diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_merge.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_merge.inc.php
index dd30daf847..cab9ed2ad2 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_merge.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_merge.inc.php
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ class addressbook_merge extends bo_merge
 			}
 			if (!($n&1)) echo '<tr>';
 			echo '<td>$$'.$name.'$$</td><td>'.$label.'</td>';
+			if($name == 'cat_id')
+			{
+				if ($n&1) echo "</tr>\n";
+				echo '<td>$$categories$$</td><td>'.lang('Category path').'</td>';
+				$n++;
+			}
 			if ($n&1) echo "</tr>\n";
 			$n++;
 		}
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php
index 3cfdc8a200..92f8dd9aa6 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php
@@ -226,6 +226,16 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 			}
 			$replacements['$$'.($prefix ? $prefix.'/':'').$name.'$$'] = $value;
 		}
+
+		// Add in extra cat field
+		$cats = array();
+		foreach(is_array($contact['cat_id']) ? $contact['cat_id'] : explode(',',$contact['cat_id']) as $cat_id)
+		{
+			if(!$cat_id) continue;
+			$cats[] = $GLOBALS['egw']->categories->id2name($cat_id,'path');
+		}
+		$replacements['$$'.($prefix ? $prefix.'/':'').'categories$$'] = implode("\n",$cats);
+
 		return $replacements;
 	}
 
@@ -425,7 +435,7 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 			{
 				$content = preg_replace('/\$\$[a-z0-9_\/]+\$\$/i','',$content);
 			}
-			if ($contentrepeat) $contentrep[$id] = $content;
+			if ($contentrepeat) $contentrep[is_array($id) ? implode(':',$id) : $id] = $content;
 		}
 		if ($Labelrepeat)
 		{