diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/app-route-map.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/app-route-map.js
index 9306fa71dea..fd06c0b178b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/app-route-map.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/app-route-map.js
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ export default function () {
     this.route("intersection", {
       path: "intersection/:tag_id/*additional_tags",
     });
+
+    // legacy route
+    this.route("legacyRedirect", { path: "/:tag_id" });
   });
 
   this.route(
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/tags-legacy-redirect.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/tags-legacy-redirect.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94c8dbd4478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/tags-legacy-redirect.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import Route from "@ember/routing/route";
+
+export default Route.extend({
+  beforeModel() {
+    this.transitionTo("tag.show", this.paramsFor("tags.legacyRedirect").tag_id);
+  },
+});