=== modified file 'panels/appearance/appearance.ui'
--- panels/appearance/appearance.ui	2013-12-02 02:45:53 +0000
+++ panels/appearance/appearance.ui	2013-12-04 20:12:31 +0000
@@ -883,6 +883,36 @@
               </packing>
             </child>
             <child>
+              <object class="GtkBox" id="box8">
+                <property name="height_request">36</property>
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                <property name="margin_left">10</property>
+                <property name="margin_right">10</property>
+                <property name="homogeneous">True</property>
+                <child>
+                  <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="check_always_show_menubar">
+                    <property name="label" translatable="yes">Always show the global menu bar</property>
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                    <property name="receives_default">False</property>
+                    <property name="xalign">0</property>
+                    <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
+                  </object>
+                  <packing>
+                    <property name="expand">False</property>
+                    <property name="fill">True</property>
+                    <property name="position">0</property>
+                  </packing>
+                </child>
+              </object>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="expand">False</property>
+                <property name="fill">True</property>
+                <property name="position">3</property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+            <child>
               <object class="GtkBox" id="box5">
                 <property name="height_request">36</property>
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
@@ -909,7 +939,7 @@
               <packing>
                 <property name="expand">False</property>
                 <property name="fill">True</property>
-                <property name="position">3</property>
+                <property name="position">4</property>
               </packing>
             </child>
             <child>

=== modified file 'panels/appearance/cc-appearance-panel.c'
--- panels/appearance/cc-appearance-panel.c	2013-12-02 02:45:53 +0000
+++ panels/appearance/cc-appearance-panel.c	2013-12-04 22:08:05 +0000
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
   GSettings *unity_settings;
   GSettings *compizcore_settings;
   GSettings *unity_own_settings;
+  GSettings *panel_settings;
 
   GnomeDesktopThumbnailFactory *thumb_factory;
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@
 #define UNITY_LAUNCHERHIDE_KEY "launcher-hide-mode"
 #define UNITY_LAUNCHERREVEAL_KEY "reveal-trigger"
 #define CANONICAL_DESKTOP_INTERFACE "com.canonical.desktop.interface"
+#define UNITY_PANEL_GSETTINGS_SCHEMA "com.canonical.Unity.Panel"
 
 #define COMPIZCORE_GSETTINGS_SCHEMA "org.compiz.core"
 #define COMPIZCORE_GSETTINGS_PATH UNITY_PROFILE_PATH"core/"
@@ -1760,6 +1762,8 @@
     {
       if (g_strcmp0 (*schemas, UNITY_OWN_GSETTINGS_SCHEMA) == 0)
           priv->unity_own_settings = g_settings_new (UNITY_OWN_GSETTINGS_SCHEMA);
+      if (g_strcmp0 (*schemas, UNITY_PANEL_GSETTINGS_SCHEMA) == 0)
+          priv->panel_settings = g_settings_new (UNITY_PANEL_GSETTINGS_SCHEMA);
       schemas++;
     }
   schemas = g_settings_list_relocatable_schemas ();
@@ -1772,7 +1776,8 @@
       schemas++;
     }
 
-  if (!priv->unity_settings || !priv->compizcore_settings || !priv->unity_own_settings)
+  if (!priv->unity_settings || !priv->compizcore_settings ||
+      !priv->unity_own_settings || !priv->panel_settings)
     return;
 
   /* Icon size change */
@@ -1838,6 +1843,11 @@
                      G_CALLBACK (on_enable_showdesktop_changed), self);
   enable_showdesktop_widget_refresh (self);
 
+  /* Always show menubar */
+  g_settings_bind (priv->panel_settings, "menubar-always-visible",
+                 WID ("check_always_show_menubar"), "active",
+                 G_SETTINGS_BIND_DEFAULT);
+
   /* Restore defaut on second page */
   g_signal_connect (WID ("button-restore-unitybehavior"), "clicked",
                     G_CALLBACK (on_restore_defaults_page2_clicked), self);