diff --git a/ckan/controllers/group.py b/ckan/controllers/group.py
index b962a8d7c99..22397c4160e 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/group.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/group.py
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ def read(self, id):
         group_type = self._get_group_type(id.split('@')[0])
         context = {'model': model, 'session': model.Session,
                    'user': c.user or c.author,
-                   'schema': self._form_to_db_schema(group_type=type)}
+                   'schema': self._form_to_db_schema(group_type=type),
+                   'for_view': True}
         data_dict = {'id': id}
         q = c.q = request.params.get('q', '') # unicode format (decoded from utf8)
 
diff --git a/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py b/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py
index 083bea1b600..4f18ebb8234 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/dictization/model_dictize.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from pylons import config
 from sqlalchemy.sql import select, and_
-from ckan.plugins import PluginImplementations, IDatasetForm, IPackageController
+from ckan.plugins import PluginImplementations, IDatasetForm, IPackageController, IGroupController
 import datetime
 
 from ckan.model import PackageRevision
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ def group_dictize(group, context):
 
     context['with_capacity'] = False
 
+    if context.get('for_view'):
+        for item in PluginImplementations(IGroupController):
+            result_dict = item.before_view(result_dict)
+
     return result_dict
 
 def tag_list_dictize(tag_list, context):
diff --git a/ckan/plugins/interfaces.py b/ckan/plugins/interfaces.py
index 5c87b4953a3..2f5252d808d 100644
--- a/ckan/plugins/interfaces.py
+++ b/ckan/plugins/interfaces.py
@@ -207,6 +207,13 @@ def authz_remove_role(self, object_role):
     def delete(self, entity):
         pass
 
+    def before_view(self, pkg_dict):
+        '''
+             Extensions will recieve this before the group gets displayed. The dictionary
+             passed will be the one that gets sent to the template.
+        '''
+        return pkg_dict
+
 class IPackageController(Interface):
     """
     Hook into the package controller.
diff --git a/ckan/tests/functional/test_group.py b/ckan/tests/functional/test_group.py
index 9707e8889af..05be9188a4b 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/functional/test_group.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/functional/test_group.py
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ def authz_remove_role(self, object_role):
     def delete(self, entity):
         self.calls['delete'] += 1
 
+    def before_view(self, data_dict):
+        self.calls['before_view'] += 1
+        return data_dict
+
 class TestGroup(FunctionalTestCase):
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/ckan/tests/lib/test_dictization.py b/ckan/tests/lib/test_dictization.py
index 74018cb9ed3..680024b1d50 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/lib/test_dictization.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/lib/test_dictization.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def setup_class(cls):
                         "approval_status": u"approved"}],
             'isopen': True,
             'license_id': u'other-open',
-            'license_title': u'OKD Compliant::Other (Open)',
+            'license_title': u'Other (Open)',
             'maintainer': None,
             'maintainer_email': None,
             'type': None,
@@ -216,12 +216,11 @@ def test_02_package_dictize(self):
 
         pprint(result)
         pprint(self.package_expected)
+        print "\n".join(unified_diff(pformat(result).split("\n"), pformat(self.package_expected).split("\n")))
 
         assert sorted(result.values()) == sorted(self.package_expected.values())
         assert result == self.package_expected
 
-
-
     def test_03_package_to_api1(self):
 
         context = {"model": model,
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ def test_03_package_to_api1(self):
         pprint(pkg.as_dict())
         asdict = pkg.as_dict()
         asdict['download_url'] = asdict['resources'][0]['url']
-        asdict['license_title'] = u'OKD Compliant::Other (Open)'
+        asdict['license_title'] = u'Other (Open)'
 
         assert package_to_api1(pkg, context) == asdict