diff --git a/src/controllers/category.js b/src/controllers/category.js
index f231349a49..89f924e479 100644
--- a/src/controllers/category.js
+++ b/src/controllers/category.js
@@ -199,14 +199,17 @@ function addTags(categoryData, res) {
 	}
 
 	res.locals.linkTags = [
-		{
-			rel: 'alternate',
-			type: 'application/rss+xml',
-			href: categoryData.rssFeedUrl,
-		},
 		{
 			rel: 'up',
 			href: nconf.get('url'),
 		},
 	];
+
+	if (!categoryData['feeds:disableRSS']) {
+		res.locals.linkTags.push({
+			rel: 'alternate',
+			type: 'application/rss+xml',
+			href: categoryData.rssFeedUrl,
+		});
+	}
 }