diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/src/util/generic-search.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/src/util/generic-search.ts
index 56644f0443..a319f17426 100644
--- a/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/src/util/generic-search.ts
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/src/util/generic-search.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   ISearchResult
 } from "../util/search";
 
-export function genericSearch<T extends IItem | IGroup | IUser>(
+export function genericSearch<T extends IItem | IGroup | IUser> (
   search:
     | string
     | ISearchOptions
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function genericSearch<T extends IItem | IGroup | IUser>(
   } else {
     options = appendCustomParams<ISearchOptions>(
       search,
-      ["q", "num", "start", "sortField", "sortOrder"],
+      ["q", "num", "start", "sortField", "sortOrder", "searchUserAccess", "searchUserName"],
       {
         httpMethod: "GET"
       }
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export function genericSearch<T extends IItem | IGroup | IUser>(
   // send the request
   return request(url, options).then(r => {
     if (r.nextStart && r.nextStart !== -1) {
-      r.nextPage = function() {
+      r.nextPage = function () {
         let newOptions: ISearchOptions;
 
         if (
diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/test/items/search.test.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/test/items/search.test.ts
index 4acbc577e2..54650ba089 100644
--- a/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/test/items/search.test.ts
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/test/items/search.test.ts
@@ -64,13 +64,16 @@ describe("search", () => {
       num: 12,
       start: 22,
       sortField: "title",
-      sortOrder: "desc"
+      sortOrder: "desc",
+      searchUserAccess: "groupMember",
+      searchUserName: "casey",
+      foo: "bar" // this one should not end up on the url
     })
       .then(() => {
         expect(fetchMock.called()).toEqual(true);
         const [url, options]: [string, RequestInit] = fetchMock.lastCall("*");
         expect(url).toEqual(
-          "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/search?f=json&q=DC%20AND%20typekeywords%3AhubSiteApplication&num=12&start=22&sortField=title&sortOrder=desc"
+          "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/search?f=json&q=DC%20AND%20typekeywords%3AhubSiteApplication&num=12&start=22&sortField=title&sortOrder=desc&searchUserAccess=groupMember&searchUserName=casey"
         );
         expect(options.method).toBe("GET");
         done();