diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
index ea83688621..78c1b1cf34 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
@@ -1063,6 +1063,13 @@ class ActionMarkBooks(InterfaceActionBase):
     description = _('Temporarily mark books')
 
 
+class ActionManageCategories(InterfaceActionBase):
+    name = 'Manage categories'
+    author = 'Charles Haley'
+    actual_plugin = 'calibre.gui2.actions.manage_categories:ManageCategoriesAction'
+    description = _('Manage tag browser categories')
+
+
 class ActionVirtualLibrary(InterfaceActionBase):
     name = 'Virtual Library'
     actual_plugin = 'calibre.gui2.actions.virtual_library:VirtualLibraryAction'
@@ -1104,7 +1111,7 @@ plugins += [ActionAdd, ActionFetchAnnotations, ActionGenerateCatalog,
         ActionPluginUpdater, ActionPickRandom, ActionEditToC, ActionSortBy,
         ActionMarkBooks, ActionEmbed, ActionTemplateTester, ActionTagMapper, ActionAuthorMapper,
         ActionVirtualLibrary, ActionBrowseAnnotations, ActionTemplateFunctions, ActionAutoscrollBooks,
-        ActionFullTextSearch,]
+        ActionFullTextSearch, ActionManageCategories]
 
 # }}}
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/manage_categories.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/manage_categories.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9e3e01268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/manage_categories.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+
+__license__ = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2013, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
+
+from qt.core import (QPoint)
+
+from calibre.gui2.actions import InterfaceAction
+
+
+class ManageCategoriesAction(InterfaceAction):
+
+    name = 'Manage categories'
+    action_spec = (_('Manage categories'), 'tags.png',
+                   _('Manage categories: authors, tags, series, etc.'), '')
+    action_type = 'current'
+    action_add_menu = True
+    dont_add_to = frozenset(['context-menu-device', 'menubar-device'])
+
+    def genesis(self):
+        self.menu = m = self.qaction.menu()
+        self.qaction.triggered.connect(self.show_menu)
+        m.aboutToShow.connect(self.about_to_show_menu)
+
+    # We want to show the menu when the toolbar button is clicked. Apparently
+    # the only way to do that is to scan the toolbar(s) for the action button
+    # then exec the associated menu. The search is done here to take adding and
+    # removing the action from toolbars into account.
+    def show_menu(self):
+        for x in self.gui.bars_manager.main_bars + self.gui.bars_manager.child_bars:
+            try:
+                w = x.widgetForAction(self.qaction)
+                # It seems that multiple copies of the action can exist, such as
+                # when the device-connected menu is changed while the device is
+                # connected. Use the one that has an actual position.
+                if w.pos().x() == 0:
+                    continue
+                # The w.height() assures that the menu opens below the button.
+                self.menu.exec(w.mapToGlobal(QPoint(0, w.height())))
+                break
+            except:
+                continue
+
+    def about_to_show_menu(self):
+        db = self.gui.current_db
+        self.gui.populate_manage_categories_menu(db, self.menu)
+
+    def location_selected(self, loc):
+        enabled = loc == 'library'
+        self.qaction.setEnabled(enabled)
+        for action in self.menu.actions():
+            action.setEnabled(enabled)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/ui.py
index c885b7f13c..6e54306f1f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/ui.py
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ class TagBrowserMixin:  # {{{
         pass
 
     def populate_tb_manage_menu(self, db):
+        self.populate_manage_categories_menu(db, self.alter_tb.manage_menu)
+
+    def populate_manage_categories_menu(self, db, menu):
         from calibre.db.categories import find_categories
-        m = self.alter_tb.manage_menu
+        m = menu
         m.clear()
         for text, func, args, cat_name in (
              (_('Authors'),