diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml
index e0ce6e82a7..9f386b1e74 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml
@@ -358,6 +358,14 @@
             <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.devicemgt</groupId>
             <artifactId>io.entgra.notification.logger</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.devicemgt</groupId>
+            <artifactId>io.entgra.application.mgt.core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.devicemgt</groupId>
+            <artifactId>io.entgra.application.mgt.common</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceMgtTenantMgtListener.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceMgtTenantMgtListener.java
index 5e0e0cff93..dcb54ef1d6 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceMgtTenantMgtListener.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceMgtTenantMgtListener.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
 package org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.util;
 
+import io.entgra.application.mgt.common.exception.ApplicationManagementException;
+import io.entgra.application.mgt.core.config.ConfigurationManager;
+import io.entgra.application.mgt.core.util.ApplicationManagementUtil;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.wso2.carbon.context.PrivilegedCarbonContext;
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ import org.wso2.carbon.stratos.common.listeners.TenantMgtListener;
 import org.wso2.carbon.user.api.Permission;
 import org.wso2.carbon.user.api.UserStoreException;
 import org.wso2.carbon.user.api.UserStoreManager;
+import io.entgra.application.mgt.common.services.ApplicationManager;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -46,12 +50,12 @@ public class DeviceMgtTenantMgtListener implements TenantMgtListener {
     @Override
     public void onTenantCreate(TenantInfoBean tenantInfoBean) {
         DeviceManagementConfig config = DeviceConfigurationManager.getInstance().getDeviceManagementConfig();
-        if (config.getDefaultRoles().isEnabled()) {
-            Map<String, List<Permission>> roleMap = getValidRoleMap(config);
-            try {
-                PrivilegedCarbonContext.startTenantFlow();
-                PrivilegedCarbonContext.getThreadLocalCarbonContext()
-                        .setTenantDomain(tenantInfoBean.getTenantDomain(), true);
+        try {
+            PrivilegedCarbonContext.startTenantFlow();
+            PrivilegedCarbonContext.getThreadLocalCarbonContext().setTenantDomain(tenantInfoBean.getTenantDomain(), true);
+
+            if (config.getDefaultRoles().isEnabled()) {
+                Map<String, List<Permission>> roleMap = getValidRoleMap(config);
                 UserStoreManager userStoreManager = DeviceManagementDataHolder.getInstance().getRealmService()
                         .getTenantUserRealm(tenantInfoBean.getTenantId()).getUserStoreManager();
 
@@ -59,14 +63,24 @@ public class DeviceMgtTenantMgtListener implements TenantMgtListener {
                     try {
                         userStoreManager.addRole(key, null, value.toArray(new Permission[0]));
                     } catch (UserStoreException e) {
-                        log.error("Error occurred while adding default roles into user store.", e);
+                        log.error("Error occurred while adding default roles into user store", e);
                     }
                 });
-            } catch (UserStoreException e) {
-                log.error("Error occurred while getting user store manager.", e);
-            } finally {
-                PrivilegedCarbonContext.endTenantFlow();
             }
+
+            List<String> defaultCategories = ConfigurationManager.getInstance().getConfiguration().getAppCategories();
+            if(defaultCategories != null && !defaultCategories.isEmpty()) {
+                ApplicationManager applicationManager = ApplicationManagementUtil.getApplicationManagerInstance();
+                applicationManager.addApplicationCategories(defaultCategories);
+                log.info("Successfully registered default categories into tenant "+tenantInfoBean.getTenantDomain());
+            }
+
+        } catch (UserStoreException e) {
+            log.error("Error occurred while getting user store manager", e);
+        } catch (ApplicationManagementException e) {
+            log.error("Error occurred while registering default categories to tenant "+tenantInfoBean.getTenantDomain());
+        } finally {
+            PrivilegedCarbonContext.endTenantFlow();
         }
     }