diff --git a/src/sdl-instead/game.c b/src/sdl-instead/game.c
index fb7e181..407b913 100644
--- a/src/sdl-instead/game.c
+++ b/src/sdl-instead/game.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ static	char *last_cmd = NULL;
 
 void game_cursor(int on);
 void mouse_reset(int hl);
-static void menu_toggle(void);
 
 void game_err_msg(const char *s)
 {
@@ -2011,7 +2010,7 @@ void mouse_reset(int hl)
 }
 
 
-static void menu_toggle(void)
+void menu_toggle(void)
 {
 	mouse_reset(1);
 	menu_shown ^= 1;
diff --git a/src/sdl-instead/game.h b/src/sdl-instead/game.h
index a27cdce..9831a2b 100644
--- a/src/sdl-instead/game.h
+++ b/src/sdl-instead/game.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ extern int	game_from_disk(void);
 
 extern int	game_pict_modify(img_t p);
 extern int game_pict_coord(int *x, int *y, int *w, int *h);
+extern void menu_toggle(void);
 
 #define CURSOR_CLEAR -1
 #define CURSOR_OFF    0
diff --git a/src/sdl-instead/instead.c b/src/sdl-instead/instead.c
index 00ac545..fcd62f1 100644
--- a/src/sdl-instead/instead.c
+++ b/src/sdl-instead/instead.c
@@ -1146,6 +1146,11 @@ static int luaB_free_sprite(lua_State *L) {
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int luaB_show_menu(lua_State *L) {
+	menu_toggle();
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int luaB_free_font(lua_State *L) {
 	const char *key = luaL_optstring(L, 1, NULL);
 	_fnt_t *fn;
@@ -1173,6 +1178,7 @@ static const luaL_Reg base_funcs[] = {
 	{"set_timer", luaB_set_timer},
 	{"theme_var", luaB_theme_var},
 	{"readdir", dir_iter_factory},
+	{"menu_toggle", luaB_show_menu},
 
 	{"font_load", luaB_load_font},
 	{"font_free", luaB_free_font},