diff --git a/charts/dendrite/README.md b/charts/dendrite/README.md
index 5cb3f5153..c6cc7a7ef 100644
--- a/charts/dendrite/README.md
+++ b/charts/dendrite/README.md
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ For more information see:
 | syncapi.image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` | image pull policy |
 | syncapi.image.repository | string | `"matrixdotorg/dendrite-polylith"` | image repository |
 | syncapi.image.tag | string | chart.appVersion | image tag |
+| syncapi.config.search.enabled | bool | `false` | Fulltext indexing using [Bleve](https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve) |
+| syncapi.config.search.index_path | string | `/var/dendrite/searchindex` | Where to store search index |
+| syncapi.config.search.language | string | `en` | Indexing language |
 | userapi | object | values.yaml | Configure the User API For more information see [the sample dendrite configuration](https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/blob/main/dendrite-sample.polylith.yaml) |
 | userapi.config.bcrypt_cost | int | 10 | bcrypt cost (2^[cost] = rounds) |
 | userapi.database | object | See values.yaml | Override general dendrite.database parameters. |
diff --git a/charts/dendrite/templates/common.yaml b/charts/dendrite/templates/common.yaml
index ce67785e2..6750bc7de 100644
--- a/charts/dendrite/templates/common.yaml
+++ b/charts/dendrite/templates/common.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
   {{- with (index $.Values "mediaapi") }}
     {{- $_ := set .persistence "media" $.Values.persistence.media -}}
   {{- end }}
+  {{- with (index $.Values "syncapi") }}
+    {{- $_ := set .persistence "search" $.Values.persistence.search -}}
+  {{- end }}
 {{- else }}
   {{ include "common.values.setup" . }}
   {{- $_ := set .Values.persistence "dendrite-key" (include "dendrite.keyVolume" . | fromYaml) -}}
diff --git a/charts/dendrite/templates/dendrite-config.yaml b/charts/dendrite/templates/dendrite-config.yaml
index eedb74168..688567e8c 100644
--- a/charts/dendrite/templates/dendrite-config.yaml
+++ b/charts/dendrite/templates/dendrite-config.yaml
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ stringData:
         max_idle_conns: {{ default .Values.dendrite.database.max_idle_conns .Values.syncapi.database.max_idle_conns }}
         conn_max_lifetime: {{ default .Values.dendrite.database.conn_max_lifetime .Values.syncapi.database.conn_max_lifetime }}
       {{- end }}
+      search:
+        enabled: {{ default "false" .Values.syncapi.config.search.enabled }}
+        index_path: {{ default "/var/dendrite/searchindex" .Values.syncapi.config.search.index_path | quote }}
+        language: {{ default "en" .Values.syncapi.config.search.language }}
     user_api:
       {{- if .Values.dendrite.polylithEnabled }}
       internal_api:
diff --git a/charts/dendrite/values.yaml b/charts/dendrite/values.yaml
index 9ec4bb386..31f7b8189 100644
--- a/charts/dendrite/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/dendrite/values.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ ingress:
 # -- Configure persistence settings for the chart under this key.
 # @default -- See values.yaml
 persistence:
+  search:
+    enabled: false
+    mountPath: &searchPath /var/dendrite/searchindex
+    accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
+    size: 5Gi
   media:
     enabled: false
     mountPath: &mediaPath /var/dendrite/media
@@ -336,6 +341,11 @@ syncapi:
     # -- Maximum connection lifetime
     # @default -- dendrite.database.conn_max_lifetime
     conn_max_lifetime: null
+  config:
+   search:
+     enabled: "false"
+     index_path: *searchPath
+     language: "en" # more possible languages can be found at https://github.com/blevesearch/bleve/tree/master/analysis/lang
 
 # -- Configure the Room Server
 # For more information see [the sample dendrite configuration](https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/blob/main/dendrite-sample.polylith.yaml)