diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-boxes-with-topics.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-boxes-with-topics.hbs
index 8d11bffb170..6e65397af84 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-boxes-with-topics.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-boxes-with-topics.hbs
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
             {{cdn-img src=c.uploaded_logo.url class="logo"}}
           {{/if}}
 
-          <h3>{{c.name}}</h3>
+          <h3>
+            {{#if c.read_restricted}}
+              {{fa-icon 'lock'}}
+            {{/if}}
+            {{c.name}}
+          </h3>
         </a>
       </div>
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-boxes.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-boxes.hbs
index 8bced38d5ca..5c94459f078 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-boxes.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/categories-boxes.hbs
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
           {{cdn-img src=c.uploaded_logo.url class="logo"}}
         {{/if}}
 
-        <h3>{{c.name}}</h3>
+        <h3>
+          {{#if c.read_restricted}}
+            {{fa-icon 'lock'}}
+          {{/if}}
+          {{c.name}}
+        </h3>
       </div>
 
       <div class='description'>
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-list.scss
index 73bfee33fe0..67577000863 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-list.scss
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@
       height: 40px;
       margin: 0 auto 1em auto;
     }
+
+    h3 .fa {
+      color: $primary;
+    }
   }
 
   &.no-logos {