diff --git a/indra/llui/llmenugl.cpp b/indra/llui/llmenugl.cpp
index 8610d791427ebeb54369152db6b6543b0b73ade6..12007f7b52c67b51a0e830ac1056823cc27ecaa3 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llmenugl.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/llmenugl.cpp
@@ -928,6 +928,15 @@ void LLMenuItemCheckGL::setValue(const LLSD& value)
 	}
 }
 
+//virtual
+LLSD LLMenuItemCheckGL::getValue() const
+{
+	// Get our boolean value from the view model.
+	// If we don't override this method then the implementation from
+	// LLMenuItemGL will return a string. (EXT-8501)
+	return LLUICtrl::getValue();
+}
+
 // called to rebuild the draw label
 void LLMenuItemCheckGL::buildDrawLabel( void )
 {
diff --git a/indra/llui/llmenugl.h b/indra/llui/llmenugl.h
index a484405eaa5f0074abc9d7cabebfa0958f722076..bf40163dac9dacc8ea7d680d70f258bb217ce74c 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llmenugl.h
+++ b/indra/llui/llmenugl.h
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void onCommit( void );
 	
 	virtual void setValue(const LLSD& value);
+	virtual LLSD getValue() const;
 
 	// called to rebuild the draw label
 	virtual void buildDrawLabel( void );
diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewermenu.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewermenu.cpp
index df8e127b1f119632b9a8777cf74bef64c53935e6..23e502c76fff3bac0b591609624b690f9eb61c8e 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewermenu.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewermenu.cpp
@@ -2411,6 +2411,8 @@ static void init_default_item_label(const std::string& item_name)
 	boost::unordered_map<std::string, LLStringExplicit>::iterator it = sDefaultItemLabels.find(item_name);
 	if (it == sDefaultItemLabels.end())
 	{
+		// *NOTE: This will not work for items of type LLMenuItemCheckGL because they return boolean value
+		//       (doesn't seem to matter much ATM).
 		LLStringExplicit default_label = gMenuHolder->childGetValue(item_name).asString();
 		if (!default_label.empty())
 		{