diff --git a/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php b/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php
index 0bbee67e2f..3aecaa24a2 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-setting.php
@@ -570,6 +570,9 @@ class WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting extends WP_Customize_Setting {
 		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/nav-menu.php */
 		$post->description = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_description', wp_trim_words( $post->description, 200 ) );
 
+		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/nav-menu.php */
+		$post = apply_filters( 'wp_setup_nav_menu_item', $post );
+
 		return $post;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/customize/nav-menu-item-setting.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/customize/nav-menu-item-setting.php
index 718903d6db..56f75a380b 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/customize/nav-menu-item-setting.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/customize/nav-menu-item-setting.php
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ class Test_WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 			'object'           => 'post',
 			'menu_item_parent' => 0,
 			'position'         => 2,
-			'type'             => 'post_type',
+			'type'             => 'custom_type',
 			'title'            => 'Hello \o/ o\'o World',
 			'url'              => '',
 			'target'           => '',
@@ -782,7 +782,12 @@ class Test_WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Setting extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->wp_customize->set_post_value( $setting->id, $post_value );
 
 		$setting->preview();
+
 		$nav_menu_item = $setting->value_as_wp_post_nav_menu_item();
+		$this->assertEquals( 'Custom Link', $nav_menu_item->type_label );
+		add_filter( 'wp_setup_nav_menu_item', array( $this, 'filter_type_label' ) );
+		$nav_menu_item = $setting->value_as_wp_post_nav_menu_item();
+		$this->assertEquals( 'Custom Label', $nav_menu_item->type_label );
 
 		$this->assertObjectNotHasAttribute( 'nav_menu_term_id', $nav_menu_item );
 		$this->assertObjectNotHasAttribute( 'status', $nav_menu_item );