diff --git a/addons/mass_mailing/__openerp__.py b/addons/mass_mailing/__openerp__.py
index f20cfe6e91c..43a1cd0d705 100644
--- a/addons/mass_mailing/__openerp__.py
+++ b/addons/mass_mailing/__openerp__.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ professional emails and reuse templates in a few clicks.
         'web_kanban_gauge',
     ],
     'data': [
+        'security/mass_mailing_security.xml',
         'data/mail_data.xml',
         'data/mass_mailing_data.xml',
         'wizard/mail_compose_message_view.xml',
diff --git a/addons/mass_mailing/security/mass_mailing_security.xml b/addons/mass_mailing/security/mass_mailing_security.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..999b7b6afee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/mass_mailing/security/mass_mailing_security.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<odoo>
+
+    <record id="group_mass_mailing_user" model="res.groups">
+        <field name="name">User</field>
+        <field name="category_id" ref="base.module_category_mass_mailing"/>
+        <field name="users" eval="[(4, ref('base.user_root'))]"/>
+    </record>
+
+</odoo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/addons/mass_mailing/views/mass_mailing.xml b/addons/mass_mailing/views/mass_mailing.xml
index ba05a844863..df6fe6ea371 100644
--- a/addons/mass_mailing/views/mass_mailing.xml
+++ b/addons/mass_mailing/views/mass_mailing.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <!-- Marketing / Mass Mailing -->
         <menuitem name="Mass Mailing" id="mass_mailing_menu_root" sequence="60" web_icon="mass_mailing,static/description/icon.png"/>
         <menuitem name="Mailings" id="mass_mailing_menu"
-            parent="mass_mailing_menu_root" sequence="1" groups="marketing.group_marketing_user"/>
+            parent="mass_mailing_menu_root" sequence="1" groups="mass_mailing.group_mass_mailing_user"/>
         <!-- Marketing / Configuration -->
         <menuitem name="Configuration" id="mass_mailing_configuration"
             parent="mass_mailing_menu_root" sequence="100" groups="base.group_configuration"/>
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@
         </record>
 
         <menuitem id="menu_mass_mailing_configuration" name="Configuration" parent="mass_mailing_menu_root"
-            sequence="100" groups="marketing.group_marketing_user,base.group_configuration"/>
+            sequence="100" groups="mass_mailing.group_mass_mailing_user,base.group_configuration"/>
 
         <menuitem name="Campaign Stages" id="menu_view_mass_mailing_stages"
             parent="menu_mass_mailing_configuration" sequence="1"
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/module/module_data.xml b/openerp/addons/base/module/module_data.xml
index 5d1bc3d7b55..3daa1c168ca 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/module/module_data.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/module/module_data.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@
             <field name="sequence">3</field>
         </record>
 
+        <record id="module_category_mass_mailing" model="ir.module.category">
+            <field name="name">Mass Mailing</field>
+            <field name="sequence">11</field>
+            <field name="description">Helps you manage your mass mailing for design
+                professional emails and reuse templates.</field>
+        </record>
+
         <record model="ir.module.category" id="module_category_point_of_sale">
             <field name="name">Point of Sale</field>
             <field name="description">Helps you get the most out of your points of sales with fast sale encoding, simplified payment mode encoding, automatic picking lists generation and more.</field>