diff --git a/src/app/components/panelmenu/panelmenu.ts b/src/app/components/panelmenu/panelmenu.ts
index df4b029ee24..35f3a0aff04 100644
--- a/src/app/components/panelmenu/panelmenu.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/panelmenu/panelmenu.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import { ObjectUtils, UniqueComponentId } from 'primeng/utils';
                 <li *ngIf="processedItem.separator" class="p-menuitem-separator" role="separator"></li>
                 <li
                     *ngIf="!processedItem.separator && isItemVisible(processedItem)"
-                    class="p-menuitem"
+                    [ngClass]="getItemClass(processedItem)"
                     role="treeitem"
                     [id]="getItemId(processedItem)"
                     [attr.aria-label]="getItemProp(processedItem, 'label')"
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ import { ObjectUtils, UniqueComponentId } from 'primeng/utils';
                     [attr.aria-posinset]="getAriaPosInset(index)"
                     [class]="getItemProp(processedItem, 'styleClass')"
                     [class.p-hidden]="processedItem.visible === false"
-                    [class.p-focus]="isItemFocused(processedItem)"
+                    [class.p-focus]="isItemFocused(processedItem) && !isItemDisabled(processedItem)"
                     [ngStyle]="getItemProp(processedItem, 'style')"
                     [pTooltip]="getItemProp(processedItem, 'tooltip')"
+                    [attr.data-p-disabled]="isItemDisabled(processedItem)"
                     [tooltipOptions]="getItemProp(processedItem, 'tooltipOptions')"
                 >
                     <div class="p-menuitem-content" (click)="onItemClick($event, processedItem)">
@@ -200,6 +201,13 @@ export class PanelMenuSub {
         return this.getItemId(processedItem);
     }
 
+    getItemClass(processedItem) {
+        return {
+            'p-menuitem': true,
+            'p-disabled': this.isItemDisabled(processedItem)
+        }
+    }
+
     getItemProp(processedItem, name?, params?) {
         return processedItem && processedItem.item ? ObjectUtils.getItemValue(processedItem.item[name], params) : undefined;
     }
@@ -245,8 +253,10 @@ export class PanelMenuSub {
     }
 
     onItemClick(event, processedItem) {
-        this.getItemProp(processedItem, 'command', { originalEvent: event, item: processedItem.item });
-        this.itemToggle.emit({ processedItem, expanded: !this.isItemActive(processedItem) });
+        if(!this.isItemDisabled(processedItem)) {
+            this.getItemProp(processedItem, 'command', { originalEvent: event, item: processedItem.item });
+            this.itemToggle.emit({ processedItem, expanded: !this.isItemActive(processedItem) });
+        }
     }
 
     onItemToggle(event) {
@@ -1060,4 +1070,4 @@ export class PanelMenu implements AfterContentInit {
     exports: [PanelMenu, RouterModule, TooltipModule, SharedModule],
     declarations: [PanelMenu, PanelMenuSub, PanelMenuList]
 })
-export class PanelMenuModule {}
+export class PanelMenuModule {}
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