diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/edit_category_controller.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/edit_category_controller.js
index 4175eb6303c..5f85d617733 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/edit_category_controller.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/edit_category_controller.js
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ Discourse.EditCategoryController = Discourse.ObjectController.extend(Discourse.M
     return "background-color: #" + (this.get('color')) + "; color: #" + (this.get('text_color')) + ";";
   }.property('color', 'text_color'),
 
+  parentStyle: function() {
+    if (this.get('parent_category_id')) {
+      var parent = Discourse.Category.list().findBy('id', parseInt(this.get('parent_category_id'), 10));
+      if (parent) {
+        return 'background-color: #' + parent.get('color') + ';';
+      } else {
+        return 'display: none';
+      }
+    } else {
+      return 'display: none;';
+    }
+  }.property('parent_category_id'),
+
   // background colors are available as a pipe-separated string
   backgroundColors: function() {
     var categories = Discourse.Category.list();
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/edit_category.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/edit_category.js.handlebars
index 6077c9e0081..b0656358213 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/edit_category.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/edit_category.js.handlebars
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <section class='field'>
           <label>{{i18n category.badge_colors}}</label>
           <div class="category-color-editor">
-            <span class='badge-category' {{bind-attr style="colorStyle"}}>{{categoryName}}</span>
+            <span class='badge-category-parent' {{bind-attr style="parentStyle"}}>&nbsp;</span><span class='badge-category' {{bind-attr style="colorStyle"}}>{{categoryName}}</span>
 
             <div class='input-prepend input-append' style="margin-top: 10px;">
               <span class='color-title'>{{i18n category.background_color}}:</span>