diff --git a/frontend/messages/de.json b/frontend/messages/de.json
index 3354ac57..ed968638 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/de.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/de.json
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@
 	"history_field_receivers": "Empfänger",
 	"history_field_tags": "Schlagworte",
 	"admin_tab_system": "System",
+	"admin_tab_ocr": "OCR",
 	"admin_system_backfill_heading": "Verlaufsdaten auffüllen",
 	"admin_system_backfill_description": "Erstellt einen initialen Verlaufseintrag für alle Dokumente, die noch keinen Verlauf haben (z.B. importierte Dokumente). Dadurch werden beim nächsten Bearbeiten nur die tatsächlich geänderten Felder hervorgehoben.",
 	"admin_system_backfill_btn": "Jetzt auffüllen",
diff --git a/frontend/messages/en.json b/frontend/messages/en.json
index 4c338b66..16c10e93 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/en.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/en.json
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@
 	"history_field_receivers": "Receivers",
 	"history_field_tags": "Tags",
 	"admin_tab_system": "System",
+	"admin_tab_ocr": "OCR",
 	"admin_system_backfill_heading": "Backfill history data",
 	"admin_system_backfill_description": "Creates an initial history entry for all documents that do not have one yet (e.g. imported documents). This ensures that future edits only highlight actually changed fields.",
 	"admin_system_backfill_btn": "Backfill now",
diff --git a/frontend/messages/es.json b/frontend/messages/es.json
index 529a7f64..b9fa125a 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/es.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/es.json
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@
 	"history_field_receivers": "Destinatarios",
 	"history_field_tags": "Etiquetas",
 	"admin_tab_system": "Sistema",
+	"admin_tab_ocr": "OCR",
 	"admin_system_backfill_heading": "Completar datos de historial",
 	"admin_system_backfill_description": "Crea una entrada de historial inicial para todos los documentos que aún no tienen ninguna (p.ej. documentos importados). Así, en la próxima edición solo se resaltarán los campos realmente modificados.",
 	"admin_system_backfill_btn": "Completar ahora",
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/admin/EntityNav.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/admin/EntityNav.svelte
index a8db2d2c..41cd32b6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/admin/EntityNav.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/admin/EntityNav.svelte
@@ -122,6 +122,23 @@ function handleKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
 	</svg>
 {/snippet}
 
+{#snippet ocrIcon()}
+	<svg
+		class="h-5 w-5 flex-shrink-0 {isActive('ocr') ? 'text-brand-mint' : 'text-white/40'}"
+		fill="none"
+		viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+		stroke="currentColor"
+		stroke-width="1.5"
+		aria-hidden="true"
+	>
+		<path
+			stroke-linecap="round"
+			stroke-linejoin="round"
+			d="M9 12h6m-6 4h6m2 5H7a2 2 0 01-2-2V5a2 2 0 012-2h5.586a1 1 0 01.707.293l5.414 5.414a1 1 0 01.293.707V19a2 2 0 01-2 2z"
+		/>
+	</svg>
+{/snippet}
+
 <svelte:document onkeydown={handleKeydown} />
 
 <!--
@@ -188,6 +205,17 @@ function handleKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
 			icon={systemIcon}
 		/>
 	{/if}
+
+	{#if canRunMaintenance}
+		<EntityNavSection
+			variant="sidebar"
+			href="/admin/ocr"
+			label={m.admin_tab_ocr()}
+			isActive={isActive('ocr')}
+			onTabletTrigger={openFlyout}
+			icon={ocrIcon}
+		/>
+	{/if}
 </nav>
 
 {#if flyoutOpen}
@@ -261,5 +289,16 @@ function handleKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
 				icon={systemIcon}
 			/>
 		{/if}
+
+		{#if canRunMaintenance}
+			<EntityNavSection
+				variant="flyout"
+				href="/admin/ocr"
+				label={m.admin_tab_ocr()}
+				isActive={isActive('ocr')}
+				onFlyoutClick={closeFlyout}
+				icon={ocrIcon}
+			/>
+		{/if}
 	</div>
 {/if}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/admin/entity-nav.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/routes/admin/entity-nav.svelte.spec.ts
index 1441c372..944d6c66 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/admin/entity-nav.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/admin/entity-nav.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -79,3 +79,16 @@ describe('EntityNav — flyout', () => {
 		await expect.element(page.getByRole('dialog')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
 });
+
+describe('EntityNav — OCR entry', () => {
+	it('renders OCR link when canRunMaintenance is true', async () => {
+		render(EntityNav, props);
+		await expect.element(page.getByRole('link', { name: /OCR/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+
+	it('does not render OCR link when canRunMaintenance is false', async () => {
+		render(EntityNav, { ...props, canRunMaintenance: false });
+		const links = document.querySelectorAll('a[href="/admin/ocr"]');
+		expect(links.length).toBe(0);
+	});
+});