diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.historylog_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.historylog_widget.inc.php
index 0a63d3571f..94be71de71 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.historylog_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.historylog_widget.inc.php
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ class historylog_widget
 			{
 				list($type,$options) = explode(':',$type,2);
 			}
+			// For all select-cats, show missing entries as IDs
+			if($type == 'select-cat') {
+				list($rows,$type1,$type2,$type3,$type4,$type5,$type6) = explode(',',(array)$options);
+				$type6 = true;
+				$options = implode(',',array($rows,$type1,$type2,$type3,$type4,$type5,$type6));
+			}
 			$cell = etemplate::empty_cell($type,$cell['name'],array('readonly' => true,'size' => $options));
 			if (is_array($type))
 			{
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
index 44227160be..82c3fd771a 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class select_widget
 	 */
 	function pre_process($name,&$value,&$cell,&$readonlys,&$extension_data,&$tmpl)
 	{
-		list($rows,$type,$type2,$type3,$type4,$type5) = explode(',',$cell['size']);
+		list($rows,$type,$type2,$type3,$type4,$type5,$type6) = explode(',',$cell['size']);
 
 		$extension_data['type'] = $cell['type'];
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class select_widget
 				$cell['no_lang'] = True;
 				break;
 
-			case 'select-cat':	// !$type == globals cats too, $type2: extraStyleMultiselect, $type3: application, if not current-app, $type4: parent-id, $type5=owner (-1=global)
+			case 'select-cat':	// !$type == globals cats too, $type2: extraStyleMultiselect, $type3: application, if not current-app, $type4: parent-id, $type5=owner (-1=global),$type6=show missing
 				if ($readonly)	// for readonly we dont need to fetch all cat's, nor do we need to indent them by level
 				{
 					$cell['no_lang'] = True;
@@ -183,7 +183,14 @@ class select_widget
 							}
 							else
 							{
-								unset($value[$key]);	// remove not (longer) existing or inaccessible cats
+								if(!$type6)
+								{
+									unset($value[$key]);	// remove not (longer) existing or inaccessible cats
+								}
+								elseif ($id) // Display id of no longer existing cat
+								{
+									$cell['sel_options'][$id] = lang('Missing: %1',$id);
+								}
 							}
 						}
 					}