diff --git a/categories/migrations/0005_auto__add_field_category_alternate_url.py b/categories/migrations/0005_auto__add_field_category_alternate_url.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06cb713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/categories/migrations/0005_auto__add_field_category_alternate_url.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        
+        # Adding field 'Category.alternate_url'
+        db.add_column('categories_category', 'alternate_url', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.URLField')(default='', max_length=200, blank=True), keep_default=False)
+
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        
+        # Deleting field 'Category.alternate_url'
+        db.delete_column('categories_category', 'alternate_url')
+
+
+    models = {
+        'categories.category': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('tree_id', 'lft')", 'unique_together': "(('parent', 'name'),)", 'object_name': 'Category'},
+            'alternate_title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'alternate_url': ('django.db.models.fields.URLField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'level': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'lft': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'meta_extra': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''", 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'meta_keywords': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'order': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'children'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['categories.Category']"}),
+            'rght': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'slug': ('django.db.models.fields.SlugField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'thumbnail': ('django.db.models.fields.files.FileField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'thumbnail_height': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'thumbnail_width': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'tree_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['categories']
diff --git a/categories/models.py b/categories/models.py
index 75a2cea..d14b901 100644
--- a/categories/models.py
+++ b/categories/models.py
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ class Category(MPTTModel):
         blank=True,
         default="",
         max_length=100,
-        help_text="An alternative title to use on pages with this category."
-    )
+        help_text="An alternative title to use on pages with this category.")
+    alternate_url = models.URLField(
+        blank=True, 
+        verify_exists=False, 
+        help_text="An alternative URL to use instead of the one derived from the category hierarchy.")
     description = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
     meta_keywords = models.CharField(
         blank=True,
@@ -53,6 +56,8 @@ class Category(MPTTModel):
     
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         """Return a path"""
+        if self.alternate_url:
+            return self.alternate_url
         prefix = reverse('categories_tree_list')
         ancestors = list(self.get_ancestors()) + [self,]
         return prefix + '/'.join([force_unicode(i.slug) for i in ancestors]) + '/'