diff --git a/src/gui/lua/lua_api_version.h b/src/gui/lua/lua_api_version.h
index 41e42f278..1e06b0089 100644
--- a/src/gui/lua/lua_api_version.h
+++ b/src/gui/lua/lua_api_version.h
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
  * to luainstance.h changes
  */
 #define LUA_API_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define LUA_API_VERSION_MINOR 83
+#define LUA_API_VERSION_MINOR 84
diff --git a/src/gui/lua/lua_menue.cpp b/src/gui/lua/lua_menue.cpp
index 237cb4fc0..d934e162a 100644
--- a/src/gui/lua/lua_menue.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/lua/lua_menue.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void CLuaInstMenu::MenuRegister(lua_State *L)
 		{ "hide",      CLuaInstMenu::MenuHide },
 		{ "setActive", CLuaInstMenu::MenuSetActive },
 		{ "setName",   CLuaInstMenu::MenuSetName },
+		{ "setSelected",   CLuaInstMenu::MenuSetSelected },
 		{ "__gc",      CLuaInstMenu::MenuDelete },
 		{ NULL, NULL }
 	};
@@ -577,3 +578,15 @@ int CLuaInstMenu::MenuDelete(lua_State *L)
 	delete D;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int CLuaInstMenu::MenuSetSelected(lua_State *L)
+{
+	CLuaMenu *D = MenuCheck(L, 1);
+	if (!D) return 0;
+	lua_assert(lua_istable(L, 2));
+
+	lua_Integer preselected;	tableLookup(L, "preselected", preselected);
+
+	D->m->setSelected(preselected);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/gui/lua/lua_menue.h b/src/gui/lua/lua_menue.h
index dc0bf967d..0f6b7ac87 100644
--- a/src/gui/lua/lua_menue.h
+++ b/src/gui/lua/lua_menue.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class CLuaInstMenu
 		static int MenuSetActive(lua_State *L);
 		static int MenuSetName(lua_State *L);
 		static int MenuDelete(lua_State *L);
+		static int MenuSetSelected(lua_State *L);
 };
 
 #endif //_LUAMENUE_H