diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryClient.kt b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryClient.kt
index aeb62b127..2af925317 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryClient.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryClient.kt
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ class CategoryClient @Inject constructor(private val categoryInterface: Category
                 it.query()?.pages() ?: emptyList()
             }
             .map {
-                it.map { page -> page.title().replace(CATEGORY_PREFIX, "") }
+                it.filter {
+                    page -> page.categoryInfo() == null || !page.categoryInfo().isHidden
+                }.map { page -> page.title().replace(CATEGORY_PREFIX, "") }
             }
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryInterface.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryInterface.java
index a9f030dec..efc77e1df 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryInterface.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategoryInterface.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public interface CategoryInterface {
      * @return
      */
     @GET("w/api.php?action=query&format=json&formatversion=2"
-            + "&generator=allcategories")
+            + "&generator=allcategories&prop=categoryinfo")
     Single<MwQueryResponse> searchCategoriesForPrefix(@Query("gacprefix") String prefix,
                                                           @Query("gaclimit") int itemLimit, @Query("gacoffset") int offset);
 
diff --git a/data-client/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/dataclient/mwapi/MwQueryPage.java b/data-client/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/dataclient/mwapi/MwQueryPage.java
index e44a10a6f..fceeed938 100644
--- a/data-client/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/dataclient/mwapi/MwQueryPage.java
+++ b/data-client/src/main/java/org/wikipedia/dataclient/mwapi/MwQueryPage.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class MwQueryPage extends BaseModel {
     @SuppressWarnings("unused") private int ns;
     @SuppressWarnings("unused") private int index;
     @SuppressWarnings("unused,NullableProblems") @NonNull private String title;
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused,NullableProblems") @NonNull private CategoryInfo categoryinfo;
     @SuppressWarnings("unused") @Nullable private List<LangLink> langlinks;
     @SuppressWarnings("unused") @Nullable private List<Revision> revisions;
     @SuppressWarnings("unused") @Nullable private List<Coordinates> coordinates;
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ public class MwQueryPage extends BaseModel {
         return title;
     }
 
+    @NonNull public CategoryInfo categoryInfo() {
+        return categoryinfo;
+    }
+
     public int index() {
         return index;
     }
@@ -185,6 +190,17 @@ public class MwQueryPage extends BaseModel {
         }
     }
 
+    public static class CategoryInfo {
+        @SuppressWarnings("unused") private boolean hidden;
+        @SuppressWarnings("unused") private int size;
+        @SuppressWarnings("unused") private int pages;
+        @SuppressWarnings("unused") private int files;
+        @SuppressWarnings("unused") private int subcats;
+        public boolean isHidden() {
+            return hidden;
+        }
+    }
+
     static class Thumbnail {
         @SuppressWarnings("unused") private String source;
         @SuppressWarnings("unused") private int width;