diff --git a/administrator/components/com_categories/views/category/view.html.php b/administrator/components/com_categories/views/category/view.html.php
index c24b32c1444d7..842643e67a40e 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_categories/views/category/view.html.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_categories/views/category/view.html.php
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ protected function addToolbar()
 				JToolbarHelper::versions($typeAlias, $this->item->id);
 			}
 
+			if (JLanguageAssociations::isEnabled() && JComponentHelper::isEnabled('com_associations'))
+			{
+				JToolbarHelper::custom('category.editAssociations', 'contract', 'contract', 'JTOOLBAR_ASSOCIATIONS', false, false);
+			}
+
 			JToolbarHelper::cancel('category.cancel', 'JTOOLBAR_CLOSE');
 		}
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_contact/views/contact/view.html.php b/administrator/components/com_contact/views/contact/view.html.php
index 1e109067633ed..e3907ceda5c0d 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_contact/views/contact/view.html.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_contact/views/contact/view.html.php
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ protected function addToolbar()
 				JToolbarHelper::versions('com_contact.contact', $this->item->id);
 			}
 
+			if (JLanguageAssociations::isEnabled() && JComponentHelper::isEnabled('com_associations'))
+			{
+				JToolbarHelper::custom('contact.editAssociations', 'contract', 'contract', 'JTOOLBAR_ASSOCIATIONS', false, false);
+			}
+
 			JToolbarHelper::cancel('contact.cancel', 'JTOOLBAR_CLOSE');
 		}
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php b/administrator/components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
index f0bfabc687c40..0032ce50ce6e5 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ protected function addToolbar()
 				JToolbarHelper::versions('com_content.article', $this->item->id);
 			}
 
+			if (JLanguageAssociations::isEnabled() && JComponentHelper::isEnabled('com_associations'))
+			{
+				JToolbarHelper::custom('article.editAssociations', 'contract', 'contract', 'JTOOLBAR_ASSOCIATIONS', false, false);
+			}
+
 			JToolbarHelper::cancel('article.cancel', 'JTOOLBAR_CLOSE');
 		}
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_menus/views/item/view.html.php b/administrator/components/com_menus/views/item/view.html.php
index 95bb7d06c4b03..b9733eff03655 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_menus/views/item/view.html.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_menus/views/item/view.html.php
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ protected function addToolbar()
 			JToolbarHelper::save2copy('item.save2copy');
 		}
 
+		if (!$isNew && JLanguageAssociations::isEnabled() && JComponentHelper::isEnabled('com_associations'))
+		{
+			JToolbarHelper::custom('item.editAssociations', 'contract', 'contract', 'JTOOLBAR_ASSOCIATIONS', false, false);
+		}
+
 		if ($isNew)
 		{
 			JToolbarHelper::cancel('item.cancel');
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/views/newsfeed/view.html.php b/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/views/newsfeed/view.html.php
index 286f360c80670..b885098c9fb42 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/views/newsfeed/view.html.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_newsfeeds/views/newsfeed/view.html.php
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ protected function addToolbar()
 			JToolbarHelper::save2copy('newsfeed.save2copy');
 		}
 
