diff -abBpur fluxbox/src/FbTk/MenuItem.cc menu-pixmaps-fix/src/FbTk/MenuItem.cc
--- fluxbox/src/FbTk/MenuItem.cc	2004-07-06 21:47:48.963826560 +0200
+++ menu-pixmaps-fix/src/FbTk/MenuItem.cc	2004-07-29 12:50:13.988632760 +0200
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "PixmapWithMask.hh"
 #include "Image.hh"
 #include "App.hh"
+#include "StringUtil.hh"
 
 namespace FbTk {
 
@@ -230,8 +231,9 @@ void MenuItem::setIcon(const std::string
     if (m_icon.get() == 0)
         m_icon.reset(new Icon);
 
-    m_icon->filename = filename;
-    m_icon->pixmap.reset(Image::load(filename.c_str(), screen_num));
+    m_icon->filename = FbTk::StringUtil::expandFilename(filename);
+    m_icon->pixmap.reset(Image::load(m_icon->filename.c_str(), 
+                         screen_num));
 }
 
 unsigned int MenuItem::height(const MenuTheme &theme) const {