diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/index.html b/src/webui/www/private/index.html
index 96789058f..be97bf937 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/index.html
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/index.html
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
         <li><a href="#CreateCategory"><img src="theme/list-add" alt="QBT_TR(Add category...)QBT_TR"/> QBT_TR(Add category...)QBT_TR</a></li>
         <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>
     </ul>
     <div id="desktopFooterWrapper">
         <div id="desktopFooter">
diff --git a/src/webui/www/public/filters.html b/src/webui/www/public/filters.html
index d35489c19..08d50fff6 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/public/filters.html
+++ b/src/webui/www/public/filters.html
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
             },
             DeleteUnusedCategories : function (element, ref) {
                 deleteUnusedCategoriesFN();
+            },
+            StartTorrentsByCategory : function (element, ref) {
+                startTorrentsByCategoryFN(element.id);
             }
         },
         offsets : {
diff --git a/src/webui/www/public/scripts/dynamicTable.js b/src/webui/www/public/scripts/dynamicTable.js
index d669e1d3e..97078e305 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/public/scripts/dynamicTable.js
+++ b/src/webui/www/public/scripts/dynamicTable.js
@@ -683,6 +683,17 @@ var TorrentsTable = new Class({
             return cnt;
         },
 
+        getFilteredTorrentsHashes : function (filterName, categoryHash) {
+            var rowsHashes = [];
+            var rows = this.rows.getValues();
+
+            for (i = 0; i < rows.length; i++)
+                if (this.applyFilter(rows[i], filterName, categoryHash))
+                    rowsHashes.push(rows[i]['rowId']);
+
+            return rowsHashes;
+        },
+
         getFilteredAndSortedRows : function () {
             var filteredRows = new Array();
 
diff --git a/src/webui/www/public/scripts/mocha-init.js b/src/webui/www/public/scripts/mocha-init.js
index 2daba0795..56e3fcdff 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/public/scripts/mocha-init.js
+++ b/src/webui/www/public/scripts/mocha-init.js
@@ -385,6 +385,22 @@ initializeWindows = function() {
         setCategoryFilter(CATEGORIES_ALL);
     };
 
+    startTorrentsByCategoryFN = function (categoryHash) {
+        var h = torrentsTable.getFilteredTorrentsHashes('all', categoryHash);
+        if (h.length) {
+            h.each(function (hash, index) {
+                new Request({
+                    url: 'command/resume',
+                    method: 'post',
+                    data: {
+                        hash: hash
+                    }
+                }).send();
+            });
+            updateMainData();
+        }
+    };
+
     ['pauseAll', 'resumeAll'].each(function(item) {
         addClickEvent(item, function(e) {
             new Event(e).stop();