diff --git a/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
index 6fb2bd07ccc..027a5ddf629 100644
--- a/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
         style = SiteSetting.desktop_category_page_style
         topic_options = {
           per_page: SiteSetting.categories_topics,
-          no_definitions: true
+          no_definitions: true,
+          exclude_category_ids: Category.where(suppress_from_latest: true).pluck(:id)
         }
 
         if style == "categories_and_latest_topics".freeze
diff --git a/spec/requests/categories_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/categories_controller_spec.rb
index 9934db2450a..9f0b113aecf 100644
--- a/spec/requests/categories_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/categories_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,42 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
-describe GroupsController do
-  let(:admin) { Fabricate(:admin) }
-  let(:category) { Fabricate(:category, user: admin) }
+describe CategoriesController do
 
-  before do
-    category
-    sign_in(admin)
+  context 'index' do
+
+    it 'suppresses categories correctly' do
+      post = create_post(title: 'super AMAZING AMAZING post')
+
+      get "/categories"
+      expect(response.body).to include('AMAZING AMAZING')
+
+      post.topic.category.update_columns(suppress_from_latest: true)
+
+      get "/categories"
+      expect(response.body).not_to include('AMAZING AMAZING')
+    end
   end
 
-  it "triggers a extensibility event" do
-    event = DiscourseEvent.track_events {
-      put "/categories/#{category.id}.json", params: {
-        name: 'hello',
-        color: 'ff0',
-        text_color: 'fff'
-      }
-    }.last
+  context 'extensibility event' do
+    let(:admin) { Fabricate(:admin) }
+    let(:category) { Fabricate(:category, user: admin) }
 
-    expect(event[:event_name]).to eq(:category_updated)
-    expect(event[:params].first).to eq(category)
+    before do
+      category
+      sign_in(admin)
+    end
+
+    it "triggers a extensibility event" do
+      event = DiscourseEvent.track_events {
+        put "/categories/#{category.id}.json", params: {
+          name: 'hello',
+          color: 'ff0',
+          text_color: 'fff'
+        }
+      }.last
+
+      expect(event[:event_name]).to eq(:category_updated)
+      expect(event[:params].first).to eq(category)
+    end
   end
 end