diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/history/HistoricProcessInstance.java b/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/history/HistoricProcessInstance.java
index c4102aa5ab5..67fb195d850 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/history/HistoricProcessInstance.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/history/HistoricProcessInstance.java
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ public interface HistoricProcessInstance {
     /** The version of the process definition of the process instance. */
     Integer getProcessDefinitionVersion();
 
+    /** The category of the process definition of the process instance. */
+    String getProcessDefinitionCategory();
+
     /**
      * The deployment id of the process definition of the process instance.
      */
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/persistence/entity/HistoricProcessInstanceEntity.java b/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/persistence/entity/HistoricProcessInstanceEntity.java
index de14fa9f43f..832b61e5b8a 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/persistence/entity/HistoricProcessInstanceEntity.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/persistence/entity/HistoricProcessInstanceEntity.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ public interface HistoricProcessInstanceEntity extends HistoricScopeInstanceEnti
 
     void setProcessDefinitionVersion(Integer processDefinitionVersion);
 
+    void setProcessDefinitionCategory(String processDefinitionCategory);
+
     void setDeploymentId(String deploymentId);
     
     void setCallbackId(String callbackId);
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/persistence/entity/HistoricProcessInstanceEntityImpl.java b/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/persistence/entity/HistoricProcessInstanceEntityImpl.java
index a11e55018eb..873792636c0 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/persistence/entity/HistoricProcessInstanceEntityImpl.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/persistence/entity/HistoricProcessInstanceEntityImpl.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class HistoricProcessInstanceEntityImpl extends HistoricScopeInstanceEnti
     protected String processDefinitionKey;
     protected String processDefinitionName;
     protected Integer processDefinitionVersion;
+    protected String processDefinitionCategory;
     protected String deploymentId;
     protected String callbackId;
     protected String callbackType;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ public Object getPersistentState() {
         persistentState.put("processDefinitionKey", processDefinitionKey);
         persistentState.put("processDefinitionName", processDefinitionName);
         persistentState.put("processDefinitionVersion", processDefinitionVersion);
+        persistentState.put("processDefinitionCategory", processDefinitionCategory);
         persistentState.put("deploymentId", deploymentId);
         persistentState.put("callbackId", callbackId);
         persistentState.put("callbackType", callbackType);
@@ -258,6 +260,16 @@ public void setProcessDefinitionVersion(Integer processDefinitionVersion) {
         this.processDefinitionVersion = processDefinitionVersion;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getProcessDefinitionCategory() {
+        return processDefinitionCategory;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setProcessDefinitionCategory(String processDefinitionCategory) {
+        this.processDefinitionCategory = processDefinitionCategory;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getDeploymentId() {
         return deploymentId;
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/resources/org/flowable/db/mapping/entity/HistoricProcessInstance.xml b/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/resources/org/flowable/db/mapping/entity/HistoricProcessInstance.xml
index 43c34850eb7..b5caae73dd4 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/resources/org/flowable/db/mapping/entity/HistoricProcessInstance.xml
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/resources/org/flowable/db/mapping/entity/HistoricProcessInstance.xml
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@
     <result property="processDefinitionName" column="PROC_DEF_NAME_" jdbcType="VARCHAR" /> 
     <result property="processDefinitionKey" column="PROC_DEF_KEY_" jdbcType="VARCHAR" />
     <result property="processDefinitionVersion" column="PROC_DEF_VERSION_" jdbcType="INTEGER" />
+    <result property="processDefinitionCategory" column="PROC_DEF_CATEGORY_" jdbcType="VARCHAR" />
     <result property="deploymentId" column="DEPLOYMENT_ID_" jdbcType="VARCHAR" />
     <result property="startTime" column="START_TIME_" jdbcType="TIMESTAMP" />
     <result property="endTime" column="END_TIME_" jdbcType="TIMESTAMP" />
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@
 
   <select id="selectHistoricProcessInstancesByQueryCriteria" parameterType="org.flowable.engine.impl.HistoricProcessInstanceQueryImpl" resultMap="historicProcessInstanceResultMap">
     <if test="needsPaging">${limitBefore}</if>
-    SELECT RES.* <if test="needsPaging">${limitBetween}</if>, DEF.KEY_ as PROC_DEF_KEY_, DEF.NAME_ as PROC_DEF_NAME_, DEF.VERSION_ as PROC_DEF_VERSION_, DEF.DEPLOYMENT_ID_ as DEPLOYMENT_ID_
+    SELECT RES.* <if test="needsPaging">${limitBetween}</if>, DEF.KEY_ as PROC_DEF_KEY_, DEF.NAME_ as PROC_DEF_NAME_, DEF.VERSION_ as PROC_DEF_VERSION_, DEF.CATEGORY_ as PROC_DEF_CATEGORY_, DEF.DEPLOYMENT_ID_ as DEPLOYMENT_ID_
     <include refid="selectHistoricProcessInstancesByQueryCriteriaSql"/>
     ${orderBy}
     <if test="needsPaging">${limitAfter}</if>
diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine/src/test/java/org/flowable/engine/test/api/history/HistoryServiceTest.java b/modules/flowable-engine/src/test/java/org/flowable/engine/test/api/history/HistoryServiceTest.java
index 0e77ec04e71..46718cf56b6 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine/src/test/java/org/flowable/engine/test/api/history/HistoryServiceTest.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine/src/test/java/org/flowable/engine/test/api/history/HistoryServiceTest.java
@@ -1072,6 +1072,7 @@ public void testHistoricProcessInstanceQueryByProcessDefinitionCategory() {
         HistoryTestHelper.waitForJobExecutorToProcessAllHistoryJobs(processEngineConfiguration, managementService, 7000, 200);
 
         assertThat(historyService.createHistoricProcessInstanceQuery().processDefinitionCategory(processDefinitionCategory).list()).hasSize(1);
+        assertThat(historyService.createHistoricProcessInstanceQuery().processDefinitionCategory(processDefinitionCategory).list().get(0).getProcessDefinitionCategory()).isEqualTo(processDefinitionCategory);
         assertThat(historyService.createHistoricProcessInstanceQuery().processDefinitionCategory(processDefinitionCategory).count()).isEqualTo(1);
         assertThat(historyService.createHistoricProcessInstanceQuery().processDefinitionCategory("invalid").list()).isEmpty();
         assertThat(historyService.createHistoricProcessInstanceQuery().processDefinitionCategory("invalid").count()).isZero();