diff --git a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/SearchService.java b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/SearchService.java
index 76949789..bdd1a441 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/SearchService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/SearchService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.search.app;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ public class SearchService {
     @Operation(summary = "Search for any resource")
     @Transactional
     public SearchResult<SearchHit> search(@RestQuery @DefaultValue(QuarkusVersions.LATEST) String version,
+            @RestQuery List<String> categories,
             @RestQuery String q,
             @RestQuery @DefaultValue("0") int page) {
         var result = session.search(Guide.class)
@@ -43,6 +46,10 @@ public SearchResult<SearchHit> search(@RestQuery @DefaultValue(QuarkusVersions.L
 
                     root.add(f.match().field("version").matching(version));
 
+                    if (categories != null && !categories.isEmpty()) {
+                        root.add(f.terms().field("categories").matchingAny(categories));
+                    }
+
                     if (q != null && !q.isBlank()) {
                         root.add(f.bool().must(f.simpleQueryString()
                                 .field("title").boost(10.0f)
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/entity/Guide.java b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/entity/Guide.java
index e009f943..628b3f4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/entity/Guide.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/entity/Guide.java
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ public class Guide {
     // Using PathWrapper because of https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HSEARCH-4988
     public PathWrapper fullContentPath;
 
+    @KeywordField(name = "categories")
+    public Set<String> categories;
+
     @FullTextField(name = "topics")
     @KeywordField(name = "topics_faceting", searchable = Searchable.YES, projectable = Projectable.YES, aggregable = Aggregable.YES)
     public Set<String> topics;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/fetching/QuarkusIO.java b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/fetching/QuarkusIO.java
index 8402c3f2..a5a17fd1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/fetching/QuarkusIO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/quarkus/search/app/fetching/QuarkusIO.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ private Guide parseGuide(GuidesDirectory guidesDirectory, Path path) {
         Asciidoc.parse(path, title -> guide.title = title,
                 Map.of("summary", summary -> guide.summary = summary,
                         "keywords", keywords -> guide.keywords = keywords,
+                        "categories", categories -> guide.categories = toSet(categories),
                         "topics", topics -> guide.topics = toSet(topics),
                         "extensions", extensions -> guide.extensions = toSet(extensions)));
         return guide;
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/quarkus/search/app/SearchServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/io/quarkus/search/app/SearchServiceTest.java
index 7a093bef..2e711806 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/quarkus/search/app/SearchServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/quarkus/search/app/SearchServiceTest.java
@@ -217,4 +217,17 @@ void version() {
                 .allSatisfy(hit -> assertThat(hit).extracting(SearchHit::id, InstanceOfAssertFactories.STRING)
                         .startsWith("/versions/main/guides/"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void categories() {
+        var result = given()
+                .queryParam("q", "orm")
+                .queryParam("categories", "alt-languages")
+                .when().get()
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .extract().body().as(SEARCH_RESULT_SEARCH_HITS);
+        assertThat(result.hits()).extracting(SearchHit::id).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(
+                GuideIds.HIBERNATE_ORM_PANACHE_KOTLIN);
+    }
 }