diff --git a/migrations/20200521014822_add_base_language_to_categories.php b/migrations/20200521014822_add_base_language_to_categories.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93f4a20e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20200521014822_add_base_language_to_categories.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+use Phinx\Migration\AbstractMigration;
+
+class AddBaseLanguageToCategories extends AbstractMigration
+{
+    public function up()
+    {
+
+        $result = $this->fetchRow(
+            "SELECT config_value FROM config WHERE group_name='site' and config_key='language' "
+        );
+        // get two letter lang code
+        $language = str_before(json_decode($result['config_value']), '-');
+        $this->table('tags')
+            ->addColumn('base_language', 'string', ['null' => false, 'default' => $language]) //es/en
+            ->update();
+    }
+
+
+    public function down()
+    {
+        $this->table('tags')->removeColumn('base_language');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/v4/tags.v4.feature b/tests/integration/v4/tags.v4.feature
index 3f3ad49475..c457b86121 100644
--- a/tests/integration/v4/tags.v4.feature
+++ b/tests/integration/v4/tags.v4.feature
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @tagsFixture @rolesEnabled
 Feature: Testing the Categories API
-    Scenario: Creating a new Tag
+    Scenario: Creating a new Tag with a base language
         Given that I want to make a new "Category"
         And that the oauth token is "testadminuser"
         And that the api_url is "api/v4"
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Feature: Testing the Categories API
                 "type":"category",
                 "priority":1,
                 "color":"00ff00",
+                "base_language": "en",
                 "role": ["admin", "user"]
             }
             """
@@ -27,10 +28,47 @@ Feature: Testing the Categories API
         And the "result.color" property equals "#00ff00"
         And the "result.priority" property equals "1"
         And the "result.type" property equals "category"
+        And the "result.enabled_languages.default" property equals "en"
+        And the response has a "result.role" property
+        And the "result.parent.id" property equals "1"
+        Then the guzzle status code should be 201
+    Scenario: Creating a new Tag with a base language and translation
+        Given that I want to make a new "Category"
+        And that the oauth token is "testadminuser"
+        And that the api_url is "api/v4"
+        And that the request "data" is:
+            """
+            {
+                "parent_id":1,
+                "tag":"Boxes with a translation",
+                "description":"Is this a box? Awesome",
+                "type":"category",
+                "priority":1,
+                "color":"00ff00",
+                "base_language": "en",
+                "role": ["admin", "user"],
+                "translations": {
+                    "es": {
+                        "tag": "Cajas"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            """
+        When I request "/categories"
+        Then the response is JSON
+        And the response has a "result.id" property
+        And the type of the "result.id" property is "numeric"
+        And the "result.tag" property equals "Boxes with a translation"
+        And the "result.slug" property equals "boxes-with-a-translation"
+        And the "result.description" property equals "Is this a box? Awesome"
+        And the "result.color" property equals "#00ff00"
+        And the "result.priority" property equals "1"
+        And the "result.type" property equals "category"
+        And the "result.enabled_languages.default" property equals "en"
+        And the "result.enabled_languages.available.0" property equals "es"
         And the response has a "result.role" property
         And the "result.parent.id" property equals "1"
         Then the guzzle status code should be 201
-
     Scenario: Creating a duplicate tag
         Given that I want to make a new "Category"
         And that the oauth token is "testadminuser"
diff --git a/v4/Http/Resources/CategoryResource.php b/v4/Http/Resources/CategoryResource.php
index c0ad46df7f..c6db9a4743 100644
--- a/v4/Http/Resources/CategoryResource.php
+++ b/v4/Http/Resources/CategoryResource.php
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ public function toArray($request)
             'children' => $this->children,
             'parent' => $this->parent,
             'translations' => new TranslationCollection($this->translations),
+            'enabled_languages' => [
+                'default'=> $this->base_language,
+                'available' => $this->translations->groupBy('language')->keys()
+            ]
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/v4/Models/Category.php b/v4/Models/Category.php
index ece200e88a..45e1d80c41 100644
--- a/v4/Models/Category.php
+++ b/v4/Models/Category.php
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class Category extends Model
         'icon',
         'description',
         'role',
-        'priority'
+        'priority',
+        'base_language'
     ];
 
     /**