diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
index 2ef477b8ae..0cf1680e10 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ $post_stati  = array(	//	array( adj, noun )
 		'private' => array(_x('Private', 'page'), __('Private pages'), _nx_noop('Private <span class="count">(%s)</span>', 'Private <span class="count">(%s)</span>', 'page'))
 	);
 
+$post_stati = apply_filters('page_stati', $post_stati);
+
 $query = array('post_type' => 'page', 'orderby' => 'menu_order title',
 	'posts_per_page' => -1, 'posts_per_archive_page' => -1, 'order' => 'asc');