diff --git a/include/common/font.h b/include/common/font.h
index a7a5ba55..22be2ae8 100644
--- a/include/common/font.h
+++ b/include/common/font.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <cairo.h>
 #include <pango/pango-font.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 struct lab_data_buffer;
 
@@ -43,10 +44,11 @@ void font_get_buffer_size(int max_width, const char *text, struct font *font,
  * @font: font description
  * @color: foreground color in rgba format
  * @bg_pattern: background pattern
+ * @use_markup: flag to render pango markup
  */
 void font_buffer_create(struct lab_data_buffer **buffer, int max_width,
 	int height, const char *text, struct font *font, const float *color,
-	cairo_pattern_t *bg_pattern, double scale);
+	cairo_pattern_t *bg_pattern, double scale, bool use_markup);
 
 /**
  * font_finish - free some font related resources
diff --git a/src/common/font.c b/src/common/font.c
index b307729c..2285b9bf 100644
--- a/src/common/font.c
+++ b/src/common/font.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ font_get_buffer_size(int max_width, const char *text, struct font *font,
 void
 font_buffer_create(struct lab_data_buffer **buffer, int max_width,
 	int height, const char *text, struct font *font, const float *color,
-	cairo_pattern_t *bg_pattern, double scale)
+	cairo_pattern_t *bg_pattern, double scale, bool use_markup)
 {
 	if (string_null_or_empty(text)) {
 		return;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ font_buffer_create(struct lab_data_buffer **buffer, int max_width,
 	PangoLayout *layout = pango_cairo_create_layout(cairo);
 	pango_context_set_round_glyph_positions(pango_layout_get_context(layout), false);
 	pango_layout_set_width(layout, width * PANGO_SCALE);
-	pango_layout_set_text(layout, text, -1);
+	use_markup ? pango_layout_set_markup(layout, text, -1) : pango_layout_set_text(layout, text, -1);
 	pango_layout_set_ellipsize(layout, PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END);
 
 	if (!opaque_bg) {
diff --git a/src/menu/menu.c b/src/menu/menu.c
index f56b208f..372f662f 100644
--- a/src/menu/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu/menu.c
@@ -143,18 +143,31 @@ item_create(struct menu *menu, char *text, const char *icon_name, bool show_arro
 	menuitem->parent = menu;
 	menuitem->selectable = true;
 	menuitem->type = LAB_MENU_ITEM;
-	menuitem->text = xstrdup(text);
 	menuitem->arrow = show_arrow ? "›" : NULL;
 
-	const char *it = text;
 	uint32_t accelerator = 0;
+	char *new_text = NULL;
+	char *it = text;
 	while (*it != '\0') {
 		if (*it == '_') {
 			char32_t codepoint = 0;
 			mbstate_t state = {0};
-			size_t bytes = mbrtoc32(&codepoint, it + 1, MB_CUR_MAX, &state);
+			size_t bytes = mbrtoc32(&codepoint, it + 1,
+				MB_CUR_MAX, &state);
 			if (bytes > 0 && bytes <= 4) {
-				accelerator = (uint32_t)towlower((wint_t)codepoint);
+				accelerator =
+					(uint32_t)towlower((wint_t)codepoint);
+			}
+
+			if (*(it + 1) != '\0') {
+				int underscore_index = it - text;
+				new_text = malloc(strlen(text) + 8);
+				if (!new_text) {
+					break;
+				}
+				memcpy(new_text, text, underscore_index);
+				sprintf(new_text + underscore_index, "<u>%c</u>%s",
+					*(it + 1), it + 2);
 			}
 
 			break;
@@ -174,6 +187,11 @@ item_create(struct menu *menu, char *text, const char *icon_name, bool show_arro
 	}
 
 	menuitem->accelerator = accelerator;
+	if (new_text) {
+		menuitem->text = xstrdup(new_text);
+	} else {
+		menuitem->text = xstrdup(text);
+	}
 
 #if HAVE_LIBSFDO
 	if (rc.menu_show_icons && !string_null_or_empty(icon_name)) {
diff --git a/src/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.c b/src/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.c
index bb93fc67..49c9d840 100644
--- a/src/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.c
+++ b/src/scaled-buffer/scaled-font-buffer.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ _create_buffer(struct scaled_buffer *scaled_buffer, double scale)
 
 	/* Buffer gets free'd automatically along the backing wlr_buffer */
 	font_buffer_create(&buffer, self->max_width, self->height, self->text,
-		&self->font, self->color, bg_pattern, scale);
+		&self->font, self->color, bg_pattern, scale, true);
 
 	if (!buffer) {
 		wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "font_buffer_create() failed");