diff --git a/include/modules/sni/item.hpp b/include/modules/sni/item.hpp
index c8f835bd..a6180db1 100644
--- a/include/modules/sni/item.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/sni/item.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ class Item : public sigc::trackable {
   std::string                  menu;
   DbusmenuGtkMenu*             dbus_menu = nullptr;
   Gtk::Menu*                   gtk_menu = nullptr;
-  bool                         item_is_menu = false;
+  /**
+   * ItemIsMenu flag means that the item only supports the context menu.
+   * Default value is true because libappindicator supports neither ItemIsMenu nor Activate method
+   * while compliant SNI implementation would always reset the flag to desired value.
+   */
+  bool item_is_menu = true;
 
  private:
   void proxyReady(Glib::RefPtr<Gio::AsyncResult>& result);
diff --git a/src/modules/sni/item.cpp b/src/modules/sni/item.cpp
index 0d7ab695..51f97894 100644
--- a/src/modules/sni/item.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/sni/item.cpp
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ void Item::makeMenu(GdkEventButton* const& ev) {
 bool Item::handleClick(GdkEventButton* const& ev) {
   auto parameters = Glib::VariantContainerBase::create_tuple(
       {Glib::Variant<int>::create(ev->x), Glib::Variant<int>::create(ev->y)});
-  if ((ev->button == 1 && (item_is_menu || !menu.empty())) || ev->button == 3) {
+  if ((ev->button == 1 && item_is_menu) || ev->button == 3) {
     makeMenu(ev);
     if (gtk_menu != nullptr) {
 #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 22, 0)