diff --git a/doc/book/menu-configuration.rst b/doc/book/menu-configuration.rst
index 6fff0f99ad..9c9836655a 100644
--- a/doc/book/menu-configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/book/menu-configuration.rst
@@ -94,6 +94,26 @@ the ``icon`` option and leave it empty or set it to ``null``:
                 - { entity: 'Product', icon: '' }
         # ...
 
+CSS Classes
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Applications that need full customization, for example to display each menu item
+with a different color or style, can define the ``css_class`` option for one or
+more menu items:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    easy_admin:
+        design:
+            menu:
+                - { entity: 'User', css_class: 'menu--user' }
+                - { entity: 'Product', css_class: 'menu--product text-bold text-center' }
+                - { entity: 'Category', css_class: 'default' }
+        # ...
+
+The CSS class is applied to the ``<a>`` element that wraps both the icon and
+the label of the menu item.
+
 Targets
 ~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/src/Configuration/MenuConfigPass.php b/src/Configuration/MenuConfigPass.php
index 916280415b..fd43ea51e3 100644
--- a/src/Configuration/MenuConfigPass.php
+++ b/src/Configuration/MenuConfigPass.php
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ private function normalizeMenuConfig(array $menuConfig, array $backendConfig, $p
                 $itemConfig['icon'] = 'fa-'.$itemConfig['icon'];
             }
 
+            // normalize css_class configuration
+            if (!array_key_exists('css_class', $itemConfig)) {
+                $itemConfig['css_class'] = '';
+            }
+
             // normalize submenu configuration (only for main menu items)
             if (!isset($itemConfig['children']) && -1 === $parentItemIndex) {
                 $itemConfig['children'] = array();
diff --git a/src/Resources/views/default/menu.html.twig b/src/Resources/views/default/menu.html.twig
index 916df14631..7b77607b4e 100644
--- a/src/Resources/views/default/menu.html.twig
+++ b/src/Resources/views/default/menu.html.twig
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
             {% set path = path(item.route, menu_params|merge(item.params)) %}
         {% endif %}
 
-        <a href="{{ path }}" {% if item.target|default(false) %}target="{{ item.target }}"{% endif %}>
+        <a href="{{ path }}" {% if item.target|default(false) %}target="{{ item.target }}"{% endif %} class="{{ item.css_class|default('') }}">
             {% if item.icon is not empty %}<i class="fa {{ item.icon }}"></i>{% endif %}
             <span>{{ item.label|trans(domain = translation_domain) }}</span>
             {% if item.children|default([]) is not empty %}<span class="pull-right-container"><i class="fa fa-angle-left pull-right"></i></span>{% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/Controller/CustomMenuTest.php b/tests/Controller/CustomMenuTest.php
index 44c8fd4400..2ea354aa01 100644
--- a/tests/Controller/CustomMenuTest.php
+++ b/tests/Controller/CustomMenuTest.php
@@ -124,6 +124,41 @@ public function testMenuIcons()
         );
     }
 
+    public function testMenuCssClasses()
+    {
+        $crawler = $this->getBackendHomepage();
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'label-custom-css-class',
+            $crawler->filter('.sidebar-menu li:contains("Products") a')->attr('class'),
+            'First level label menu item with custom CSS class'
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'entity-custom-css-class',
+            $crawler->filter('.sidebar-menu li:contains("Images") a')->attr('class'),
+            'First level entity menu item with custom CSS class'
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            '',
+            $crawler->filter('.sidebar-menu li:contains("Purchases") a')->attr('class'),
+            'First level entity menu item without custom CSS class'
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'route-custom-css-class',
+            $crawler->filter('.sidebar-menu li:contains("Custom Internal Route") a')->attr('class'),
+            'First level route menu item with custom CSS class'
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'children-custom-css-class',
+            $crawler->filter('.sidebar-menu .treeview-menu li:contains("Categories") a')->attr('class'),
+            'Second level menu item with custom CSS class'
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testMenuTargets()
     {
         $crawler = $this->getBackendHomepage();
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/App/config/config_custom_menu.yml b/tests/Fixtures/App/config/config_custom_menu.yml
index 20773318a5..e8663eb998 100644
--- a/tests/Fixtures/App/config/config_custom_menu.yml
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/App/config/config_custom_menu.yml
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ easy_admin:
         menu:
             - label: 'Products'
               icon: 'shopping-basket'
+              css_class: 'label-custom-css-class'
               children:
                   - { entity: 'Product', icon: 'th-list', label: 'List Products', params: { sortField: 'createdAt' } }
                   - { entity: 'Product', label: 'Add Product', params: { action: 'new' } }
                   - { label: 'Additional Items' }
-                  - { entity: 'Category', label: 'Categories', default: true, icon: '' }
+                  - { entity: 'Category', label: 'Categories', default: true, icon: '', css_class: 'children-custom-css-class' }
                   - { label: 'Absolute URL', url: 'https://github.com/javiereguiluz/EasyAdminBundle' }
-            - { label: 'Images', entity: 'Image' }
+            - { label: 'Images', entity: 'Image', css_class: 'entity-custom-css-class' }
             - { label: 'Purchases', entity: 'Purchase', icon: '', params: { sortField: 'deliveryDate', customParameter: 'customValue' } }
             - { label: 'About EasyAdmin' }
             - { label: 'Project Home', url: 'https://github.com/javiereguiluz/EasyAdminBundle', icon: 'home', target: '_blank' }
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ easy_admin:
             - { label: 'Report Issues', url: 'https://github.com/javiereguiluz/EasyAdminBundle/issues', icon: 'github', target: 'arbitrary_value' }
             - { label: 'Misc.' }
             - { route: 'custom_route', label: 'Custom External Route', params: { custom_parameter: 'Lorem Ipsum' } }
-            - { route: 'easyadmin', label: 'Custom Internal Route' }
+            - { route: 'easyadmin', label: 'Custom Internal Route', css_class: 'route-custom-css-class' }