+		if (!$isNew && JLanguageAssociations::isEnabled() && JComponentHelper::isEnabled('com_associations'))
+		{
+			JToolbarHelper::custom('newsfeed.editAssociations', 'contract', 'contract', 'JTOOLBAR_ASSOCIATIONS', false, false);
+		}
+
 		if (empty($this->item->id))
 		{
 			JToolbarHelper::cancel('newsfeed.cancel');
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
index bd1b795573078..f02158db9d492 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ JGLOBAL_ARTICLE_ORDER_DESC="The order that articles will show in."
 JGLOBAL_ARTICLE_ORDER_LABEL="Article Order"
 JGLOBAL_ARTICLES="Articles"
 JGLOBAL_ASSOC_NOT_POSSIBLE="To define associations, please make sure the item language is not set to 'All'."
+JGLOBAL_ASSOCIATIONS_NEW_ITEM_WARNING="To create associations, first save the item."
 JGLOBAL_ASSOCIATIONS_RESET_WARNING="The language has been changed. If you save this item again it will reset the available associations. If this was not intended, close the item."
 JGLOBAL_AUTH_ACCESS_DENIED="Access Denied"
 JGLOBAL_AUTH_ACCESS_GRANTED="Access Granted"
@@ -912,6 +913,7 @@ JTOGGLE_SHOW_SIDEBAR="Show the sidebar"
 JTOOLBAR_APPLY="Save"
 JTOOLBAR_ARCHIVE="Archive"
 JTOOLBAR_ASSIGN="Assign"
+JTOOLBAR_ASSOCIATIONS="Associations"
 JTOOLBAR_BACK="Back"
 JTOOLBAR_BATCH="Batch"
 JTOOLBAR_BULK_IMPORT="Bulk Import"
diff --git a/libraries/src/MVC/Controller/FormController.php b/libraries/src/MVC/Controller/FormController.php
index 27d532a5d00b8..e45b4353ebfe0 100644
--- a/libraries/src/MVC/Controller/FormController.php
+++ b/libraries/src/MVC/Controller/FormController.php
@@ -921,4 +921,22 @@ public function reload($key = null, $urlVar = null)
 		$this->setRedirect($redirectUrl);
 		$this->redirect();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Load item to edit associations in com_associations
+	 *
+	 * @return  void
+	 *
+	 * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 */
+	public function editAssociations()
+	{
+		// Initialise variables.
+		$app   = \JFactory::getApplication();
+		$input = $app->input;
+		$model = $this->getModel();
+
+		$data = $input->get('jform', array(), 'array');
+		$model->editAssociations($data);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/libraries/src/MVC/Model/AdminModel.php b/libraries/src/MVC/Model/AdminModel.php
index 1055717b59b91..55f04ea32b43d 100644
--- a/libraries/src/MVC/Model/AdminModel.php
+++ b/libraries/src/MVC/Model/AdminModel.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Joomla\Registry\Registry;
 use Joomla\String\StringHelper;
 use Joomla\Utilities\ArrayHelper;
+use Joomla\CMS\Language\LanguageHelper;
 
 /**
  * Prototype admin model.
@@ -1531,4 +1532,99 @@ public function initBatch()
 			$this->tagsObserver = $this->table->getObserverOfClass('Joomla\CMS\Table\Observer\Tags');
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Method to load an item in com_associations.
+	 *
+	 * @param   array  $data  The form data.
+	 *
+	 * @return  boolean  True if successful, false otherwise.
+	 *
+	 * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 */
+	public function editAssociations($data)
+	{
+		// Save the item
+		$this->save($data);
+
+		$app = \JFactory::getApplication();
+		$id  = $data['id'];
+
+		// Deal with categories associations
+		if ($this->text_prefix === 'COM_CATEGORIES')
+		{
+			$extension       = $app->input->get('extension', 'com_content');
+			$this->typeAlias = $extension . '.category';
+			$component       = strtolower($this->text_prefix);
+			$view            = 'category';
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$aliasArray = explode('.', $this->typeAlias);
+			$component  = $aliasArray[0];
+			$view       = $aliasArray[1];
+			$extension  = '';
+		}
+
+		// Menu item redirect needs admin client
+		$client = $component === 'com_menus' ? '&client_id=0' : '';
+
+		if ($id == 0)
+		{
+			$app->enqueueMessage(\JText::_('JGLOBAL_ASSOCIATIONS_NEW_ITEM_WARNING'), 'error');
+			$app->redirect(
+				\JRoute::_('index.php?option=' . $component . '&view=' . $view . $client . '&layout=edit&id=' . $id . $extension, false)
+			);
+
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if ($data['language'] === '*')
+		{
+			$app->enqueueMessage(\JText::_('JGLOBAL_ASSOC_NOT_POSSIBLE'), 'notice');
+			$app->redirect(
+				\JRoute::_('index.php?option=' . $component . '&view=' . $view . $client . '&layout=edit&id=' . $id . $extension, false)
+			);
+
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$languages = LanguageHelper::getContentLanguages(array(0, 1));
+		$target    = '';
+
+		/* If the site contains only 2 languages and an association exists for the item
+		   load directly the associated target item in the side by side view
+		   otherwise select already the target language
+		*/
+		if (count($languages) === 2)
+		{
+			foreach ($languages as $language)
+			{
+				$lang_code[] = $language->lang_code;
+			}
+
+			$refLang    = array($data['language']);
+			$targetLang = array_diff($lang_code, $refLang);
+			$targetLang = implode(',', $targetLang);
+			$targetId   = $data['associations'][$targetLang];
+
+			if ($targetId)
+			{
+				$target = '&target=' . $targetLang . '%3A' . $targetId . '%3Aedit';
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$target = '&target=' . $targetLang . '%3A0%3Aadd';
+			}
+		}
+
+		$app->redirect(
+			\JRoute::_(
+				'index.php?option=com_associations&view=association&layout=edit&itemtype=' . $this->typeAlias
+				. '&task=association.edit&id=' . $id . $target, false
+			)
+		);
+
+		return true;
+	}
 }