diff --git a/app/models/category.rb b/app/models/category.rb
index 1c251e3..5fd5339 100644
--- a/app/models/category.rb
+++ b/app/models/category.rb
@@ -54,12 +54,19 @@ class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def display_in_menu?
-    if ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == 'development'
-      return true
+    display_in_menu
+  end
+
+  def children_for_menu
+    results = []
+    pending = children.find(:all, :conditions => { :display_in_menu => true})
+    while !pending.empty?
+      cat = pending.shift
+      results << cat
+      pending += cat.children.find(:all, :conditions => { :display_in_menu => true} )
     end
 
-    # FIXME don't hardcode like this. Should be a setting of the environment, maybe
-    total_items >= 10
+    results
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/views/shared/categories_menu.rhtml b/app/views/shared/categories_menu.rhtml
index a79b10c..b9c41b4 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/categories_menu.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/shared/categories_menu.rhtml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <li id="category<%= item.display_color %>"<%= ' class="active"' if (@category && (@category.top_ancestor == item)) %>>
       <%= item.name %>
       <ul>
-        <% item.all_children.select{|i| i.display_in_menu?}.each do |child| %>
+        <% item.children_for_menu.each do |child| %>
           <% if (@controller.controller_name == 'search') && (@controller.action_name == 'assets') %>
             <li><%= link_to(content_tag('span', child.name), :controller => 'search', :action => 'assets', :asset => params[:asset], :category_path => child.explode_path) %></li>
           <% else %>
diff --git a/db/migrate/039_add_display_in_menu_to_categories.rb b/db/migrate/039_add_display_in_menu_to_categories.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76823a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/039_add_display_in_menu_to_categories.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddDisplayInMenuToCategories < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :categories, :display_in_menu, :boolean, :default => false
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :categories, :display_in_menu
+  end
+end
diff --git a/script/anhetegua b/script/anhetegua
index f27b516..2379dbe 100755
--- a/script/anhetegua
+++ b/script/anhetegua
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ Product.destroy_all
 Article.destroy_all
 
 def new_category(parent, name, color = nil)
-  category = Environment.default.categories.build(:name => name, :display_color => color, :parent_id => (parent ? parent.id: nil))
+  category = Environment.default.categories.build(:name => name, :display_color => color, :parent_id => (parent ? parent.id: nil), :display_in_menu => true)
   category.save!
   category
 end
 
 def new_region(parent, name, color = nil)
-  region = Environment.default.regions.build(:name => name, :display_color => color, :parent_id => (parent ? parent.id: nil))
+  region = Environment.default.regions.build(:name => name, :display_color => color, :parent_id => (parent ? parent.id: nil), :display_in_menu => true)
   region.save!
   region
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/category_test.rb b/test/unit/category_test.rb
index ac049dd..a5bfb6e 100644
--- a/test/unit/category_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/category_test.rb
@@ -385,16 +385,14 @@ class CategoryTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  should 'display in menu' do
-    c = Category.create!(:name => 'test category1', :environment => Environment.default)
-    c.expects(:total_items).returns(10)
-    assert c.display_in_menu?
-  end
-
-  should 'not display in menu' do
-    c = Category.create!(:name => 'test category1', :environment => Environment.default)
-    c.expects(:total_items).returns(1)
-    assert !c.display_in_menu?
+  should 'display in menu only if have display_menu setted to true' do
+    c = Category.create!(:name => 'test category top',  :environment => Environment.default, :display_in_menu => true)
+    c1 = Category.create!(:name => 'test category 1',   :environment => Environment.default, :display_in_menu => true, :parent => c)
+    c11 = Category.create!(:name => 'test category 11', :environment => Environment.default, :display_in_menu => true, :parent => c1)
+    c2 = Category.create!(:name => 'test category 2',   :environment => Environment.default, :display_in_menu => true, :parent => c)
+    c3 = Category.create!(:name => 'test category 3',   :environment => Environment.default, :parent => c)
+
+    assert_equivalent [c1, c11, c2], c.children_for_menu
   end
 
 end
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