diff --git a/plugins/kolab_addressbook/lib/kolab_addressbook_ui.php b/plugins/kolab_addressbook/lib/kolab_addressbook_ui.php
index 6bac21b1..0b4880f5 100644
--- a/plugins/kolab_addressbook/lib/kolab_addressbook_ui.php
+++ b/plugins/kolab_addressbook/lib/kolab_addressbook_ui.php
@@ -163,17 +163,11 @@ class kolab_addressbook_ui
                 $hidden_fields[] = array('name' => '_parent', 'value' => $path_imap);
             }
             else {
-                $radio1 = new html_radiobutton(array('name' => '_parent', 'value' => ''));
-                $radio2 = new html_radiobutton(array('name' => '_parent', 'value' => $path_imap));
-
-                $html_path = str_replace($delim, ' » ', $path);
-
-                $folderpath = $radio1->show($path_imap) . Q(rcube_label('none')) . ' '
-                    .$radio2->show($path_imap) . Q($html_path);
+                $select = rcube_kolab::folder_selector('contact', array('name' => '_parent'));
 
                 $form['props']['fieldsets']['location']['content']['path'] = array(
                     'label' => $this->plugin->gettext('parentbook'),
-                    'value' => $folderpath,
+                    'value' => $select->show($path_imap),
                 );
             }
         }
diff --git a/plugins/kolab_core/rcube_kolab.php b/plugins/kolab_core/rcube_kolab.php
index 2a82fbf0..74b46a86 100644
--- a/plugins/kolab_core/rcube_kolab.php
+++ b/plugins/kolab_core/rcube_kolab.php
@@ -377,4 +377,52 @@ class rcube_kolab
         return 'personal';
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a SELECT field with folders list
+     *
+     * @param string $type  Folder type
+     * @param array  $attrs SELECT field attributes (e.g. name)
+     *
+     * @return html_select SELECT object
+     */
+    public static function folder_selector($type, $attrs)
+    {
+        // get all folders of specified type
+        $folders = self::get_folders($type);
+
+        $names = array();
+        foreach ($folders as $c_folder)
+            $names[$c_folder->name] = rcube_charset_convert($c_folder->name, 'UTF7-IMAP');
+        asort($names, SORT_LOCALE_STRING);
+
+        $folders = array_keys($names);
+        $names   = array();
+
+        // Build SELECT field of parent folder
+        $select = new html_select($attrs);
+        $select->add('---', '');
+
+        foreach ($folders as $name) {
+            $imap_name = $name;
+            $name      = $origname = self::object_name($name);
+
+            // find folder prefix to truncate
+            for ($i = count($names)-1; $i >= 0; $i--) {
+                if (strpos($name, $names[$i].' » ') === 0) {
+                    $length = strlen($names[$i].' » ');
+                    $prefix = substr($name, 0, $length);
+                    $count  = count(explode(' » ', $prefix));
+                    $name   = str_repeat('  ', $count-1) . '» ' . substr($name, $length);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            $names[] = $origname;
+
+            $select->add($name, $imap_name);
+        }
+
+        return $select;
+    }
+
 }