diff --git a/mod/search.php b/mod/search.php
index c1990bf87..e016ede74 100644
--- a/mod/search.php
+++ b/mod/search.php
@@ -200,11 +200,12 @@ function search_content(App $a) {
 		$r = q("SELECT %s
 			FROM `term`
 				STRAIGHT_JOIN `item` ON `item`.`id`=`term`.`oid` %s
-			WHERE %s AND (`term`.`uid` = 0 OR (`term`.`uid` = %d AND NOT `term`.`global`)) AND `term`.`otype` = %d AND `term`.`type` = %d AND `term`.`term` = '%s'
+			WHERE %s AND (`term`.`uid` = 0 OR (`term`.`uid` = %d AND NOT `term`.`global`))
+				AND `term`.`otype` = %d AND `term`.`type` = %d AND `term`.`term` = '%s' and `item`.`verb` = '%s'
 			ORDER BY term.created DESC LIMIT %d , %d ",
 				item_fieldlists(), item_joins(), item_condition(),
 				intval(local_user()),
-				intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_HASHTAG), dbesc(protect_sprintf($search)),
+				intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_HASHTAG), dbesc(protect_sprintf($search)), dbesc(ACTIVITY_POST),
 				intval($a->pager['start']), intval($a->pager['itemspage']));
 	} else {
 		logger("Start fulltext search for '".$search."'", LOGGER_DEBUG);