diff -Nru hud-14.10+15.10.20150820.1/debian/changelog hud-14.10+15.10.20151012/debian/changelog
--- hud-14.10+15.10.20150820.1/debian/changelog	2015-10-12 14:57:31.000000000 +0000
+++ hud-14.10+15.10.20151012/debian/changelog	2015-10-12 14:57:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+hud (14.10+15.10.20151012-0ubuntu1) wily; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
+  * Limit the number of menus exported to slow down memory leaks.
+
+ -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <mail@3v1n0.net>  Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:37:24 +0000
+
 hud (14.10+15.10.20150820.1-0ubuntu1) wily; urgency=medium
 
   [ Pete Woods ]
diff -Nru hud-14.10+15.10.20150820.1/libqtgmenu/internal/QtGMenuModel.cpp hud-14.10+15.10.20151012/libqtgmenu/internal/QtGMenuModel.cpp
--- hud-14.10+15.10.20150820.1/libqtgmenu/internal/QtGMenuModel.cpp	2015-08-20 13:45:33.000000000 +0000
+++ hud-14.10+15.10.20151012/libqtgmenu/internal/QtGMenuModel.cpp	2015-10-12 14:37:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 using namespace qtgmenu;
 
+static const int MAX_NUM_CHILDREN = 100;
 static const QRegularExpression SINGLE_UNDERSCORE("(?<![_])[_](?![_])");
 
 QtGMenuModel::QtGMenuModel( QSharedPointer<GDBusConnection> connection, const QString& bus_name,
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@
 
   if( m_model )
   {
-    m_size = g_menu_model_get_n_items( m_model.data() );
+    m_size = std::min( MAX_NUM_CHILDREN, g_menu_model_get_n_items( m_model.data() ) );
   }
 
   ChangeMenuItems( 0, m_size, 0 );
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@
   self->ChangeMenuItems( index, added, removed );
 }
 
-void QtGMenuModel::ChangeMenuItems( const int index, const int added, const int removed )
+void QtGMenuModel::ChangeMenuItems( const int index, int added, const int removed )
 {
   const int n_items = g_menu_model_get_n_items( m_model.data() );
 
@@ -251,6 +252,12 @@
     return;
   }
 
+  // Limit the menus exported to avoid memory wastage
+  if ( m_size + (added - removed) > MAX_NUM_CHILDREN )
+  {
+    added = MAX_NUM_CHILDREN - (m_size - removed);
+  }
+
   // process removed items first (see "items-changed" on the GMenuModel man page)
   if( removed > 0 )
   {
diff -Nru hud-14.10+15.10.20150820.1/libqtgmenu/internal/QtGMenuModel.h hud-14.10+15.10.20151012/libqtgmenu/internal/QtGMenuModel.h
--- hud-14.10+15.10.20150820.1/libqtgmenu/internal/QtGMenuModel.h	2015-08-20 13:45:33.000000000 +0000
+++ hud-14.10+15.10.20151012/libqtgmenu/internal/QtGMenuModel.h	2015-10-12 14:37:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   static void MenuItemsChangedCallback( GMenuModel* model, gint index, gint removed, gint added,
       gpointer user_data );
 
-  void ChangeMenuItems( const int index, const int added, const int removed );
+  void ChangeMenuItems( const int index, int added, const int removed );
 
   void ConnectCallback();
   void DisconnectCallback();