diff --git a/lib/commons/aria/index.js b/lib/commons/aria/index.js
index 3ffbf1b94a..d6fbb9983b 100644
--- a/lib/commons/aria/index.js
+++ b/lib/commons/aria/index.js
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ lookupTables.role = {
 	'menuitem': {
 		type: 'widget',
 		attributes: {
-			allowed: ['aria-posinset', 'aria-setsize']
+			allowed: ['aria-posinset', 'aria-setsize', 'aria-expanded']
 		},
 		owned: null,
 		nameFrom: ['author', 'contents'],
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/passes.html b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/passes.html
index e10c84d156..079840546c 100644
--- a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/passes.html
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/passes.html
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 <div role="menubar" id="pass32" aria-activedescendant="value" aria-expanded="value" aria-orientation="value" aria-atomic="value" aria-busy="value" aria-controls="value" aria-describedby="value" aria-disabled="value" aria-dropeffect="value" aria-flowto="value" aria-grabbed="value" aria-haspopup="value" aria-hidden="value" aria-invalid="value" aria-keyshortcuts="value" aria-label="value" aria-labelledby="value" aria-live="value" aria-owns="value" aria-relevant="value">ok</div>
 
-<div role="menuitem" id="pass33" aria-posinset="value" aria-setsize="value" aria-atomic="value" aria-busy="value" aria-controls="value" aria-describedby="value" aria-disabled="value" aria-dropeffect="value" aria-flowto="value" aria-grabbed="value" aria-haspopup="value" aria-hidden="value" aria-invalid="value" aria-keyshortcuts="value" aria-label="value" aria-labelledby="value" aria-live="value" aria-owns="value" aria-relevant="value">ok</div>
+<div role="menuitem" id="pass33" aria-posinset="value" aria-expanded="value" aria-setsize="value" aria-atomic="value" aria-busy="value" aria-controls="value" aria-describedby="value" aria-disabled="value" aria-dropeffect="value" aria-flowto="value" aria-grabbed="value" aria-haspopup="value" aria-hidden="value" aria-invalid="value" aria-keyshortcuts="value" aria-label="value" aria-labelledby="value" aria-live="value" aria-owns="value" aria-relevant="value">ok</div>
 
 <div role="menuitemcheckbox" id="pass34" aria-checked="value" aria-posinset="value" aria-setsize="value" aria-atomic="value" aria-busy="value" aria-controls="value" aria-describedby="value" aria-disabled="value" aria-dropeffect="value" aria-flowto="value" aria-grabbed="value" aria-haspopup="value" aria-hidden="value" aria-invalid="value" aria-keyshortcuts="value" aria-label="value" aria-labelledby="value" aria-live="value" aria-owns="value" aria-relevant="value">ok</div>