diff --git a/combo/public/menu.py b/combo/public/menu.py
index 97a7fb02..59774edf 100644
--- a/combo/public/menu.py
+++ b/combo/public/menu.py
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ def get_menu_context(context, level=0, current_page=None, depth=1):
         elements = page_of_level.get_siblings()
     menuitems = []
     for element in elements:
-        if not element.is_visible(context['request'].user):
-            continue
         if element.exclude_from_navigation:
             continue
+        if not context.get('render_skeleton'):
+            if not element.is_visible(context['request'].user):
+                continue
         menuitem = {'page': element}
         if element == page_of_level:
             menuitem['selected'] = True
diff --git a/combo/public/templatetags/combo.py b/combo/public/templatetags/combo.py
index a4bc1863..a01f3c01 100644
--- a/combo/public/templatetags/combo.py
+++ b/combo/public/templatetags/combo.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def show_menu(context, level=0, current_page=None, depth=1, reduce_depth=False):
         depth -= 1
     new_context = RequestContext(context['request'], {
         'page': context['page'],
+        'render_skeleton': context.get('render_skeleton'),
         'request': context['request']})
     return get_menu_context(new_context, level=level, current_page=current_page,
             depth=depth)