diff --git a/crates/db_views/src/post/post_view.rs b/crates/db_views/src/post/post_view.rs
index 68c838f8af..8539896213 100644
--- a/crates/db_views/src/post/post_view.rs
+++ b/crates/db_views/src/post/post_view.rs
@@ -489,10 +489,11 @@ impl<'a> PostQuery<'a> {
         let searcher = fuzzy_search(search_term);
         let name_filter = post::name.ilike(searcher.clone());
         let body_filter = post::body.ilike(searcher.clone());
+        let alt_text_filter = post::alt_text.ilike(searcher.clone());
         query = if o.title_only.unwrap_or_default() {
           query.filter(name_filter)
         } else {
-          query.filter(name_filter.or(body_filter))
+          query.filter(name_filter.or(body_filter).or(alt_text_filter))
         }
         .filter(not(post::removed.or(post::deleted)));
       }
diff --git a/migrations/2025-02-24-173152_search-alt-text-of-posts/down.sql b/migrations/2025-02-24-173152_search-alt-text-of-posts/down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d1b726118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/2025-02-24-173152_search-alt-text-of-posts/down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+DROP INDEX idx_post_trigram;
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_post_trigram ON post USING gin (name gin_trgm_ops, body gin_trgm_ops);
+
diff --git a/migrations/2025-02-24-173152_search-alt-text-of-posts/up.sql b/migrations/2025-02-24-173152_search-alt-text-of-posts/up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21eb206337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/2025-02-24-173152_search-alt-text-of-posts/up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+DROP INDEX idx_post_trigram;
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_post_trigram ON post USING gin (name gin_trgm_ops, body gin_trgm_ops, alt_text gin_trgm_ops);
+