diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.extapplication/src/internal/perspectives/QmitkVisualizationPerspective.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.extapplication/src/internal/perspectives/QmitkVisualizationPerspective.cpp
index 6a40fef609..851c3d1c5e 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.extapplication/src/internal/perspectives/QmitkVisualizationPerspective.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.extapplication/src/internal/perspectives/QmitkVisualizationPerspective.cpp
@@ -1,45 +1,47 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkVisualizationPerspective.h"
 #include "berryIViewLayout.h"
 
 void QmitkVisualizationPerspective::CreateInitialLayout(berry::IPageLayout::Pointer layout)
 {
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // all di-app perspectives should have the following:
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   QString editorArea = layout->GetEditorArea();
 
   layout->AddStandaloneView("org.mitk.views.datamanager",
     false, berry::IPageLayout::LEFT, 0.3f, editorArea);
 
   berry::IFolderLayout::Pointer left =
     layout->CreateFolder("org.mitk.extapplication.leftcontrols",
     berry::IPageLayout::BOTTOM, 0.1f, "org.mitk.views.datamanager");
 
   layout->AddStandaloneViewPlaceholder("org.mitk.views.imagenavigator",
     berry::IPageLayout::BOTTOM, .4f, "org.mitk.extapplication.leftcontrols", true);
 
   /////////////////////////////////////////////
   // here goes the perspective specific stuff
   /////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+  // Adding the entry for the image navigator to the Windows->"Show View" menu
+  layout->AddShowViewShortcut("org.mitk.views.imagenavigator");
 
   layout->AddPerspectiveShortcut("org.mitk.extapp.defaultperspective");
   layout->AddPerspectiveShortcut("org.mitk.mitkworkbench.perspectives.editor");
 }