diff --git a/src/components/SearchFilters/SearchFilters.js b/src/components/SearchFilters/SearchFilters.js
index db3622db..7ea2e703 100644
--- a/src/components/SearchFilters/SearchFilters.js
+++ b/src/components/SearchFilters/SearchFilters.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { FormattedMessage, injectIntl, intlShape } from 'react-intl';
+import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
+import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { omit } from 'lodash';
 
 import { SelectSingleCustomAttribute } from '../../components';
+import routeConfiguration from '../../routeConfiguration';
+import { createResourceLocatorString } from '../../util/routes';
 import css from './SearchFilters.css';
 
 const SearchFiltersComponent = props => {
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ const SearchFiltersComponent = props => {
     resultsCount,
     searchInProgress,
     onMapIconClick,
-    intl,
+    history,
   } = props;
 
   const loadingResults = <FormattedMessage id="SearchFilters.loadingResults" />;
@@ -34,13 +38,26 @@ const SearchFiltersComponent = props => {
 
   const classes = classNames(rootClassName || css.root, className);
 
+  const onSelectSingle = (customAttribute, option) => {
+    // name of the corresponding query parameter
+    const caParam = `ca_${customAttribute}`;
+
+    // query parameters after selecting the option
+    // if no option is passed, clear the selection for the filter
+    const queryParams = option
+      ? { ...urlQueryParams, [caParam]: option }
+      : omit(urlQueryParams, caParam);
+
+    history.push(createResourceLocatorString('SearchPage', routeConfiguration(), {}, queryParams));
+  };
+
   return (
     <div className={classes}>
       <div className={css.filters}>
         <SelectSingleCustomAttribute
           customAttribute="category"
           urlQueryParams={urlQueryParams}
-          intl={intl}
+          onSelect={onSelectSingle}
         />
       </div>
 
@@ -64,7 +81,7 @@ const SearchFiltersComponent = props => {
   );
 };
 
-const { object, string, bool, number, func } = PropTypes;
+const { object, string, bool, number, func, shape } = PropTypes;
 
 SearchFiltersComponent.defaultProps = {
   rootClassName: null,
@@ -82,10 +99,12 @@ SearchFiltersComponent.propTypes = {
   searchingInProgress: bool,
   onMapIconClick: func.isRequired,
 
-  // from injectIntl
-  intl: intlShape.isRequired,
+  // from withRouter
+  history: shape({
+    push: func.isRequired,
+  }).isRequired,
 };
 
-const SearchFilters = injectIntl(SearchFiltersComponent);
+const SearchFilters = withRouter(SearchFiltersComponent);
 
 export default SearchFilters;
diff --git a/src/components/SelectSingleCustomAttribute/SelectSingleCustomAttribute.js b/src/components/SelectSingleCustomAttribute/SelectSingleCustomAttribute.js
index a4579c33..d4c5e3c9 100644
--- a/src/components/SelectSingleCustomAttribute/SelectSingleCustomAttribute.js
+++ b/src/components/SelectSingleCustomAttribute/SelectSingleCustomAttribute.js
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { FormattedMessage, injectIntl, intlShape } from 'react-intl';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
-import { omit } from 'lodash';
 
 import config from '../../config';
-import { stringify } from '../../util/urlHelpers';
-import { Menu, MenuContent, MenuItem, MenuLabel, NamedLink } from '../../components';
+import { Menu, MenuContent, MenuItem, MenuLabel } from '../../components';
 import css from './SelectSingleCustomAttribute.css';
 
 class SelectSingleCustomAttributeComponent extends Component {
@@ -15,25 +13,27 @@ class SelectSingleCustomAttributeComponent extends Component {
 
     this.state = { isOpen: false };
     this.onToggleActive = this.onToggleActive.bind(this);
+    this.selectOption = this.selectOption.bind(this);
   }
 
   onToggleActive(isOpen) {
     this.setState({ isOpen: isOpen });
   }
 
+  selectOption(customAttribute, option) {
+    this.setState({ isOpen: false });
+    this.props.onSelect(customAttribute, option);
+  }
+
   render() {
     const { rootClassName, className, customAttribute, urlQueryParams, intl } = this.props;
 
+    // custom attribute content
     const ca = customAttribute && config.customAttributes[customAttribute];
-
     // name of the corresponding query parameter
     const caParam = `ca_${customAttribute}`;
     // current value of this custom attribute filter
     const currentValue = urlQueryParams[caParam];
-    // query params where this custom attribute is cleared
-    const clearUrlQueryParams = omit(urlQueryParams, caParam);
-    // query string for clearing this custom attribute
-    const clearQueryString = stringify(clearUrlQueryParams);
 
     // resolve menu label text and class
     const menuLabel = currentValue
@@ -56,28 +56,28 @@ class SelectSingleCustomAttributeComponent extends Component {
           {ca.values.map(v => {
             // check if this option is selected
             const selected = currentValue === v;
-            // search query string with this option added
-            const queryString = stringify({ ...urlQueryParams, [caParam]: v });
             // menu item border class
             const menuItemBorderClass = selected ? css.menuItemBorderSelected : css.menuItemBorder;
 
             return (
               <MenuItem key={v}>
-                <NamedLink className={css.menuItem} name="SearchPage" to={{ search: queryString }}>
+                <button
+                  className={css.menuItem}
+                  onClick={() => this.selectOption(customAttribute, v)}
+                >
                   <span className={menuItemBorderClass} />
                   <FormattedMessage id={`SelectSingleCustomAttribute.category.option.${v}`} />
-                </NamedLink>
+                </button>
               </MenuItem>
             );
           })}
           <MenuItem key={'clearLink'}>
-            <NamedLink
+            <button
               className={css.clearMenuItem}
-              name="SearchPage"
-              to={{ search: clearQueryString }}
+              onClick={() => this.selectOption(customAttribute, null)}
             >
               <FormattedMessage id={'SelectSingleCustomAttribute.clear'} />
-            </NamedLink>
+            </button>
           </MenuItem>
         </MenuContent>
       </Menu>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class SelectSingleCustomAttributeComponent extends Component {
   }
 }
 
-const { object, string } = PropTypes;
+const { object, string, func } = PropTypes;
 
 SelectSingleCustomAttributeComponent.defaultProps = {
   rootClassName: null,
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ SelectSingleCustomAttributeComponent.propTypes = {
   className: string,
   customAttribute: string.isRequired,
   urlQueryParams: object.isRequired,
+  onSelect: func.isRequired,
 
   // from injectIntl
   intl: intlShape.isRequired,
diff --git a/src/containers/SearchPage/__snapshots__/SearchPage.test.js.snap b/src/containers/SearchPage/__snapshots__/SearchPage.test.js.snap
index 08983d47..31c8163d 100644
--- a/src/containers/SearchPage/__snapshots__/SearchPage.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/containers/SearchPage/__snapshots__/SearchPage.test.js.snap
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ exports[`SearchPageComponent matches snapshot 1`] = `
   <withRouter(Connect(TopbarContainerComponent)) />
   <div>
     <div>
-      <InjectIntl(SearchFiltersComponent)
+      <withRouter(SearchFiltersComponent)
         listingsAreLoaded={true}
         onMapIconClick={[Function]}
         resultsCount={22}