diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5622d1a..e9e87196 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ ReactDOM.render(<Menu>
             <th>() => document.body</th>
             <td>Where to render the DOM node of popup menu when the mode is horizontal or vertical</td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td>builtinPlacements</td>
+            <td>Object of alignConfigs for <a href="https://github.com/yiminghe/dom-align">dom-align</a></td>
+            <th>see <a href="./src/placements.jsx">placements.jsx</a></th>
+            <td>Describes how the popup menus should be positioned</td>
+        </tr>
     </tbody>
 </table>
 
diff --git a/src/Menu.jsx b/src/Menu.jsx
index 6d3e5e54..d1768810 100644
--- a/src/Menu.jsx
+++ b/src/Menu.jsx
@@ -27,9 +27,14 @@ const Menu = createReactClass({
     level: PropTypes.number,
     selectable: PropTypes.bool,
     multiple: PropTypes.bool,
+    builtinPlacements: PropTypes.object,
     children: PropTypes.any,
   },
 
+  childContextTypes: {
+    builtinPlacements: PropTypes.object,
+  },
+
   mixins: [MenuMixin],
 
   isRootMenu: true,
@@ -65,6 +70,12 @@ const Menu = createReactClass({
     };
   },
 
+  getChildContext() {
+    return {
+      builtinPlacements: this.props.builtinPlacements,
+    };
+  },
+
   componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
     const props = {};
     if ('selectedKeys' in nextProps) {
diff --git a/src/SubMenu.jsx b/src/SubMenu.jsx
index f99525c9..8b448577 100644
--- a/src/SubMenu.jsx
+++ b/src/SubMenu.jsx
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ const SubMenu = createReactClass({
     onTitleClick: PropTypes.func,
   },
 
+  contextTypes: {
+    builtinPlacements: PropTypes.object,
+  },
+
   isRootMenu: false,
 
   getDefaultProps() {
@@ -420,7 +424,7 @@ const SubMenu = createReactClass({
             prefixCls={prefixCls}
             popupClassName={`${prefixCls}-popup ${popupClassName}`}
             getPopupContainer={getPopupContainer}
-            builtinPlacements={placements}
+            builtinPlacements={Object.assign({}, placements, this.context.builtinPlacements)}
             popupPlacement={popupPlacement}
             popupVisible={isOpen}
             popup={children}