diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts
index 26b41b586..135effc4c 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts
@@ -1101,7 +1101,8 @@ export const registerDashboardRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
           filters: {
             ...sharedFilters,
             tagSlugs: tags,
-            includeTagsInSearch: true
+            includeTagsInSearch: true,
+            includeMetadataInSearch: true
           }
         },
         req.permission
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/components/QuickSearchSecretItem.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/components/QuickSearchSecretItem.tsx
index c7a84f627..c1ec37253 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/components/QuickSearchSecretItem.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/components/QuickSearchSecretItem.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   faCheck,
   faChevronRight,
+  faCode,
   faCopy,
   faEye,
   faFolder,
@@ -82,6 +83,17 @@ export const QuickSearchSecretItem = ({
     search.trim() &&
     secretGroupTags?.find((tag) => tag && tag.slug.toLowerCase().includes(search.toLowerCase()));
 
+  const secretGroupMetadata = secretGroup.flatMap((secret) => secret.secretMetadata);
+
+  const metadataMatch =
+    search.trim() &&
+    secretGroupMetadata?.find(
+      (metadata) =>
+        metadata &&
+        (metadata.key.toLowerCase().includes(search.toLowerCase()) ||
+          metadata.value.toLowerCase().includes(search.toLowerCase()))
+    );
+
   return (
     <Tr
       className="hover cursor-pointer bg-mineshaft-700 hover:bg-mineshaft-600"
@@ -109,6 +121,12 @@ export const QuickSearchSecretItem = ({
               {tagMatch.slug}
             </Badge>
           )}
+          {metadataMatch && !tagMatch && (
+            <Badge variant="primary" className="flex items-center gap-1 whitespace-nowrap">
+              <FontAwesomeIcon size="xs" icon={faCode} />
+              <p className="truncate">Metadata Match</p>
+            </Badge>
+          )}
           {isSingleEnv ? (
             <Tooltip
               isDisabled={!groupSecret?.secretValueHidden}