diff --git a/plugins/search/content/content.php b/plugins/search/content/content.php
index 1a36f11b8d06c..d782b0a329f25 100644
--- a/plugins/search/content/content.php
+++ b/plugins/search/content/content.php
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public function onContentSearch($text, $phrase = '', $ordering = '', $areas = nu
 			$case_when1 .= ' ELSE ';
 			$case_when1 .= $c_id . ' END as catslug';
 
-			$query->select('a.title AS title, a.metadesc, a.metakey, a.created AS created, a.language')
+			$query->select('a.title AS title, a.metadesc, a.metakey, a.created AS created, a.language, a.catid')
 				->select($query->concatenate(array('a.introtext', 'a.fulltext')) . ' AS text')
 				->select('c.title AS section, ' . $case_when . ',' . $case_when1 . ', ' . '\'2\' AS browsernav')