diff --git a/plugins/tiddlywiki/menubar/menu.tid b/plugins/tiddlywiki/menubar/menu.tid
index 8123af1bf..2d8f06aaa 100644
--- a/plugins/tiddlywiki/menubar/menu.tid
+++ b/plugins/tiddlywiki/menubar/menu.tid
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ tags: $:/tags/PageTemplate
 <$list filter="[<currentTiddler>addprefix[$:/config/plugins/menubar/MenuItems/Visibility/]get[text]] ~show +[match[show]]" variable="ignore">
 <$set name="dropdown-state" value=<<qualify "$:/state/popup/topmenu/dropdown/">>>
 <$set name="dropdown-state" value={{{ [<dropdown-state>addsuffix<currentTiddler>] }}}>
-<$reveal type="popup" state=<<dropdown-state>> class={{{ [<currentTiddler>get[dropdown]get[class]] }}} tag="div">
+<$reveal type="popup" state=<<dropdown-state>> position={{{ [<currentTiddler>get[dropdown-position]else[below]] }}} class={{{ [<currentTiddler>get[dropdown]get[class]] }}} tag="div">
 <div class="tc-drop-down">
 <$transclude/>
 </div>
diff --git a/plugins/tiddlywiki/menubar/readme.tid b/plugins/tiddlywiki/menubar/readme.tid
index 8677a0cc5..4282654bd 100644
--- a/plugins/tiddlywiki/menubar/readme.tid
+++ b/plugins/tiddlywiki/menubar/readme.tid
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Menu items are tagged <<tag $:/tags/MenuBar>>. The following fields are used by
 |caption |The text that is displayed for the menu item. Avoid links, using `~` to suppress CamelCase links if required |
 |target |For simple link menu items specifies a tiddler title as the target of the link |
 |is-dropdown |Set to `yes` to indicate a dropdown menu item |
+|dropdown-position |Optional position for the dropdown (can be ''left'', ''above'', ''aboveleft'', ''aboveright'', ''right'', ''belowleft'', ''belowright'' or ''below'') |
 |text |For dropdown menu items, specifies the body of the dropdown |
 |custom-menu-content |Optional wikitext to be displayed in place of the caption |
 |custom-menu-styles-wide |Optional string of styles to be applied to menu item when the menubar is wide |