diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Workbench.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Workbench.cpp
index 0ecccdacd4..021cdf4164 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Workbench.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Workbench.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ using namespace PartDesignGui;
 namespace bp = boost::placeholders;
 
 #if 0 // needed for Qt's lupdate utility
-    qApp->translate("Workbench", "Part Design");
+    qApp->translate("Workbench", "&Part Design");
+    qApp->translate("Workbench", "&Sketch");
     qApp->translate("Workbench", "Create a datum");
     qApp->translate("Workbench", "Create an additive feature");
     qApp->translate("Workbench", "Create a subtractive feature");
@@ -469,6 +470,18 @@ Gui::MenuItem* Workbench::setupMenuBar() const
     Gui::MenuItem* root = StdWorkbench::setupMenuBar();
     Gui::MenuItem* item = root->findItem("&Windows");
 
+    // add another top level menu left besides the Part Design menu for the Sketcher commands
+    Gui::MenuItem* sketch = new Gui::MenuItem;
+    root->insertItem(item, sketch);
+    sketch->setCommand("&Sketch");
+
+    *sketch << "PartDesign_NewSketch"
+            << "Sketcher_LeaveSketch"
+            << "Sketcher_ViewSketch"
+            << "Sketcher_MapSketch"
+            << "Sketcher_ReorientSketch"
+            << "Sketcher_ValidateSketch";
+
     Gui::MenuItem* part = new Gui::MenuItem;
     root->insertItem(item, part);
     part->setCommand("&Part Design");
@@ -506,12 +519,6 @@ Gui::MenuItem* Workbench::setupMenuBar() const
         << "PartDesign_Draft" << "PartDesign_Thickness";
 
     *part << "PartDesign_Body"
-          << "PartDesign_NewSketch"
-          << "Sketcher_LeaveSketch"
-          << "Sketcher_ViewSketch"
-          << "Sketcher_MapSketch"
-          << "Sketcher_ReorientSketch"
-          << "Sketcher_ValidateSketch"
           << "Separator"
           << datums
           << "PartDesign_CoordinateSystem"