diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/package-lock.json b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/package-lock.json
index 880f449f17..c42c4ec2c7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/package-lock.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 				"./src/packages/models-builder",
 				"./src/packages/multi-url-picker",
 				"./src/packages/property-editors",
+				"./src/packages/search",
 				"./src/packages/tags",
 				"./src/packages/templating",
 				"./src/packages/tiny-mce",
@@ -7425,6 +7426,10 @@
 			"resolved": "src/packages/property-editors",
 			"link": true
 		},
+		"node_modules/@umbraco-backoffice/search": {
+			"resolved": "src/packages/search",
+			"link": true
+		},
 		"node_modules/@umbraco-backoffice/tag": {
 			"resolved": "src/packages/tags",
 			"link": true
@@ -21888,6 +21893,7 @@
 		"src/packages/property-editors": {
 			"name": "@umbraco-backoffice/property-editors"
 		},
+		"src/packages/search": {},
 		"src/packages/tags": {
 			"name": "@umbraco-backoffice/tag"
 		},
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/package.json b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/package.json
index 3c6f1efc38..90a1797449 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/package.json
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/package.json
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 		"./src/packages/models-builder",
 		"./src/packages/multi-url-picker",
 		"./src/packages/property-editors",
+		"./src/packages/search",
 		"./src/packages/tags",
 		"./src/packages/templating",
 		"./src/packages/tiny-mce",
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/search/package.json b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/search/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dce223609a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/search/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"name": "@umbraco-backoffice/search",
+	"private": true,
+	"type": "module",
+	"scripts": {
+		"build": "vite build"
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/search/vite.config.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/search/vite.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce6964cd3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/search/vite.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
+import { rmSync } from 'fs';
+import { getDefaultConfig } from '../../vite-config-base';
+
+const dist = '../../../dist-cms/packages/search';
+
+// delete the unbundled dist folder
+rmSync(dist, { recursive: true, force: true });
+
+export default defineConfig({
+	...getDefaultConfig({ dist }),
+});