diff --git a/processes-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml b/processes-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml
index 08e7b378e..35d964756 100644
--- a/processes-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml
+++ b/processes-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/configuration.xml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
     <import profiles="app-center">war:/conf/processes/app-center-configuration.xml</import>
     <import>war:/conf/processes/notification-configuration.xml</import>
     <import profiles="analytics">war:/conf/processes/analytics-configuration.xml</import>
+    <import>war:/conf/processes/application-registry-configuration.xml</import>
 </configuration>
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diff --git a/processes-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/processes/application-registry-configuration.xml b/processes-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/processes/application-registry-configuration.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..051d24bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processes-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/processes/application-registry-configuration.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+
+<configuration
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_2.xsd
+                      http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_2.xsd"
+  xmlns="http://www.exoplatform.org/xml/ns/kernel_1_2.xsd">
+
+  <external-component-plugins>
+    <target-component>org.exoplatform.application.registry.ApplicationRegistryService</target-component>
+    <component-plugin>
+      <name>Tools.portlets.registry</name>
+      <set-method>initListener</set-method>
+      <type>org.exoplatform.application.registry.ApplicationCategoriesPlugins</type>
+      <description>this listener init the portlets are registered in PortletRegister</description>
+      <init-params>
+        <value-param>
+          <name>system</name>
+          <value>true</value>
+        </value-param>
+        <value-param>
+          <name>merge</name>
+          <value>true</value>
+        </value-param>
+        <object-param>
+          <name>tools</name>
+          <description>description</description>
+          <object type="org.exoplatform.application.registry.ApplicationCategory">
+            <field name="name">
+              <string>Tools</string>
+            </field>
+            <field name="displayName">
+              <string>Tools</string>
+            </field>
+            <field name="description">
+              <string>Applications for tools</string>
+            </field>
+            <field name="accessPermissions">
+              <collection type="java.util.ArrayList" item-type="java.lang.String">
+                <value>
+                  <string>*:/platform/users</string>
+                </value>
+              </collection>
+            </field>
+            <field name="applications">
+              <collection type="java.util.ArrayList">
+                <value>
+                  <object type="org.exoplatform.application.registry.Application">
+                    <field name="applicationName">
+                      <string>Processes</string>
+                    </field>
+                    <field name="categoryName">
+                      <string>tools</string>
+                    </field>
+                    <field name="displayName">
+                      <string>Processes</string>
+                    </field>
+                    <field name="description">
+                      <string>Processes Portlet</string>
+                    </field>
+                    <field name="type">
+                      <string>portlet</string>
+                    </field>
+                    <field name="contentId">
+                      <string>processes/Processes</string>
+                    </field>
+                    <field name="accessPermissions">
+                      <collection type="java.util.ArrayList" item-type="java.lang.String">
+                        <value>
+                          <string>*:/platform/users</string>
+                        </value>
+                      </collection>
+                    </field>
+                  </object>
+                </value>
+              </collection>
+            </field>
+          </object>
+        </object-param>
+      </init-params>
+    </component-plugin>
+  </external-component-plugins>
+</configuration>