diff --git a/app/controllers/list_controller.rb b/app/controllers/list_controller.rb
index 31c024e8037..66e59247f93 100644
--- a/app/controllers/list_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/list_controller.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class ListController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def category_default
+    canonical_url "#{Discourse.base_url_no_prefix}#{@category.url}"
     view_method = @category.default_view
     view_method = 'latest' unless %w(latest top).include?(view_method)
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/list_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/list_controller_spec.rb
index 0c5b41596bc..4240d78ca9b 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/list_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/list_controller_spec.rb
@@ -219,7 +219,22 @@ describe ListController do
           xhr :get, :category_default, category: category.slug
           expect(response).to be_success
         end
+      end
 
+      describe "renders canonical tag" do
+        render_views
+
+        it 'for category default view' do
+          get :category_default, category: category.slug
+          expect(response).to be_success
+          expect(css_select("link[rel=canonical]").length).to eq(1)
+        end
+
+        it 'for category latest view' do
+          get :category_latest, category: category.slug
+          expect(response).to be_success
+          expect(css_select("link[rel=canonical]").length).to eq(1)
+        end
       end
     end
   end