diff --git a/.changeset/cuddly-kiwis-roll.md b/.changeset/cuddly-kiwis-roll.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f0db6c86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cuddly-kiwis-roll.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/product": patch
+---
+
+fix(product): Correctly fetch category descendants by handle
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/integration-tests/http/__tests__/product-category/admin/product-category.spec.ts b/integration-tests/http/__tests__/product-category/admin/product-category.spec.ts
index 8dd486f063..93a5dbfc75 100644
--- a/integration-tests/http/__tests__/product-category/admin/product-category.spec.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/http/__tests__/product-category/admin/product-category.spec.ts
@@ -598,6 +598,33 @@ medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
         )
       })
 
+      it("should filter by handle and retrieve descendants tree", async () => {
+        const response = await api.get(
+          `/admin/product-categories?handle=${productCategoryParent.handle}&include_descendants_tree=true`,
+          adminHeaders
+        )
+
+        expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
+        expect(response.data.product_categories).toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            id: productCategoryParent.id,
+            handle: productCategoryParent.handle,
+            category_children: [
+              expect.objectContaining({
+                id: productCategory.id,
+                handle: productCategory.handle,
+                category_children: [
+                  expect.objectContaining({
+                    id: productCategoryChild.id,
+                    handle: productCategoryChild.handle,
+                  }),
+                ],
+              }),
+            ],
+          }),
+        ])
+      })
+
       it("filters based on free text on name and handle columns", async () => {
         const response = await api.get(
           `/admin/product-categories?q=men&limit=1`,
diff --git a/packages/modules/product/src/repositories/product-category.ts b/packages/modules/product/src/repositories/product-category.ts
index c5ce205272..1e62a7dde1 100644
--- a/packages/modules/product/src/repositories/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/product/src/repositories/product-category.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ export class ProductCategoryRepository extends DALUtils.MikroOrmBaseTreeReposito
     } as MikroOptions<any>
 
     delete where.id
+    delete where.handle
     delete where.mpath
     delete where.parent_category_id