diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
index b93406192..c0abb1a54 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ export const searchPages = async (
       termFilters,
       matchFilters,
       ids,
+      includeContent,
     } = args
     // default order is descending
     const sortOrder = sort?.order || SortOrder.DESCENDING
@@ -424,7 +425,7 @@ export const searchPages = async (
       from,
       size,
       _source: {
-        excludes: ['originalHtml', 'content'],
+        excludes: includeContent ? [] : ['originalHtml', 'content'],
       },
     }
 
@@ -497,7 +498,7 @@ export const searchPages = async (
     return [
       response.body.hits.hits.map((hit: { _source: Page; _id: string }) => ({
         ...hit._source,
-        content: '',
+        content: includeContent ? hit._source.content : '',
         id: hit._id,
       })),
       response.body.hits.total.value,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts
index b27cef16d..717ace7ce 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ export interface SearchItem {
   siteName?: string
   siteIcon?: string
   recommendations?: Recommendation[]
+  content?: string
 }
 
 const keys = ['_id', 'url', 'slug', 'userId', 'uploadFileId', 'state'] as const
@@ -315,4 +316,5 @@ export interface PageSearchArgs {
   includeDeleted?: boolean
   ids?: string[]
   recommendedBy?: string
+  includeContent?: boolean
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts b/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
index a62cd8c1e..6cfac5b3a 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
@@ -1737,6 +1737,8 @@ export type QueryRulesArgs = {
 export type QuerySearchArgs = {
   after?: InputMaybe<Scalars['String']>;
   first?: InputMaybe<Scalars['Int']>;
+  format?: InputMaybe<Scalars['String']>;
+  includeContent?: InputMaybe<Scalars['Boolean']>;
   query?: InputMaybe<Scalars['String']>;
 };
 
@@ -2128,6 +2130,7 @@ export type SearchItem = {
   __typename?: 'SearchItem';
   annotation?: Maybe<Scalars['String']>;
   author?: Maybe<Scalars['String']>;
+  content?: Maybe<Scalars['String']>;
   contentReader: ContentReader;
   createdAt: Scalars['Date'];
   description?: Maybe<Scalars['String']>;
@@ -5174,6 +5177,7 @@ export type SearchErrorResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType exten
 export type SearchItemResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType extends ResolversParentTypes['SearchItem'] = ResolversParentTypes['SearchItem']> = {
   annotation?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['String']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
   author?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['String']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
+  content?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['String']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
   contentReader?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['ContentReader'], ParentType, ContextType>;
   createdAt?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['Date'], ParentType, ContextType>;
   description?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['String']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
diff --git a/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql b/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
index 1d56197f7..abf2a3750 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
+++ b/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ type Query {
   recentSearches: RecentSearchesResult!
   reminder(linkId: ID!): ReminderResult!
   rules(enabled: Boolean): RulesResult!
-  search(after: String, first: Int, query: String): SearchResult!
+  search(after: String, first: Int, format: String, includeContent: Boolean, query: String): SearchResult!
   sendInstallInstructions: SendInstallInstructionsResult!
   sharedArticle(selectedHighlightId: String, slug: String!, username: String!): SharedArticleResult!
   subscriptions(sort: SortParams): SubscriptionsResult!
@@ -1548,6 +1548,7 @@ enum SearchErrorCode {
 type SearchItem {
   annotation: String
   author: String
+  content: String
   contentReader: ContentReader!
   createdAt: Date!
   description: String
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index fee971897..e7ba636a9 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ export const searchResolver = authorized<
         size: first + 1, // fetch one more item to get next cursor
         sort: searchQuery.sortParams,
         includePending: true,
+        includeContent: params.includeContent ?? false,
         ...searchQuery,
       },
       claims.uid
@@ -895,6 +896,11 @@ export const searchResolver = authorized<
     if (siteIcon && !isBase64Image(siteIcon)) {
       siteIcon = createImageProxyUrl(siteIcon, 128, 128)
     }
+
+    if (params.includeContent && params.format === 'markdown' && r.content) {
+      r.content = htmlToMarkdown(r.content)
+    }
+
     return {
       node: {
         ...r,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/schema.ts b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
index 64d84d2d5..d07520a22 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
@@ -1550,6 +1550,7 @@ const schema = gql`
     siteIcon: String
     recommendations: [Recommendation!]
     wordsCount: Int
+    content: String
   }
 
   type SearchItemEdge {
@@ -2453,7 +2454,13 @@ const schema = gql`
     newsletterEmails: NewsletterEmailsResult!
     reminder(linkId: ID!): ReminderResult!
     labels: LabelsResult!
-    search(after: String, first: Int, query: String): SearchResult!
+    search(
+      after: String
+      first: Int
+      query: String
+      includeContent: Boolean
+      format: String
+    ): SearchResult!
     subscriptions(sort: SortParams): SubscriptionsResult!
     sendInstallInstructions: SendInstallInstructionsResult!
     webhooks: WebhooksResult!