diff --git a/src/wrapper/java/book.cpp b/src/wrapper/java/book.cpp
index 2d555f3..157cc52 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/java/book.cpp
+++ b/src/wrapper/java/book.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ GETTER(jstring, getDate)
 GETTER(jstring, getUrl)
 GETTER(jstring, getName)
 GETTER(jstring, getFlavour)
+GETTER(jstring, getCategory)
 GETTER(jstring, getTags)
 GETTER(jlong, getArticleCount)
 GETTER(jlong, getMediaCount)
diff --git a/src/wrapper/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/Book.java b/src/wrapper/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/Book.java
index c40cd16..693e833 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/Book.java
+++ b/src/wrapper/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/Book.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public class Book
   public native String getUrl();
   public native String getName();
   public native String getFlavour();
+  public native String getCategory();
   public native String getTags();
   /**
    * Return the value associated to the tag tagName