diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/index.html b/src/webui/www/private/index.html
index 332572391..d0176af0d 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/index.html
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/index.html
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
         <li><a href="#DeleteCategory"><img src="theme/list-remove" alt="QBT_TR(Remove category)QBT_TR"/> QBT_TR(Remove category)QBT_TR</a></li>
         <li><a href="#DeleteUnusedCategories"><img src="theme/list-remove" alt="QBT_TR(Remove unused categories)QBT_TR"/> QBT_TR(Remove unused categories)QBT_TR</a></li>
         <li class="separator"><a href="#StartTorrentsByCategory"><img src="theme/media-playback-start" alt="QBT_TR(Resume torrents)QBT_TR"/> QBT_TR(Resume torrents)QBT_TR</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#PauseTorrentsByCategory"><img src="theme/media-playback-pause" alt="QBT_TR(Pause torrents)QBT_TR"/> QBT_TR(Pause torrents)QBT_TR</a></li>
     </ul>
     <div id="desktopFooterWrapper">
         <div id="desktopFooter">
diff --git a/src/webui/www/public/filters.html b/src/webui/www/public/filters.html
index 08d50fff6..f7c922e8e 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/public/filters.html
+++ b/src/webui/www/public/filters.html
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
             },
             StartTorrentsByCategory : function (element, ref) {
                 startTorrentsByCategoryFN(element.id);
+            },
+            PauseTorrentsByCategory : function (element, ref) {
+                pauseTorrentsByCategoryFN(element.id);
             }
         },
         offsets : {
diff --git a/src/webui/www/public/scripts/mocha-init.js b/src/webui/www/public/scripts/mocha-init.js
index 56e3fcdff..3ac1c6d67 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/public/scripts/mocha-init.js
+++ b/src/webui/www/public/scripts/mocha-init.js
@@ -401,6 +401,22 @@ initializeWindows = function() {
         }
     };
 
+    pauseTorrentsByCategoryFN = function (categoryHash) {
+        var h = torrentsTable.getFilteredTorrentsHashes('all', categoryHash);
+        if (h.length) {
+            h.each(function (hash, index) {
+                new Request({
+                    url: 'command/pause',
+                    method: 'post',
+                    data: {
+                        hash: hash
+                    }
+                }).send();
+            });
+            updateMainData();
+        }
+    };
+
     ['pauseAll', 'resumeAll'].each(function(item) {
         addClickEvent(item, function(e) {
             new Event(e).stop();