diff --git a/utils/aa-sandbox.pod b/utils/aa-sandbox.pod
index a8927ade4..d82d590c1 100644
--- a/utils/aa-sandbox.pod
+++ b/utils/aa-sandbox.pod
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ Using a nested X server for each application is expensive.
 
 Only the old X cursor is available with B<xpra> and B<xpra3d>.
 
+The Ubuntu global menu is not currently supported. Gtk and Qt applications
+should display the non-global menu by default, but applications like Firefox
+and Thunderbird should be adjusted to disable the global menu.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 BUGS
diff --git a/utils/apparmor/sandbox.py b/utils/apparmor/sandbox.py
index 8b65d9667..b973b0169 100644
--- a/utils/apparmor/sandbox.py
+++ b/utils/apparmor/sandbox.py
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ class SandboxXserver():
         self.old_environ['DISPLAY'] = os.environ['DISPLAY']
         self.old_environ['XAUTHORITY'] = os.environ['XAUTHORITY']
         self.old_environ['UBUNTU_MENUPROXY'] = os.environ['UBUNTU_MENUPROXY']
+        self.old_environ['QT_X11_NO_NATIVE_MENUBAR'] = os.environ['QT_X11_NO_NATIVE_MENUBAR']
 
         # prepare the new environment
         self.display, self.xauth = self.find_free_x_display()
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ class SandboxXserver():
         self.new_environ['XAUTHORITY'] = self.xauth
         # Disable the global menu for now
         self.new_environ["UBUNTU_MENUPROXY"] = ""
+        self.new_environ["QT_X11_NO_NATIVE_MENUBAR"] = "1"
 
     def cleanup(self):
         '''Cleanup our forked pids, reset the environment, etc'''