diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/components/NoteEditor/RichTextEditor.tsx b/packages/app-mobile/components/NoteEditor/RichTextEditor.tsx
index d019d50d6b..10671ccb3f 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/components/NoteEditor/RichTextEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/components/NoteEditor/RichTextEditor.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ const RichTextEditor: React.FC<EditorProps> = props => {
 		initialText: props.initialText,
 		noteId: props.noteId,
 		settings: props.editorSettings,
+		globalSearch: props.globalSearch,
 		webviewRef,
 		themeId: props.themeId,
 		pluginStates: props.plugins,
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/contentScript/index.ts b/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/contentScript/index.ts
index ec183a4ec3..9a72c03fd7 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/contentScript/index.ts
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/contentScript/index.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export const initialize = async ({
 	initialText,
 	initialNoteId,
 	parentElementClassName,
+	initialSearch,
 }: EditorProps) => {
 	const messenger = new WebViewToRNMessenger<EditorProcessApi, MainProcessApi>('rich-text-editor', null);
 	const parentElement = document.getElementsByClassName(parentElementClassName)[0];
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ export const initialize = async ({
 			}
 		},
 	});
+	editor.setSearchState(initialSearch);
 
 	messenger.setLocalInterface({
 		editor,
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/types.ts b/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/types.ts
index 4697244212..db3d50ff3c 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/types.ts
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/types.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { EditorEvent } from '@joplin/editor/events';
-import { EditorControl, EditorSettings } from '@joplin/editor/types';
+import { EditorControl, EditorSettings, SearchState } from '@joplin/editor/types';
 import { MarkupRecord, RendererControl } from '../rendererBundle/types';
 import { RenderResult } from '@joplin/renderer/types';
 
 export interface EditorProps {
 	initialText: string;
+	initialSearch: SearchState;
 	initialNoteId: string;
 	parentElementClassName: string;
 	settings: EditorSettings;
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/useWebViewSetup.ts b/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/useWebViewSetup.ts
index d00cf84161..98b5a2e717 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/useWebViewSetup.ts
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/contentScripts/richTextEditorBundle/useWebViewSetup.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import shim from '@joplin/lib/shim';
 import { PluginStates } from '@joplin/lib/services/plugins/reducer';
 import { RendererControl, RenderOptions } from '../rendererBundle/types';
 import { ResourceInfos } from '@joplin/renderer/types';
+import { defaultSearchState } from '../../components/NoteEditor/SearchPanel';
 
 const logger = Logger.create('useWebViewSetup');
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ interface Props {
 	noteId: string;
 	settings: EditorSettings;
 	parentElementClassName: string;
+	globalSearch: string;
 	themeId: number;
 	pluginStates: PluginStates;
 	noteResources: ResourceInfos;
@@ -100,6 +102,10 @@ const useSource = (props: UseSourceProps) => {
 			parentElementClassName: propsRef.current.parentElementClassName,
 			initialText: propsRef.current.initialText,
 			initialNoteId: propsRef.current.noteId,
+			initialSearch: {
+				...defaultSearchState,
+				searchText: propsRef.current.globalSearch,
+			},
 			settings: propsRef.current.settings,
 		};