diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/__init__.py
index 6862c9eac2..e783fe75a2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/__init__.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ class InterfaceAction(QObject):
     priority takes precedence.
 
     Sub-classes should implement the :meth:`genesis`, :meth:`library_changed`,
-    :meth:`location_selected` :meth:`shutting_down`
-    and :meth:`initialization_complete` methods.
+    :meth:`location_selected`, :meth:`shutting_down`,
+    :meth:`initialization_complete` and :meth:`tag_browser_context_action` methods.
 
     Once initialized, this plugin has access to the main calibre GUI via the
     :attr:`gui` member. You can access other plugins by name, for example::
@@ -349,6 +349,15 @@ class InterfaceAction(QObject):
         '''
         pass
 
+    def tag_browser_context_action(self, index):
+        '''
+        Called when displaying the context menu in the Tag browser. ``index`` is
+        the QModelIndex that points to the Tag browser item that was right clicked.
+        Test it for validitiy with index.valid() and get the underlying TagTreeItem
+        object with index.data(Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole)
+        '''
+        pass
+
     def shutting_down(self):
         '''
         Called once per plugin when the main GUI is in the process of shutting
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py
index 668b37304f..c469b43605 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py
@@ -1004,13 +1004,12 @@ class TagsView(QTreeView):  # {{{
         first = True
         for ac in get_gui().iactions.values():
             try:
-                if hasattr(ac, 'tag_browser_context_action'):
-                    context_action = ac.tag_browser_context_action(index)
-                    if context_action:
-                        if first:
-                            self.context_menu.addSeparator()
-                            first = False
-                        self.context_menu.addAction(context_action)
+                context_action = ac.tag_browser_context_action(index)
+                if context_action is not None:
+                    if first:
+                        self.context_menu.addSeparator()
+                        first = False
+                    self.context_menu.addAction(context_action)
             except Exception:
                 import traceback
                 traceback.print_exc()