diff --git a/lib/parser.js b/lib/parser.js
index 313974dae..171f600f6 100644
--- a/lib/parser.js
+++ b/lib/parser.js
@@ -1796,6 +1796,10 @@ function rpStartTagInBody(p, token) {
     p._insertElement(token, NS.HTML);
 }
 
+function menuitemStartTagInBody(p, token) {
+    p._appendElement(token, NS.HTML);
+}
+
 function mathStartTagInBody(p, token) {
     p._reconstructActiveFormattingElements();
     adjustTokenMathMLAttrs(token);
@@ -2020,7 +2024,7 @@ function startTagInBody(p, token) {
 
         case 8:
             if (tn === $.BASEFONT || tn === $.MENUITEM)
-                startTagInHead(p, token);
+                menuitemStartTagInBody(p, token);
 
             else if (tn === $.FRAMESET)
                 framesetStartTagInBody(p, token);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 006a860ac..3c606832f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "parse5",
   "description": "Fast full-featured HTML parser for Node. Based on WHATWG HTML5 specification.",
-  "version": "0.6.0",
+  "version": "0.6.1",
   "author": "Ivan Nikulin (ifaaan@gmail.com, https://github.com/inikulin)",
   "keywords": [
     "html",