diff --git a/server/api/search.json.get.ts b/server/api/search.json.get.ts
index d27121431..0f0a121ea 100644
--- a/server/api/search.json.get.ts
+++ b/server/api/search.json.get.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { serverQueryContent } from '#content/server'
 
 export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
-  return await serverQueryContent(event, '/docs').where({
+  const { select } = getQuery<{ select: string | undefined }>(event)
+
+  const docs = await serverQueryContent(event, '/docs').where({
     _type: 'markdown',
     _path: {
       $and: [{
@@ -12,4 +14,19 @@ export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
     },
     navigation: { $ne: false }
   }).find()
+
+  if (select.length) {
+    const fieldsToSelect = select.split(',') ?? []
+    return docs.map((doc) => {
+      return fieldsToSelect.reduce((acc, field) => {
+        if (doc[field] !== undefined) {
+          acc[field] = doc[field]
+        }
+        return acc
+      }, {})
+    })
+  }
+  else {
+    return docs
+  }
 })