diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/base.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/base.html
index 581d65dbe2..3d259bfe84 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/base.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/base.html
@@ -318,6 +318,15 @@
                                 </li>
                             </ul>
                         </div>
+                        <div class="side-header">
+                            {% if request.event %}
+                                {% trans "Global and user menu" %}
+                            {% elif request.organizer %}
+                                {% trans "Organizer account menu" %}
+                            {% else %}
+                                {% trans "Event menu" %}
+                            {% endif %}
+                        </div>
                         <ul class="nav" id="side-menu">
                             {% if request.event and request.event.testmode %}
                                 <li class="testmode">
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_sb-admin-2.scss b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_sb-admin-2.scss
index c349f540cc..46afd74d7f 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_sb-admin-2.scss
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_sb-admin-2.scss
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ body {
             font-size: 11px;
         }
     }
+
+}
+.side-header {
+    padding: 25px 15px 5px;
+    border-bottom: 2px solid #eee;
+    color: #aaa;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
 }
 
 @media(min-width:768px) {