diff --git a/metadata/categories.conf b/metadata/categories.conf
index b1348834..ef2d5577 100644
--- a/metadata/categories.conf
+++ b/metadata/categories.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ dev-db
 dev-dotnet
 dev-games
 dev-haskell
+dev-java
 dev-lang
 dev-libs
 dev-ocaml