diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php b/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
index 0c71449378..482535fd7d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
@@ -557,6 +557,29 @@ function add_menu_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $access_level, $file, $functio
 	return $hookname;
 }
 
+function add_object_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $access_level, $file, $function = '', $icon_url = '') {
+	global $menu, $admin_page_hooks, $_wp_last_object_menu;
+
+	$file = plugin_basename( $file );
+
+	$admin_page_hooks[$file] = sanitize_title( $menu_title );
+
+	$hookname = get_plugin_page_hookname( $file, '' );
+	if (!empty ( $function ) && !empty ( $hookname ))
+		add_action( $hookname, $function );
+
+	if ( empty($icon_url) )
+		$icon_url = 'images/menu/generic.png';
+
+	$menu[$_wp_last_object_menu][4] = ''; // Remove menu-top-last
+
+	$_wp_last_object_menu++;
+
+	$menu[$_wp_last_object_menu] = array ( $menu_title, $access_level, $file, $page_title, 'menu-top-last ' . $hookname, $hookname, $icon_url );
+
+	return $hookname;
+}
+
 function add_submenu_page( $parent, $page_title, $menu_title, $access_level, $file, $function = '' ) {
 	global $submenu;
 	global $menu;
diff --git a/wp-admin/menu.php b/wp-admin/menu.php
index ad2cd0b7b4..a398358b93 100644
--- a/wp-admin/menu.php
+++ b/wp-admin/menu.php
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ $menu[20] = array( __('Pages'), 'edit_pages', 'page-new.php', '', '', 'menu-page
 $menu[25] = array( sprintf( __('Comments %s'), "<span id='awaiting-mod' class='count-$awaiting_mod'><span class='comment-count'>" . number_format_i18n($awaiting_mod) . "</span></span>" ), 'edit_posts', 'edit-comments.php', '', 'menu-top-last', 'menu-comments', 'images/menu/comments.png' );
 	$submenu['edit-comments.php'][15] = array( __('Comments'), 'edit_posts', 'edit-comments.php' );
 
+$_wp_last_object_menu = 25; // The index of the last top-level menu in the object menu group
+
 $menu[29] = array( '', 'read', '', '', 'wp-menu-separator' );
 
 $menu[30] = array( __('Appearance'), 'switch_themes', 'themes.php', '', 'menu-top-first', 'menu-appearance', 'images/menu/appearance.png' );