuItem.cs
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
     public class MenuItem {
         public MenuItem() {
             Permissions = Enumerable.Empty<Permission>();
+            LinkToFirstChild = true;
         }
 
         public string Text { get; set; }
         public string Url { get; set; }
         public string Href { get; set; }
         public string Position { get; set; }
+        public bool LinkToFirstChild { get; set; }
         public RouteValueDictionary RouteValues { get; set; }
         public IEnumerable<MenuItem> Items { get; set; }
         public IEnumerable<Permission> Permissions { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationItemBuilder.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationItemBuilder.cs
index 61bc5da3a..b809c918f 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationItemBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationItemBuilder.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
             return this;
         }
 
+        public NavigationItemBuilder LinkToFirstChild(bool value) {
+            _item.LinkToFirstChild = value;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public NavigationItemBuilder Permission(Permission permission) {
             _item.Permissions = _item.Permissions.Concat(new[]{permission});
             return this;
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationManager.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationManager.cs
index 125225eb2..0914df1f0 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationManager.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/NavigationManager.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
                         RouteValues = item.RouteValues,
                         Text = item.Text,
                         Url = item.Url,
+                        LinkToFirstChild = item.LinkToFirstChild,
                         Href = item.Href
                     };
                 }
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
                 Text = items.First().Text,
                 Url = items.First().Url,
                 Href = items.First().Href,
+                LinkToFirstChild = items.First().LinkToFirstChild,
                 RouteValues = items.First().RouteValues,
                 Items = Merge(items.Select(x => x.Items)).ToArray(),
                 Position = SelectBestPositionValue(items.Select(x => x.Position)),