diff --git a/wagtail/admin/action_menu.py b/wagtail/admin/action_menu.py
index fc11c4fca..02424c288 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/action_menu.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/action_menu.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from wagtail.core import hooks
+from wagtail.core.models import UserPagePermissionsProxy
 
 
 class ActionMenuItem:
@@ -111,20 +112,53 @@ class DeleteMenuItem(ActionMenuItem):
         return reverse('wagtailadmin_pages:delete', args=(context['page'].id,))
 
 
-PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS = None
+BASE_PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS = None
 
 
-def _get_action_menu_items():
-    global PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS
+def _get_base_page_action_menu_items():
+    """
+    Retrieve the global list of menu items for the page action menu,
+    which may then be customised on a per-request basis
+    """
+    global BASE_PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS
 
-    if PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS is None:
-        PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS = [
+    if BASE_PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS is None:
+        BASE_PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS = [
             UnpublishMenuItem(order=10),
             DeleteMenuItem(order=20),
             PublishMenuItem(order=30),
             SubmitForModerationMenuItem(order=40),
         ]
         for hook in hooks.get_hooks('register_page_action_menu_item'):
-            PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS.append(hook())
+            BASE_PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS.append(hook())
 
-    return PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS
+    return BASE_PAGE_ACTION_MENU_ITEMS
+
+
+class PageActionMenu:
+    template = 'wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/menu.html'
+
+    def __init__(self, request, **kwargs):
+        self.request = request
+        self.context = kwargs
+        self.context['user_page_permissions'] = UserPagePermissionsProxy(self.request.user)
+
+        self.menu_items = [
+            menu_item
+            for menu_item in _get_base_page_action_menu_items()
+            if menu_item.is_shown(self.request, self.context)
+        ]
+
+        self.menu_items.sort(key=lambda item: item.order)
+
+        for hook in hooks.get_hooks('construct_page_action_menu'):
+            hook(self.menu_items, self.request, self.context)
+
+    def render_html(self):
+        return render_to_string(self.template, {
+            'show_menu': bool(self.menu_items),
+            'rendered_menu_items': [
+                menu_item.render_html(self.request, self.context)
+                for menu_item in self.menu_items
+            ]
+        }, request=self.request)
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html
index 538b17572..bc7a506ae 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/create.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                 <li class="actions">
                     <div class="dropdown dropup dropdown-button match-width">
                         <button type="submit" class="button action-save button-longrunning" tabindex="3" data-clicked-text="{% trans 'Saving…' %}"><span class="icon icon-spinner"></span><em>{% trans 'Save draft' %}</em></button>
-                        {% page_action_menu action_menu_items view='create' parent_page=parent_page %}
+                        {{ action_menu.render_html }}
                     </div>
                 </li>
 
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html
index 79ada04bb..749261454 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                     <div class="dropdown dropup dropdown-button match-width {% if is_revision %}warning{% endif %}">
                         <button type="submit" class="button action-save button-longrunning {% if is_revision %}warning{% endif %}" tabindex="3" data-clicked-text="{% trans 'Saving…' %}" {% if page.locked %}disabled {% endif %}><span class="icon icon-spinner"></span><em>{% if page.locked %}{% trans 'Page locked' %}{% else %}{% if is_revision %}{% trans 'Replace current draft' %}{% else %}{% trans 'Save draft' %}{% endif %}{% endif %}</em></button>
 
-                        {% page_action_menu action_menu_items view=view_type page=page %}
+                        {{ action_menu.render_html }}
                     </div>
                 </li>
 
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py b/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
index ece3fef76..0359e3ad5 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
@@ -395,28 +395,3 @@ def avatar_url(user, size=50):
             return gravatar_url
 
     return static('wagtailadmin/images/default-user-avatar.png')
-
-
-@register.inclusion_tag("wagtailadmin/pages/action_menu/menu.html", takes_context=True)
-def page_action_menu(context, menu_items, **kwargs):
-    menu_item_context = kwargs
-    menu_item_context.update({
-        'user_page_permissions': _get_user_page_permissions(context),
-    })
-
-    visible_menu_items = [
-        menu_item for menu_item in menu_items
-        if menu_item.is_shown(context['request'], menu_item_context)
-    ]
-    visible_menu_items.sort(key=lambda item: item.order)
-
-    for hook in hooks.get_hooks('construct_page_action_menu'):
-        hook(visible_menu_items, context['request'], menu_item_context)
-
-    return {
-        'show_menu': bool(visible_menu_items),
-        'rendered_menu_items': [
-            menu_item.render_html(context['request'], menu_item_context)
-            for menu_item in visible_menu_items
-        ]
-    }
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/views/pages.py b/wagtail/admin/views/pages.py
index 9c534d8db..cd1f3555d 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/views/pages.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/views/pages.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from django.views.decorators.vary import vary_on_headers
 from django.views.generic import View
 
 from wagtail.admin import messages, signals
-from wagtail.admin.action_menu import _get_action_menu_items
+from wagtail.admin.action_menu import PageActionMenu
 from wagtail.admin.forms.pages import CopyForm
 from wagtail.admin.forms.search import SearchForm
 from wagtail.admin.navigation import get_explorable_root_page
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def create(request, content_type_app_name, content_type_model_name, parent_page_
         'page_class': page_class,
         'parent_page': parent_page,
         'edit_handler': edit_handler,
-        'action_menu_items': _get_action_menu_items(),
+        'action_menu': PageActionMenu(request, view='create', parent_page=parent_page),
         'preview_modes': page.preview_modes,
         'form': form,
         'next': next_url,
@@ -528,13 +528,12 @@ def edit(request, page_id):
         page_for_status = page
 
     return render(request, 'wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html', {
-        'view_type': 'edit',
         'page': page,
         'page_for_status': page_for_status,
         'content_type': content_type,
         'edit_handler': edit_handler,
         'errors_debug': errors_debug,
-        'action_menu_items': _get_action_menu_items(),
+        'action_menu': PageActionMenu(request, view='edit', page=page),
         'preview_modes': page.preview_modes,
         'form': form,
         'next': next_url,
@@ -1138,14 +1137,13 @@ def revisions_revert(request, page_id, revision_id):
     ))
 
     return render(request, 'wagtailadmin/pages/edit.html', {
-        'view_type': 'revisions_revert',
         'page': page,
         'revision': revision,
         'is_revision': True,
         'content_type': content_type,
         'edit_handler': edit_handler,
         'errors_debug': None,
-        'action_menu_items': _get_action_menu_items(),
+        'action_menu': PageActionMenu(request, view='revisions_revert', page=page),
         'preview_modes': page.preview_modes,
         'form': form,  # Used in unit tests
     })