diff --git a/islandora.module b/islandora.module
index 6d486a1b..e40a98df 100644
--- a/islandora.module
+++ b/islandora.module
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ function islandora_menu() {
     'access arguments' => array(FEDORA_INGEST),
   );
 
+  $items['islandora'] = array(
+    'title' => 'Islandora Repository',
+    'page callback' => 'islandora_view_default_object',
+    'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM,
+    'access arguments' => array(FEDORA_VIEW),
+  );
+
   $items['islandora/object/%'] = array(
     'title' => 'Repository',
     'page callback' => 'islandora_view_object',
@@ -381,6 +388,11 @@ function islandora_purge_datastream($object_id, $datastream_id) {
   drupal_goto('islandora/object/' . $object_id);
 }
 
+function islandora_view_default_object() {
+  $pid = variable_get('islandora_repository_pid', 'islandora:root');
+  return islandora_view_object($pid);
+}
+
 /**
  * The view entry point.  modules should implement hook_islandora_view_object for the Fedora Content models that
  * their modules want to provide a view for.