diff --git a/combo/public/templatetags/combo.py b/combo/public/templatetags/combo.py
index 994f6463..552b5777 100644
--- a/combo/public/templatetags/combo.py
+++ b/combo/public/templatetags/combo.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 import datetime
 
 from django import template
+from django.template import RequestContext
+
 from combo.public.menu import get_menu_context
 from combo.utils import NothingInCacheException
 
@@ -41,7 +43,10 @@ def render_cell(context, cell):
 def show_menu(context, level=0, current_page=None, depth=1, reduce_depth=False):
     if reduce_depth:
         depth -= 1
-    return get_menu_context(context, level=level, current_page=current_page,
+    new_context = RequestContext(context['request'], {
+        'page': context['page'],
+        'request': context['request']})
+    return get_menu_context(new_context, level=level, current_page=current_page,
             depth=depth)
 
 @register.filter(name='strptime')