diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6ece57b..d01f4c3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ project folder created for you::
     author_name [Your name]: J Random Developer
     author_email [Your email]: jrandom@example.org
     short_description [Short description]: The best plugin
+    Select category:
+    1 - FEATURE
+    2 - INTEGRATION
+    3 - CUSTOMIZATION
+    4 - EXPORTER
+    5 - RECORDING
+    6 - LANGUAGE
+    7 - OTHER
+    Choose from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [1]: 1
 
 Now, change to the newly created directory::
 
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 663085f..8ac6381 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 	"human_name": "The pretalx super plugin",
 	"author_name": "Your name",
 	"author_email": "your-email@example.org",
-	"short_description": "Short description"
+	"short_description": "Short description",
+	"category": ["FEATURE", "INTEGRATION", "CUSTOMIZATION", "EXPORTER", "RECORDING", "LANGUAGE", "OTHER"]
 }
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/apps.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/apps.py
index 7fa2051..46566c6 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/apps.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.module_name}}/apps.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class PretalxPluginMeta:
         description = gettext_lazy("{{cookiecutter.short_description}}")
         visible = True
         version = "0.0.0"
+        category = "{{cookiecutter.category}}"
 
     def ready(self):
         from . import signals  # NOQA