diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/Files/FileSearchBackend.php b/apps/dav/lib/Files/FileSearchBackend.php
index 05e495ff51f..b3b3b5508cf 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/Files/FileSearchBackend.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/Files/FileSearchBackend.php
@@ -346,6 +346,15 @@ class FileSearchBackend implements ISearchBackend {
 			}
 		}, $query->orderBy);
 
+		$selectFields = [];
+		foreach ($query->select as $searchProperty) {
+			try {
+				$selectFields[] = $this->mapPropertyNameToColumn($searchProperty);
+			} catch (\InvalidArgumentException) {
+				// property does not represent a column on DB
+			}
+		}
+
 		$limit = $query->limit;
 		$maxResults = $limit->maxResults !== 0 ? (int)$limit->maxResults : 100;
 		$offset = $limit->firstResult;
@@ -379,7 +388,8 @@ class FileSearchBackend implements ISearchBackend {
 			$offset,
 			$orders,
 			$this->user,
-			$limitHome
+			$limitHome,
+			$selectFields
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Cache/QuerySearchHelper.php b/lib/private/Files/Cache/QuerySearchHelper.php
index 8cbc4591d75..0b2cc45ec88 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Cache/QuerySearchHelper.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Cache/QuerySearchHelper.php
@@ -150,13 +150,16 @@ class QuerySearchHelper {
 
 		$builder = $this->getQueryBuilder();
 
-		$requestedFields = $this->searchBuilder->extractRequestedFields($searchQuery->getSearchOperation());
+		$requestedFields = array_merge(
+			$this->searchBuilder->extractRequestedFields($searchQuery->getSearchOperation()),
+			array_map(fn ($order) => $order->getField(), $searchQuery->getOrder()),
+			$searchQuery->getSelectFields(),
+		);
 
-		$orderFields = array_map(fn ($order) => $order->getField(), $searchQuery->getOrder());
-
-		$joinExtendedCache = in_array('creation_time', $requestedFields)
+		$joinExtendedCache = in_array('metadata_etag', $requestedFields)
+			|| in_array('creation_time', $requestedFields)
 			|| in_array('upload_time', $requestedFields)
-			|| in_array('last_activity', $orderFields);
+			|| in_array('last_activity', $requestedFields);
 
 		$query = $builder->selectFileCache('file', $joinExtendedCache);
 
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Search/SearchQuery.php b/lib/private/Files/Search/SearchQuery.php
index 5823e81f59a..88b90beb538 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Search/SearchQuery.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Search/SearchQuery.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use OCP\IUser;
 class SearchQuery implements ISearchQuery {
 	/**
 	 * @param ISearchOrder[] $order
+	 * @param list<string> $selectFields
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
 		private ISearchOperator $searchOperation,
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class SearchQuery implements ISearchQuery {
 		private array $order,
 		private ?IUser $user = null,
 		private bool $limitToHome = false,
+		private array $selectFields = [],
 	) {
 	}
 
@@ -60,4 +62,9 @@ class SearchQuery implements ISearchQuery {
 	public function limitToHome(): bool {
 		return $this->limitToHome;
 	}
+
+	#[\Override]
+	public function getSelectFields(): array {
+		return $this->selectFields;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/Files/Search/ISearchQuery.php b/lib/public/Files/Search/ISearchQuery.php
index dc96a7a2f98..0fa9afc7669 100644
--- a/lib/public/Files/Search/ISearchQuery.php
+++ b/lib/public/Files/Search/ISearchQuery.php
@@ -58,4 +58,12 @@ interface ISearchQuery {
 	 * @since 18.0.0
 	 */
 	public function limitToHome(): bool;
+
+	/**
+	 * The fields to include in the search results
+	 *
+	 * @return list<string>
+	 * @since 35.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getSelectFields(): array;
 }