diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/components/containers/utils/sources/MPPCategory+Helpers.h b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/components/containers/utils/sources/MPPCategory+Helpers.h
index 9a11d1e29..b2417f4c6 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/components/containers/utils/sources/MPPCategory+Helpers.h
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/components/containers/utils/sources/MPPCategory+Helpers.h
@@ -19,8 +19,27 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 @interface MPPCategory (Helpers)
 
+/**
+ * Creates an `MPPCategory` with the given MediaPipe `Classification` proto.
+ *
+ * @param classificationProto A MediaPipe `Classification` proto.
+ * @return  An `MPPCategory` object that with the given MediaPipe `Classification` proto.
+ */
 + (MPPCategory *)categoryWithProto:(const ::mediapipe::Classification &)classificationProto;
 
+/**
+ * Creates an `MPPCategory` with the given MediaPipe `Classification` proto and the given category index.
+ * The resulting `MPPCategory` is created with the given category index instead of the category index specified in the `Classification` proto.
+ * This method is useful for tasks like gesture recognizer which always returns a default index for the recognized gestures. 
+ *
+ * @param classificationProto A MediaPipe `Classification` proto.
+ * @param index The index to be used for creating the `MPPCategory` instead of the category index specified in the `Classification` proto.
+ *
+ * @return  An `MPPGestureRecognizerResult` object that contains the hand gesture recognition
+ * results.
+ */
++ (MPPCategory *)categoryWithProto:(const ::mediapipe::Classification &)classificationProto andIndex:(NSInteger)index;
+
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/components/containers/utils/sources/MPPCategory+Helpers.mm b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/components/containers/utils/sources/MPPCategory+Helpers.mm
index 12cfa5627..ac7e02cca 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/components/containers/utils/sources/MPPCategory+Helpers.mm
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/components/containers/utils/sources/MPPCategory+Helpers.mm
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ using ClassificationProto = ::mediapipe::Classification;
 
 @implementation MPPCategory (Helpers)
 
-+ (MPPCategory *)categoryWithProto:(const ClassificationProto &)classificationProto {
++ (MPPCategory *)categoryWithProto:(const ClassificationProto &)classificationProto andIndex:(NSInteger)index {
   NSString *categoryName;
   NSString *displayName;
 
@@ -33,10 +33,15 @@ using ClassificationProto = ::mediapipe::Classification;
     displayName = [NSString stringWithCppString:classificationProto.display_name()];
   }
 
-  return [[MPPCategory alloc] initWithIndex:classificationProto.index()
+  return [[MPPCategory alloc] initWithIndex:index
                                       score:classificationProto.score()
                                categoryName:categoryName
                                 displayName:displayName];
 }
 
+
++ (MPPCategory *)categoryWithProto:(const ClassificationProto &)classificationProto {
+  return [MPPCategory categoryWithProto:classificationProto andIndex:classificationProto.index()];
+}
+
 @end