diff --git a/src/connectors/menu/__tests__/connectMenu-test.js b/src/connectors/menu/__tests__/connectMenu-test.js
index f87b15eb9b..3864180e4b 100644
--- a/src/connectors/menu/__tests__/connectMenu-test.js
+++ b/src/connectors/menu/__tests__/connectMenu-test.js
@@ -230,4 +230,51 @@ describe('connectMenu', () => {
       },
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('provides the correct `currentRefinement` value', () => {
+    const widget = makeWidget({attributeName: 'category'});
+
+    const helper = algoliasearchHelper(fakeClient, '', widget.getConfiguration({}));
+    helper.search = jest.fn();
+
+    helper.toggleRefinement('category', 'Decoration');
+
+    widget.init({
+      helper,
+      state: helper.state,
+      createURL: () => '#',
+      onHistoryChange: () => {},
+    });
+
+    expect(rendering.lastCall.args[0].currentRefinement).toBe(null);
+
+    widget.render({
+      results: new SearchResults(helper.state, [{
+        hits: [],
+        facets: {
+          category: {
+            Decoration: 880,
+          },
+        },
+      }, {
+        facets: {
+          category: {
+            Decoration: 880,
+            Outdoor: 47,
+          },
+        },
+      }]),
+      state: helper.state,
+      helper,
+      createURL: () => '#',
+    });
+
+    expect(rendering.lastCall.args[0].currentRefinement).toEqual({
+      name: 'Decoration',
+      path: 'Decoration',
+      count: 880,
+      isRefined: true,
+      data: null,
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/connectors/menu/connectMenu.js b/src/connectors/menu/connectMenu.js
index 0ff02ec93b..85a3885063 100644
--- a/src/connectors/menu/connectMenu.js
+++ b/src/connectors/menu/connectMenu.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var customMenu = connectMenu(function render(params, isFirstRendering) {
   //   instantSearchInstance,
   //   canRefine,
   //   widgetParams,
+  //   currentRefinement,
   // }
 });
 search.addWidget(
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ Full documentation available at https://community.algolia.com/instantsearch.js/c
  * @property {boolean} canRefine true if refinement can be applied
  * @property {Object} widgetParams all original options forwarded to rendering
  * @property {InstantSearch} instantSearchInstance the instance of instantsearch on which the widget is attached
+ * @property {Object} currentRefinement the refinement currently applied
  */
 
  /**
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ export default function connectMenu(renderFn) {
           instantSearchInstance,
           canRefine: false,
           widgetParams,
+          currentRefinement: null,
         }, true);
       },
 
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ export default function connectMenu(renderFn) {
           instantSearchInstance,
           canRefine: items.length > 0,
           widgetParams,
+          currentRefinement: items.find(({isRefined}) => isRefined),
         }, false);
       },
     };