Android: selector for highlighting menu items?

while I'm able to set "highlight color" for ListView items using android:listSelector attribute and appropriate selector, I'm unable to do the same, or something similar, for Menu items - they just keep using default system color scheme. I've read Creating Menus article and found nothing there. Any clues?

Btw: I'm referring to Menu accessible开发者_运维百科 via 'Menu' button.