diff --git a/aio/src/app/search/search-results/search-results.component.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/search/search-results/search-results.component.spec.ts
index a677d1b317..3ecc276de8 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/search/search-results/search-results.component.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/search/search-results/search-results.component.spec.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ describe('SearchResultsComponent', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('should special case results that are top level folders', () => {
+    searchResults.next({ query: '', results: [
+      { path: 'tutorial', title: 'Tutorial index', type: '', keywords: '', titleWords: '' },
+      { path: 'tutorial/toh-pt1', title: 'Tutorial - part 1', type: '', keywords: '', titleWords: '' },
+    ]});
+    expect(currentAreas).toEqual([
+      { name: 'tutorial', pages: [
+        { path: 'tutorial/toh-pt1', title: 'Tutorial - part 1', type: '', keywords: '', titleWords: '' },
+        { path: 'tutorial', title: 'Tutorial index', type: '', keywords: '', titleWords: '' },
+      ], priorityPages: [] }
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('should sort by title within sorted area', () => {
     const results = getTestResults(5);
     searchResults.next({ query: '', results: results });
diff --git a/aio/src/app/search/search-results/search-results.component.ts b/aio/src/app/search/search-results/search-results.component.ts
index 86423c3a98..b5e4fabaa2 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/search/search-results/search-results.component.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/search/search-results/search-results.component.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export interface SearchArea {
 export class SearchResultsComponent implements OnInit {
 
   readonly defaultArea = 'other';
+  readonly topLevelFolders = ['guide', 'tutorial'];
 
   notFound = false;
 
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ export class SearchResultsComponent implements OnInit {
 
   // Split the search result path and use the top level folder, if there is one, as the area name.
   private computeAreaName(result: SearchResult) {
+    if (this.topLevelFolders.indexOf(result.path) !== -1) {
+      return result.path;
+    }
     const [areaName, rest] = result.path.split('/', 2);
     return rest && areaName;
   }