diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/EntityXmlSerializer.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/EntityXmlSerializer.cs
index 1e7a95d6fd..919306ba9c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/EntityXmlSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/EntityXmlSerializer.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
             xml.Add(new XAttribute("writerID", content.WriterId));
             xml.Add(new XAttribute("template", content.Template == null ? "0" : content.Template.Id.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)));
             xml.Add(new XAttribute("nodeTypeAlias", content.ContentType.Alias));
+            xml.Add(new XAttribute("isPublished", content.Published));
 
             if (deep)
             {
diff --git a/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoContentIndexer.cs b/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoContentIndexer.cs
index 0a3eca1f1e..2a2e2ce98c 100644
--- a/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoContentIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoContentIndexer.cs
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ namespace UmbracoExamine
                 new StaticField("writerName", FieldIndexTypes.ANALYZED, false, string.Empty),
                 new StaticField("creatorName", FieldIndexTypes.ANALYZED, false, string.Empty),
                 new StaticField("nodeTypeAlias", FieldIndexTypes.ANALYZED, false, string.Empty),
-                new StaticField("path", FieldIndexTypes.NOT_ANALYZED, false, string.Empty)
+                new StaticField( "path", FieldIndexTypes.NOT_ANALYZED, false, string.Empty),
+                new StaticField( "isPublished", FieldIndexTypes.NOT_ANALYZED, false, string.Empty)
             };
 
         #endregion