diff --git a/admin/lib.php b/admin/lib.php
index 7b4331961ca..ac698737e0a 100644
--- a/admin/lib.php
+++ b/admin/lib.php
@@ -35,5 +35,16 @@ function admin_page_type_list($pagetype, $parentcontext, $currentcontext) {
         'admin-*' => get_string('page-admin-x', 'pagetype'),
         $pagetype => get_string('page-admin-current', 'pagetype')
     );
+    // Add the missing * (any page) option for them. MDL-30340
+    // TODO: These pages are really 'pagetype-varying' - MDL-30564 -
+    // and some day we should stop behaving that way, so proper pagetypes
+    // can be specified for it (like course-category-* or so).
+    // Luckly... the option we are introducing '*' is independent
+    // of that varying behavior, so will work.
+    if ($pagetype == 'admin-course-category') {
+        $array += array(
+            '*' => get_string('page-x', 'pagetype')
+        );
+    }
     return $array;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}