diff --git a/indefero/src/IDF/Middleware.php b/indefero/src/IDF/Middleware.php
index c59217b..79a015c 100644
--- a/indefero/src/IDF/Middleware.php
+++ b/indefero/src/IDF/Middleware.php
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ function IDF_Middleware_ContextPreProcessor($request)
     $c = array();
     $c['request'] = $request;
     $c['isAdmin'] = ($request->user->administrator or $request->user->staff);
+    $c["pendingProjects"] = Pluf::factory("IDF_ProjectRequest")->getCount();
     if (isset($request->project)) {
         $c['project'] = $request->project;
         $c['isOwner'] = $request->user->hasPerm('IDF.project-owner',
diff --git a/indefero/src/IDF/templates/idf/main-menu.html b/indefero/src/IDF/templates/idf/main-menu.html
index b515939..0771abf 100644
--- a/indefero/src/IDF/templates/idf/main-menu.html
+++ b/indefero/src/IDF/templates/idf/main-menu.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     {foreach $allProjects as $p}
 <li class="projectitem"><a href="{url 'IDF_Views_Project::home', array($p.shortname)}"><img src="{media '/idf/img/no_logo.png'}" data-logo="{$p.logo}" class="logo" data-src="{url 'IDF_Views_Project::logo64', array($p.shortname)}" alt="{trans 'Project logo'}" />{if $p.private}<img class="lock" src="{media '/idf/img/lock.png'}" alt="{trans 'Private project'}" />{/if}{$p}</a></li>
 {/foreach}</ul>
-{/if}</li>{if $isAdmin}<li><a href="{url 'IDF_Views_Admin::forge'}">{trans 'Forge Management'}</a></li>{/if}<li>
+{/if}</li>{if $isAdmin}<li><a href="{url 'IDF_Views_Admin::forge'}">{trans 'Forge Management'} {if $pendingProjects > 0}({$pendingProjects}){/if}</a></li>{/if}<li>
 <a href="{url 'IDF_Views::faq'}" title="{trans 'Help and accessibility features'}">{trans 'Help'}</a></li>
 </ul>