diff --git a/mozilla/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.xul b/mozilla/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.xul
index 127c8184992..9ceb21618f0 100644
--- a/mozilla/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.xul
+++ b/mozilla/xpfe/browser/resources/content/navigator.xul
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________. -->
                      ondragover="nsDragAndDrop.dragOver(event, bookmarksButtonObserver);"
                      template="bookmarksMenuTemplate">
         <menupopup onpopuphiding="gDidOpen = false;"
+                   onpopupshowing="checkBookmarksMenuTemplateBuilder();"
                    ondragdrop="nsDragAndDrop.drop(event, menuDNDObserver); event.preventBubble();"
                    ondragexit="nsDragAndDrop.dragExit(event, menuDNDObserver); event.preventBubble();"
                    ondragover="nsDragAndDrop.dragOver(event, menuDNDObserver); event.preventBubble();">
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________. -->
           <menuseparator ondragover="event.preventBubble(); return false;"/>
           <menuitem accesskey="&manBookmarksCmd.accesskey;" key="manBookmarkKb" observes="Browser:ManageBookmark"
                     ondragover="event.preventBubble(); return false;"/>
-          <menuseparator/>
+          <menuseparator id="lastStaticSeparator"/>
         </menupopup>
       </toolbarbutton>
 
diff --git a/mozilla/xpfe/browser/resources/content/personalToolbar.js b/mozilla/xpfe/browser/resources/content/personalToolbar.js
index 5e94603a35d..90afe8ed9ab 100644
--- a/mozilla/xpfe/browser/resources/content/personalToolbar.js
+++ b/mozilla/xpfe/browser/resources/content/personalToolbar.js
@@ -499,5 +499,24 @@ function BM_navigatorLoad(aEvent)
   }
 }
 
+
+// An interim workaround for 101131 - Bookmarks Toolbar button nonfunctional.
+// This simply checks to see if the bookmark menu is empty (aside from static
+// items) when it is opened and if it is, prompts a rebuild. 
+// The best fix for this is more time consuming, and relies on document
+// <template>s without content (referencing a remote <template/> by id) 
+// be noted as 'waiting' for a template to load from somewhere. When the 
+// ::Merge function in nsXULDocument is called and a template node inserted, 
+// the id of the template to be inserted is looked up in the map of waiting
+// references, and then the template builder hooked up. 
+function checkBookmarksMenuTemplateBuilder()
+{
+  var lastStaticSeparator = document.getElementById("lastStaticSeparator");
+  if (!lastStaticSeparator.nextSibling) {
+	var button = document.getElementById("bookmarks-button");
+	button.builder.rebuild();
+  }
+}
+
 addEventListener("load", BM_navigatorLoad, false);