diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/create-product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/create-product-category.ts
index ee18a0cac3e53..70aa70dcb5558 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/create-product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/create-product-category.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import { FindParams } from "../../../../types/common"
  *       // must be previously logged in or use api token
  *       medusa.admin.productCategories.create({
  *         name: 'Jeans',
- *         handle: 'jeans',
  *       })
  *       .then(({ productCategory }) => {
  *         console.log(productCategory.id);
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ import { FindParams } from "../../../../types/common"
  *       --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  *       --data-raw '{
  *           "name": "Jeans",
-*            "handle": "jeans",
  *       }'
  * security:
  *   - api_token: []
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  * type: object
  * required:
  *   - name
- *   - handle
  * properties:
  *   name:
  *     type: string
@@ -124,10 +121,6 @@ export class AdminPostProductCategoriesReq extends AdminProductCategoriesReqBase
   @IsString()
   @IsNotEmpty()
   name: string
-
-  @IsString()
-  @IsNotEmpty()
-  handle: string
 }
 
 export class AdminPostProductCategoriesParams extends FindParams {}
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts
index 0e9a7e7ad3ba9..3155f2c768b72 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { generateEntityId } from "../utils/generate-entity-id"
 import { SoftDeletableEntity } from "../interfaces/models/soft-deletable-entity"
+import { kebabCase } from "lodash"
 import {
   BeforeInsert,
   Index,
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ export class ProductCategory extends SoftDeletableEntity {
   @BeforeInsert()
   private beforeInsert(): void {
     this.id = generateEntityId(this.id, "pcat")
+
+    if (!this.handle) {
+      this.handle = kebabCase(this.name)
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +65,6 @@ export class ProductCategory extends SoftDeletableEntity {
  * type: object
  * required:
  *   - name
- *   - handle
  * properties:
  *   id:
  *     type: string
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts
index 5a059040d9a2a..03c768efccfdf 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts
@@ -112,12 +112,11 @@ describe("ProductCategoryService", () => {
     })
 
     it("successfully creates a product category", async () => {
-      await productCategoryService.create({ name: "jeans", handle: "jeans" })
+      await productCategoryService.create({ name: "jeans" })
 
       expect(productCategoryRepository.create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
       expect(productCategoryRepository.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         name: "jeans",
-        handle: "jeans"
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/types/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/types/product-category.ts
index 555f191a2f037..30fd31a3ead4f 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/types/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/types/product-category.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ import { IsNotEmpty, IsOptional, IsString, IsBoolean } from "class-validator"
 
 export type CreateProductCategoryInput = {
   name: string
-  handle: string
+  handle?: string
   is_internal?: boolean
   is_active?: boolean
   parent_category_id?: string | null
 }
 
 export class AdminProductCategoriesReqBase {
+  @IsString()
+  @IsNotEmpty()
+  handle?: string
+
   @IsBoolean()
   @IsOptional()
   is_internal?: boolean
@@ -18,6 +22,7 @@ export class AdminProductCategoriesReqBase {
   @IsOptional()
   is_active?: boolean
 
+  @IsString()
   @IsOptional()
   @Transform(({ value }) => {
     return value === "null" ? null : value