diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.categories.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.categories.inc.php
index f50092ea37..8c2a7f7adc 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.categories.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.categories.inc.php
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ class categories
 	 * Name of the categories table
 	 */
 	const TABLE = 'egw_categories';
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated use categoris::TABLE
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	var $table = self::TABLE;
 	/**
 	 * Cache holding all categories, set via init_cache() method
 	 *