diff --git a/source/_patterns/04-components/menu/menu.twig b/source/_patterns/04-components/menu/menu.twig
index bcf7493ec9ec87fb58521f49a0008d3a6161c4a9..970c2a5f2d8915bdf48cf2451b1ba0e108a11c5a 100644
--- a/source/_patterns/04-components/menu/menu.twig
+++ b/source/_patterns/04-components/menu/menu.twig
@@ -61,7 +61,13 @@
       } %}
 
       <li {{ add_attributes(additional_item_attributes) }}>
-        <a href="{{ item.url }}" {{ add_attributes(link_attributes) }}>{{ item.text }}</a>
+        <a href="{{ item.url }}" {{ add_attributes(link_attributes) }}>
+          {% if item.title %}
+            {{ item.title }}
+          {% elseif item.text %}
+            {{ item.text }}
+          {% endif %}
+        </a>
         {% if item.submenu %}
           {{ menus.menu_links(item.submenu, attributes, menu_level + 1) }}
         {% endif %}