diff --git a/lib/search-query.js b/lib/search-query.js
index 279621e6..0ede923c 100644
--- a/lib/search-query.js
+++ b/lib/search-query.js
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ const getMongoDBQuery = async (db, user, queryStr) => {
     const parsed = parseSearchQuery(queryStr);
 
     let hasTextFilter = false;
+    const isSingleTextQuery = entry => typeof entry?.$text?.$search === 'string' && Object.keys(entry).length === 1;
 
     let walkTree = async node => {
         if (Array.isArray(node)) {
@@ -163,6 +164,26 @@ const getMongoDBQuery = async (db, user, queryStr) => {
                 branch.$and = branch.$and.concat(subBranch || []);
             }
 
+            // MongoDB allows a single $text expression per query. If this AND branch
+            // has multiple direct text clauses, merge them into one.
+            // Used for fulltext AND query (default) (example: `q=term1 term2`)
+            if (branch.$and.length > 1) {
+                let textTerms = [];
+                let nonTextTerms = [];
+
+                for (let entry of branch.$and) {
+                    if (isSingleTextQuery(entry)) {
+                        textTerms.push(entry.$text.$search);
+                    } else {
+                        nonTextTerms.push(entry);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (textTerms.length > 1) {
+                    branch.$and = [{ $text: { $search: textTerms.join(' ') } }].concat(nonTextTerms);
+                }
+            }
+
             return branch;
         } else if (node.$or && node.$or.length) {
             let branch = {
@@ -178,7 +199,7 @@ const getMongoDBQuery = async (db, user, queryStr) => {
             // MongoDB allows a single $text expression per query. If this OR branch
             // only contains text queries, merge them into one $text search.
             // Used for fulltext OR query search
-            if (branch.$or.length && branch.$or.every(entry => entry?.$text && typeof entry.$text.$search === 'string' && Object.keys(entry).length === 1)) {
+            if (branch.$or.length && branch.$or.every(isSingleTextQuery)) {
                 return {
                     $text: {
                         $search: branch.$or.map(entry => entry.$text.$search).join(' ')
diff --git a/test/api/messages-test.js b/test/api/messages-test.js
index 8e7537b1..c97071cd 100644
--- a/test/api/messages-test.js
+++ b/test/api/messages-test.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ describe('Messages tests', function () {
         subjectAttachment: 'Search Query Attachment Marker',
         body: 'searchquerybodytoken',
         attachmentBody: 'searchqueryattachmenttoken',
+        multiTerm1: 'searchquerymultiterm1token',
+        multiTerm2: 'searchquerymultiterm2token',
         toAddress: 'search.query.to@to.com',
         ccAddress: 'search.query.cc@to.com',
         fromAddress: 'messagestestsuser@web.zone.test'
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ describe('Messages tests', function () {
                 cc: [{ address: queryFixture.ccAddress }],
                 bcc: [{ address: queryFixture.ccAddress }],
                 subject: queryFixture.subjectKeyword,
-                text: `${queryFixture.body} keyword marker`
+                text: `${queryFixture.body} keyword marker ${queryFixture.multiTerm1} ${queryFixture.multiTerm2}`
             })
             .expect(200);
 
@@ -262,6 +264,27 @@ describe('Messages tests', function () {
         expect(search.body.results.map(entry => entry.subject)).to.include(queryFixture.subjectExcluded);
     });
 
+    it('should GET /users/:user/search expect success / q with two terms and searchable=1', async () => {
+        const q = `${queryFixture.multiTerm1} ${queryFixture.multiTerm2} in:${queryMailbox}`;
+
+        const search = await server
+            .get(`/users/${user}/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(q)}&limit=50`)
+            .send({})
+            .expect(200);
+
+        const searchWithSearchable = await server
+            .get(`/users/${user}/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(q)}&searchable=1&limit=50`)
+            .send({})
+            .expect(200);
+
+        expect(search.body.success).to.be.true;
+        expect(searchWithSearchable.body.success).to.be.true;
+        expect(searchWithSearchable.body.query).to.equal(q);
+        expect(search.body.results.map(entry => entry.subject)).to.include(queryFixture.subjectKeyword);
+        expect(searchWithSearchable.body.results.map(entry => entry.subject)).to.include(queryFixture.subjectKeyword);
+        expect(searchWithSearchable.body.results).to.deep.equal(search.body.results);
+    });
+
     it('should GET /users/:user/search expect success / q supports OR groups', async () => {
         const q = `(${queryFixture.body} OR ${queryFixture.attachmentBody}) in:${queryMailbox}`;
         const search = await server