diff --git a/main/admin/course_category.php b/main/admin/course_category.php
index 40ab5cb99a9..377f973eea4 100755
--- a/main/admin/course_category.php
+++ b/main/admin/course_category.php
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@
         if (!$ret) {
             $errorMsg = Display::return_message(get_lang('CatCodeAlreadyUsed'), 'error');
         } else {
-            if ($myCourseListAsCategory && isset($_FILES['image'])) {
-                CourseCategory::saveImage($ret, $_FILES['image']);
+            if ($myCourseListAsCategory) {
+                if (isset($_FILES['image'])) {
+                    CourseCategory::saveImage($ret, $_FILES['image']);
+                }
+                CourseCategory::saveDescription($ret, $_POST['description']);
             }
         }
 
@@ -129,12 +132,19 @@
     $form->addGroup($group, null, get_lang("AllowCoursesInCategory"));
 
     if ($myCourseListAsCategory) {
+        $form->addHtmlEditor(
+            'description',
+            get_lang('Description'),
+            false,
+            false,
+            ['ToolbarSet' => 'Minimal']
+        );
         $form->addFile('image', get_lang('Image'), ['accept' => 'image/*']);
-
         if ($action == 'edit' && !empty($categoryInfo['image'])) {
             $form->addHtml('
                 <div class="form-group">
-                    <div class="col-sm-offset-2 col-sm-8">'.Display::img(
+                    <div class="col-sm-offset-2 col-sm-8">'.
+                Display::img(
                     api_get_path(WEB_UPLOAD_PATH).$categoryInfo['image'],
                     get_lang('Image'),
                     ['width' => 256]
diff --git a/main/inc/lib/course_category.lib.php b/main/inc/lib/course_category.lib.php
index a184e9b5355..4fd10c1f7d1 100755
--- a/main/inc/lib/course_category.lib.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/course_category.lib.php
@@ -1158,6 +1158,11 @@ public static function getCourseCatalogNameTools($action)
      */
     public static function saveImage($categoryId, $fileData)
     {
+        $categoryInfo = self::getCategoryById($categoryId);
+        if (empty($categoryInfo)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (!empty($fileData['error'])) {
             return;
         }
@@ -1176,7 +1181,31 @@ public static function saveImage($categoryId, $fileData)
         $image->send_image($fileDir.$fileName);
 
         $table = Database::get_main_table(TABLE_MAIN_CATEGORY);
+        Database::update(
+            $table,
+            ['image' => $dirName.$fileName],
+            ['id = ?' => $categoryId]
+        );
+    }
 
-        Database::update($table, ['image' => $dirName.$fileName], ['id = ?' => $categoryId]);
+    /**
+     * @param $categoryId
+     * @param string $description
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function saveDescription($categoryId, $description)
+    {
+        $categoryInfo = self::getCategoryById($categoryId);
+        if (empty($categoryInfo)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $table = Database::get_main_table(TABLE_MAIN_CATEGORY);
+        Database::update(
+            $table,
+            ['description' => $description],
+            ['id = ?' => $categoryId]
+        );
+        return true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/main/install/configuration.dist.php b/main/install/configuration.dist.php
index cd959fa15e8..fb46a6a59f8 100755
--- a/main/install/configuration.dist.php
+++ b/main/install/configuration.dist.php
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@
 //$_configuration['show_simple_session_info'] = true;
 // Show course category list on My Courses page before the courses. Requires a DB change
 //ALTER TABLE course_category ADD image varchar(255) NULL;
+//ALTER TABLE course_category ADD description LONGTEXT NULL;
 //$_configuration['my_courses_list_as_category'] = false;
 // ------
 
diff --git a/main/template/default/user_portal/course_categories.tpl b/main/template/default/user_portal/course_categories.tpl
index 7921a67db5e..f547cb4eb75 100644
--- a/main/template/default/user_portal/course_categories.tpl
+++ b/main/template/default/user_portal/course_categories.tpl
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
                 <div class="media-body">
                     <h4 class="media-heading">{{ category.name }}</h4>
                     <p>{{ category.code }}</p>
+                    {% if category.description %}
+                        <p>{{ category.description }}</p>
+                    {% endif %}
                     <a href="{{ _p.web_self ~ '?' ~ {'category':category.code}|url_encode }}" class="btn btn-default">
                         {{ 'View'|get_lang }} <span class="fa fa-arrow-right" aria-hidden="true"></span>
                     </a>