diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/QBittorrentTests/QBittorrentFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/QBittorrentTests/QBittorrentFixture.cs
index e6f56a12b..3ceece6f6 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/QBittorrentTests/QBittorrentFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/QBittorrentTests/QBittorrentFixture.cs
@@ -401,5 +401,55 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.Download.DownloadClientTests.QBittorrentTests
             var item = Subject.GetItems().Single();
             item.IsReadOnly.Should().BeFalse();
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_get_category_from_the_category_if_set()
+        {
+            const string category = "tv-sonarr";
+            GivenMaxRatio(1.0f);
+
+            var torrent = new QBittorrentTorrent
+            {
+                Hash = "HASH",
+                Name = _title,
+                Size = 1000,
+                Progress = 1.0,
+                Eta = 8640000,
+                State = "pausedUP",
+                Category = category,
+                SavePath = "",
+                Ratio = 1.0f
+            };
+
+            GivenTorrents(new List<QBittorrentTorrent> { torrent });
+
+            var item = Subject.GetItems().Single();
+            item.Category.Should().Be(category);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_get_category_from_the_label_if_the_category_is_not_available()
+        {
+            const string category = "tv-sonarr";
+            GivenMaxRatio(1.0f);
+
+            var torrent = new QBittorrentTorrent
+            {
+                Hash = "HASH",
+                Name = _title,
+                Size = 1000,
+                Progress = 1.0,
+                Eta = 8640000,
+                State = "pausedUP",
+                Label = category,
+                SavePath = "",
+                Ratio = 1.0f
+            };
+
+            GivenTorrents(new List<QBittorrentTorrent> { torrent });
+
+            var item = Subject.GetItems().Single();
+            item.Category.Should().Be(category);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/qBittorrent/QBittorrent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/qBittorrent/QBittorrent.cs
index b7d06cd3c..1e82cb196 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/qBittorrent/QBittorrent.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/qBittorrent/QBittorrent.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent
             {
                 var item = new DownloadClientItem();
                 item.DownloadId = torrent.Hash.ToUpper();
-                item.Category = torrent.Label;
+                item.Category = torrent.Category.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace() ? torrent.Category : torrent.Label;
                 item.Title = torrent.Name;
                 item.TotalSize = torrent.Size;
                 item.DownloadClient = Definition.Name;
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/qBittorrent/QBittorrentTorrent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/qBittorrent/QBittorrentTorrent.cs
index 7577345a8..266d22f95 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/qBittorrent/QBittorrentTorrent.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/qBittorrent/QBittorrentTorrent.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent
         public string State { get; set; } // Torrent state. See possible values here below
 
         public string Label { get; set; } // Label of the torrent
+        public string Category { get; set; } // Category of the torrent (3.3.5+)
 
         [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "save_path")]
         public string SavePath { get; set; } // Torrent save path