diff --git a/integrations/user_test.go b/integrations/user_test.go
index 0a6fdd19d5..452ea2ddf0 100644
--- a/integrations/user_test.go
+++ b/integrations/user_test.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ func TestRenameReservedUsername(t *testing.T) {
 		"repo",
 		"template",
 		"user",
+		"search",
 	}
 
 	session := loginUser(t, "user2")
diff --git a/models/user.go b/models/user.go
index ce78e5bfce..2cef2e5dec 100644
--- a/models/user.go
+++ b/models/user.go
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ var (
 		".",
 		"..",
 		".well-known",
+		"search",
 	}
 	reservedUserPatterns = []string{"*.keys", "*.gpg"}
 )