diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Categories.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Categories.php
index 4326a51f309b..e2998438bd74 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Categories.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Categories.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function __construct(
     }
 
     /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
+     * @inheritdoc
      * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.UnusedFormalParameter)
      */
     public function resolve(Field $field, $context, ResolveInfo $info, array $value = null, array $args = null)
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public function resolve(Field $field, $context, ResolveInfo $info, array $value
                     $categories[$item->getId()] = $this->customAttributesFlattener
                         ->flatten($categories[$item->getId()]);
                     $categories[$item->getId()]['product_count'] = $item->getProductCount();
+                    $categories[$item->getId()]['model'] = $item;
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Category/CategoryHtmlAttribute.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Category/CategoryHtmlAttribute.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ccb46c3a293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Category/CategoryHtmlAttribute.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Magento\CatalogGraphQl\Model\Resolver\Category;
+
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\Category;
+use Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException;
+use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Config\Element\Field;
+use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Query\ResolverInterface;
+use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Schema\Type\ResolveInfo;
+use Magento\Catalog\Helper\Output as OutputHelper;
+
+/**
+ * Resolve rendered content for category attributes where HTML content is allowed
+ */
+class CategoryHtmlAttribute implements ResolverInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @var OutputHelper
+     */
+    private $outputHelper;
+
+    /**
+     * @param OutputHelper $outputHelper
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        OutputHelper $outputHelper
+    ) {
+        $this->outputHelper = $outputHelper;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function resolve(
+        Field $field,
+        $context,
+        ResolveInfo $info,
+        array $value = null,
+        array $args = null
+    ) {
+        if (!isset($value['model'])) {
+            throw new LocalizedException(__('"model" value should be specified'));
+        }
+
+        /* @var $category Category */
+        $category = $value['model'];
+        $fieldName = $field->getName();
+        $renderedValue = $this->outputHelper->categoryAttribute($category, $category->getData($fieldName), $fieldName);
+
+        return $renderedValue;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Product/Image.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Product/Image.php
index 49617c442eeb..6830aecb78f1 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Product/Image.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Product/Image.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Magento\Catalog\Model\Product;
 use Magento\Catalog\Model\Product\ImageFactory;
+use Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException;
 use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Config\Element\Field;
 use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Query\ResolverInterface;
 use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Schema\Type\ResolveInfo;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public function resolve(
         array $args = null
     ): array {
         if (!isset($value['model'])) {
-            throw new \LogicException(__('"model" value should be specified'));
+            throw new LocalizedException(__('"model" value should be specified'));
         }
         /** @var Product $product */
         $product = $value['model'];
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Products/DataProvider/CategoryTree.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Products/DataProvider/CategoryTree.php
index bae9def4ee6e..07d8996838e9 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Products/DataProvider/CategoryTree.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Products/DataProvider/CategoryTree.php
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ public function __construct(
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns categories tree starting from parent $rootCategoryId
+     *
      * @param ResolveInfo $resolveInfo
      * @param int $rootCategoryId
      * @return array
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ public function getTree(ResolveInfo $resolveInfo, int $rootCategoryId) : array
     }
 
     /**
+     * Iterates through category tree
+     *
      * @param \Iterator $iterator
      * @return array
      */
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@ private function processTree(\Iterator $iterator) : array
             $iterator->next();
             $nextCategory = $iterator->current();
             $tree[$category->getId()] = $this->hydrator->hydrateCategory($category);
+            $tree[$category->getId()]['model'] = $category;
             if ($nextCategory && (int) $nextCategory->getLevel() !== (int) $category->getLevel()) {
                 $tree[$category->getId()]['children'] = $this->processTree($iterator);
             }
@@ -128,6 +133,8 @@ private function processTree(\Iterator $iterator) : array
     }
 
     /**
+     * Joins EAV attributes recursively
+     *
      * @param Collection $collection
      * @param FieldNode $fieldNode
      * @return void
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/etc/schema.graphqls b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/etc/schema.graphqls
index d90af0e1d9a3..a1a587f3f37b 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/etc/schema.graphqls
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/etc/schema.graphqls
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ interface CustomizableProductInterface @typeResolver(class: "Magento\\CatalogGra
 
 interface CategoryInterface @typeResolver(class: "Magento\\CatalogGraphQl\\Model\\CategoryInterfaceTypeResolver") @doc(description: "CategoryInterface contains the full set of attributes that can be returned in a category search") {
     id: Int @doc(description: "An ID that uniquely identifies the category")
-    description: String @doc(description: "An optional description of the category")
+    description: String @doc(description: "An optional description of the category") @resolver(class: "\\Magento\\CatalogGraphQl\\Model\\Resolver\\Category\\CategoryHtmlAttribute")
     name: String @doc(description: "The display name of the category")
     path: String @doc(description: "Category Path")
     path_in_store: String @doc(description: "Category path in store")
diff --git a/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryWithDescriptionDirectivesTest.php b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryWithDescriptionDirectivesTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c115f7124c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryWithDescriptionDirectivesTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Magento\GraphQl\Catalog;
+
+use Magento\Catalog\Api\CategoryRepositoryInterface;
+use Magento\Catalog\Api\Data\CategoryInterface;
+use Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface;
+use Magento\TestFramework\ObjectManager;
+use Magento\TestFramework\TestCase\GraphQlAbstract;
+
+/**
+ * Test for checking that category description directives are rendered correctly
+ */
+class CategoryWithDescriptionDirectivesTest extends GraphQlAbstract
+{
+    /**
+     * @var \Magento\TestFramework\ObjectManager
+     */
+    private $objectManager;
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->objectManager = \Magento\TestFramework\Helper\Bootstrap::getObjectManager();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @magentoApiDataFixture Magento/Catalog/_files/category.php
+     */
+    public function testHtmlDirectivesRendered()
+    {
+        $categoryId = 333;
+        $mediaFilePath = '/path/to/mediafile';
+        /** @var StoreManagerInterface $storeManager */
+        $storeManager = ObjectManager::getInstance()->get(StoreManagerInterface::class);
+        $storeBaseUrl = $storeManager->getStore()->getBaseUrl();
+
+        /* Remove index.php from base URL */
+        $storeBaseUrlParts = explode('/index.php', $storeBaseUrl);
+        $storeBaseUrl = $storeBaseUrlParts[0];
+
+        /** @var CategoryRepositoryInterface $categoryRepository */
+        $categoryRepository = ObjectManager::getInstance()->get(CategoryRepositoryInterface::class);
+        /** @var CategoryInterface $category */
+        $category = $categoryRepository->get($categoryId);
+        $category->setDescription('Test: {{media url="' . $mediaFilePath . '"}}');
+        $categoryRepository->save($category);
+
+        $query = <<<QUERY
+{
+  category(id: {$categoryId}) {
+    description
+  }
+}
+QUERY;
+        $response = $this->graphQlQuery($query);
+
+        self::assertNotContains('media url', $response['category']['description']);
+        self::assertContains($storeBaseUrl, $response['category']['description']);
+    }
+}