diff --git a/administrator/components/com_categories/models/categories.php b/administrator/components/com_categories/models/categories.php
index 9578f15708f20..9f04ecae1e5df 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_categories/models/categories.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_categories/models/categories.php
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ public function __construct($config = array())
 			);
 		}
 
+		if (JLanguageAssociations::isEnabled())
+		{
+			$config['filter_fields'][] = 'association';
+		}
+
 		parent::__construct($config);
 	}
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/filter_categories.xml b/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/filter_categories.xml
index 3dd53359d3527..5573d4aba3f94 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/filter_categories.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/filter_categories.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@
 			<option value="a.title DESC">JGLOBAL_TITLE_DESC</option>
 			<option value="access_level ASC">JGRID_HEADING_ACCESS_ASC</option>
 			<option value="access_level DESC">JGRID_HEADING_ACCESS_DESC</option>
+			<option value="association ASC" requires="associations">JASSOCIATIONS_ASC</option>
+			<option value="association DESC" requires="associations">JASSOCIATIONS_DESC</option>
 			<option value="language_title ASC">JGRID_HEADING_LANGUAGE_ASC</option>
 			<option value="language_title DESC">JGRID_HEADING_LANGUAGE_DESC</option>
 			<option value="a.id ASC">JGRID_HEADING_ID_ASC</option>