diff --git a/lib/vobject/event.js b/lib/vobject/event.js
index 0ca3891..8000327 100644
--- a/lib/vobject/event.js
+++ b/lib/vobject/event.js
@@ -241,5 +241,10 @@ module.exports = function() {
     return (property) ? property.value : undefined;
   };
 
+  event.getCategories = function() {
+    var property = event.getProperty('CATEGORIES');
+    return (property) ? property.value.split(',') : undefined;
+  };
+
   return event;
 };
diff --git a/test/vobject/event.js b/test/vobject/event.js
index f894edc..9f889de 100644
--- a/test/vobject/event.js
+++ b/test/vobject/event.js
@@ -586,4 +586,15 @@ describe('lib/vobject/event.js', function() {
       assert.equal(event.getTransparency(), 'TRANSPARENT');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('getCategories', function() {
+    it('should return undefined by default', function() {
+      assert.equal(event.getCategories(), undefined);
+    });
+
+    it('should get categories', function() {
+      event.properties['CATEGORIES'] = [vobject.property('CATEGORIES', 'value,value2')];
+      assert.deepEqual(event.getCategories(), ['value', 'value2']);
+    });
+  });
 });