diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index e033102264..d30cd0c47a 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -166,15 +166,22 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			category.topic_count = category.totalTopicCount = category.topic_count || 0;
 		}
 
-		if (category.description) {
-			category.description = validator.escape(category.description);
-		}
-
 		if (category.image) {
 			category.backgroundImage = category.image;
 		}
 
-		callback(null, category);
+		if (category.description) {
+			plugins.fireHook('filter:parse.raw', category.description, function(err, parsedDescription) {
+				if (err) {
+					return callback(err);
+				}
+				category.descriptionParsed = parsedDescription;
+				category.description = validator.escape(category.description);
+				callback(null, category);
+			});
+		} else {
+			callback(null, category);
+		}
 	}
 
 	Categories.getCategoryField = function(cid, field, callback) {
diff --git a/src/views/admin/partials/categories/category-rows.tpl b/src/views/admin/partials/categories/category-rows.tpl
index 2124797cb1..bdce593887 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/partials/categories/category-rows.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/partials/categories/category-rows.tpl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                     </div>
                     <div class="information">
                         <h5 class="header">{categories.name}</h5>
-                        <p class="description">{categories.description}</p>
+                        <p class="description">{categories.descriptionParsed}</p>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>