diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/admin/manage/categories.json b/public/language/en-GB/admin/manage/categories.json
index 8a9ff471b0..124396eb88 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/admin/manage/categories.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/admin/manage/categories.json
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 	"privileges": "Privileges",
 	"back-to-categories": "Back to categories",
 	"name": "Category Name",
+	"handle": "Category Handle",
+	"handle.help": "Your category handle is used as a representation of this category across other networks, similar to a username. A category handle must not match an existing username or user group.",
 	"description": "Category Description",
 	"bg-color": "Background Colour",
 	"text-color": "Text Colour",
diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/error.json b/public/language/en-GB/error.json
index 78945d68a7..fba2f0eaef 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/error.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/error.json
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@
 
 	"topic-event-unrecognized": "Topic event '%1' unrecognized",
 
+	"category.handle-taken": "Category handle is already taken, please choose another.",
 	"cant-set-child-as-parent": "Can't set child as parent category",
 	"cant-set-self-as-parent": "Can't set self as parent category",
 
diff --git a/src/categories/update.js b/src/categories/update.js
index d4be83edb8..517cbeb499 100644
--- a/src/categories/update.js
+++ b/src/categories/update.js
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ module.exports = function (Categories) {
 			return await updateTagWhitelist(cid, value);
 		} else if (key === 'name') {
 			return await updateName(cid, value);
+		} else if (key === 'handle') {
+			return await updateHandle(cid, value);
 		} else if (key === 'order') {
 			return await updateOrder(cid, value);
 		}
@@ -142,4 +144,22 @@ module.exports = function (Categories) {
 		await db.sortedSetAdd('categories:name', 0, `${newName.slice(0, 200).toLowerCase()}:${cid}`);
 		await db.setObjectField(`category:${cid}`, 'name', newName);
 	}
+
+	async function updateHandle(cid, handle) {
+		const existing = await Categories.getCategoryField(cid, 'handle');
+		if (existing === handle) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const taken = await meta.slugTaken(handle);
+		if (taken) {
+			throw new Error('[[error:category.handle-taken]]');
+		}
+
+		await Promise.all([
+			db.setObjectField(`category:${cid}`, 'handle', handle),
+			db.sortedSetRemove('categoryhandle:cid', existing),
+			db.sortedSetAdd('categoryhandle:cid', cid, handle),
+		]);
+	}
 };
diff --git a/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl b/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl
index fb2afcedec..5d35b69c5a 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@
 					<input id="cid-{category.cid}-name" type="text" class="form-control" data-name="name" value="{category.name}" />
 				</div>
 
+				<div class="mb-3">
+					<label class="form-label" for="cid-{category.cid}-handle">
+						[[admin/manage/categories:handle]]
+					</label>
+					<input id="cid-{category.cid}-handle" type="text" class="form-control" data-name="handle" value="{category.handle}" />
+					<p class="form-text">
+						[[admin/manage/categories:handle.help]]
+					</p>
+				</div>
+
 				<div class="mb-3">
 					<label class="form-label" for="cid-{category.cid}-description">
 						[[admin/manage/categories:description]]