diff --git a/filemanager/inc/class.filemanager_ui.inc.php b/filemanager/inc/class.filemanager_ui.inc.php
index 62d559a4c4..a4faebec3e 100644
--- a/filemanager/inc/class.filemanager_ui.inc.php
+++ b/filemanager/inc/class.filemanager_ui.inc.php
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ class filemanager_ui
 		$sel_options['filter'] = array(
 			'1' => 'Current directory',
 			'2' => 'Directories sorted in',
+			'3' => 'Show hidden files',
 			''  => 'Files from subdirectories',
 		);
 		$tpl->exec('filemanager.filemanager_ui.index',$content,$sel_options,$readonlys,array('nm' => $content['nm']));
@@ -599,6 +600,7 @@ class filemanager_ui
 			'limit' => (int)$query['num_rows'].','.(int)$query['start'],
 			'need_mime' => true,
 			'name_preg' => $namefilter,
+			'hidden' => $query['filter'] == 3,
 		),true) as $path => $row)
 		{
 			//echo $path; _debug_array($row);
diff --git a/filemanager/setup/egw_de.lang b/filemanager/setup/egw_de.lang
index 60281004d4..8babf82688 100644
--- a/filemanager/setup/egw_de.lang
+++ b/filemanager/setup/egw_de.lang
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ allow a maximum of the above configured folderlinks to be configured in settings
 and all it's childeren	filemanager	de	und alle seine Kinder
 applications	common	de	Anwendungen
 basedirectory	filemanager	de	Basisverzeichnis
+can't open directory %1!	filemanager	de	Kann Verzeichnis %1 nicht öffnen!
 cancel editing %1 without saving	filemanager	de	Beende das Bearbeiten von %1 ohne zu Speichern
 cannot create directory because it begins or ends in a space	filemanager	de	Die Erstellung des Verzeichnisses schlug fehl, da es mit einem Leerzeichen beginnt oder endet
 check all	filemanager	de	Alle auswählen
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ searchstring	filemanager	de	Suchbegriff
 select action...	filemanager	de	Befehl auswählen...
 select file to upload in current directory	filemanager	de	Datei zum hochladen in das aktuelle Verzeichnis auswählen
 show	filemanager	de	Zeige
+show hidden files	filemanager	de	Zeige versteckte Dateien
 show link to filemanagers basedirectory (/) in side box menu?	filemanager	de	Zeige die Verknüpfung zum Basisverzeichnis (/) des Dateimanagers im Seitenmenu?
 size	filemanager	de	Größe
 start search	filemanager	de	Suche starten
diff --git a/filemanager/setup/egw_en.lang b/filemanager/setup/egw_en.lang
index 5d9410a622..61e00908a7 100644
--- a/filemanager/setup/egw_en.lang
+++ b/filemanager/setup/egw_en.lang
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ allow a maximum of the above configured folderlinks to be configured in settings
 and all it's childeren	filemanager	en	and all it's childeren
 applications	common	en	Applications
 basedirectory	filemanager	en	Basedirectory
+can't open directory %1!	filemanager	en	Can't open directory %1!
 cancel editing %1 without saving	filemanager	en	Cancel editing %1 without saving
 cannot create directory because it begins or ends in a space	filemanager	en	Cannot create directory because it begins or ends in a space
 check all	filemanager	en	Check all
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ searchstring	filemanager	en	searchstring
 select action...	filemanager	en	Select action...
 select file to upload in current directory	filemanager	en	Select file to upload in current directory
 show	filemanager	en	Show
+show hidden files	filemanager	en	Show hidden files
 show link to filemanagers basedirectory (/) in side box menu?	filemanager	en	Show link to filemanagers basedirectory (/) in side box menu?
 size	filemanager	en	Size
 start search	filemanager	en	start search