I can confirm that extending MenuRenderer and overriding the renderOption method with the suggestion mentioned at the end of the Jira issue fixes the issue.
Don't forget to add your patched renderer to your faces-config.xml
<render-kit>
<renderer>
<component-family>javax.faces.SelectOne</component-family>
<renderer-type>javax.faces.Menu</renderer-type>
<renderer-class>your.package.PatchedMenuRenderer</renderer-class>
</renderer>
</render-kit>