diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Trees/ISearchableTreeWithCulture.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Trees/ISearchableTreeWithCulture.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ac4ea3be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Trees/ISearchableTreeWithCulture.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.ContentEditing;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Trees
+{
+    [Obsolete("This interface will be merged into ISearchableTree in Umbraco 12")]
+    public interface ISearchableTreeWithCulture : ISearchableTree
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Searches for results based on the entity type
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="query"></param>
+        /// <param name="pageSize"></param>
+        /// <param name="pageIndex"></param>
+        /// <param name="searchFrom">
+        ///     A starting point for the search, generally a node id, but for members this is a member type alias
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="culture"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Task<EntitySearchResults> SearchAsync(string query, int pageSize, long pageIndex, string? searchFrom = null, string? culture = null);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/EntityController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/EntityController.cs
index a3716f53aa..08286108c7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/EntityController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/EntityController.cs
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
                 return result;
             }
 
+            var culture = ClientCulture();
             var allowedSections = _backofficeSecurityAccessor.BackOfficeSecurity?.CurrentUser?.AllowedSections.ToArray();
 
             var searchTasks = new List<Task>();
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
                     var rootNodeDisplayName = Tree.GetRootNodeDisplayName(tree, _localizedTextService);
                     if (rootNodeDisplayName is not null)
                     {
-                        searchTasks.Add(ExecuteSearchAsync(query, searchableTree, rootNodeDisplayName,result));
+                        searchTasks.Add(ExecuteSearchAsync(query, culture, searchableTree, rootNodeDisplayName,result));
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -232,13 +233,22 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
 
         private static async Task ExecuteSearchAsync(
             string query,
+            string? culture,
             KeyValuePair<string, SearchableApplicationTree> searchableTree,
             string rootNodeDisplayName,
             ConcurrentDictionary<string, TreeSearchResult> result)
         {
+            ISearchableTree searcher = searchableTree.Value.SearchableTree;
+            const int pageSize = 200;
+            IEnumerable<SearchResultEntity> results = (
+                searcher is ISearchableTreeWithCulture searcherWithCulture
+                    ? await searcherWithCulture.SearchAsync(query, pageSize, 0, culture: culture)
+                    : await searcher.SearchAsync(query, pageSize, 0))
+            .WhereNotNull();
+
             var searchResult = new TreeSearchResult
             {
-                Results = (await searchableTree.Value.SearchableTree.SearchAsync(query, 200, 0)).WhereNotNull(),
+                Results = results,
                 TreeAlias = searchableTree.Key,
                 AppAlias = searchableTree.Value.AppAlias,
                 JsFormatterService = searchableTree.Value.FormatterService,
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs
index 4b61ef2e17..4fccfb6e24 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Trees
     [PluginController(Constants.Web.Mvc.BackOfficeTreeArea)]
     [CoreTree]
     [SearchableTree("searchResultFormatter", "configureContentResult", 10)]
-    public class ContentTreeController : ContentTreeControllerBase, ISearchableTree
+    public class ContentTreeController : ContentTreeControllerBase, ISearchableTreeWithCulture
     {
         private readonly UmbracoTreeSearcher _treeSearcher;
         private readonly ActionCollection _actions;
@@ -369,8 +369,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Trees
         }
 
         public async Task<EntitySearchResults> SearchAsync(string query, int pageSize, long pageIndex, string? searchFrom = null)
+            => await SearchAsync(query, pageSize, pageIndex, searchFrom, null);
+
+        public async Task<EntitySearchResults> SearchAsync(string query, int pageSize, long pageIndex, string? searchFrom = null, string? culture = null)
         {
-            var results = _treeSearcher.ExamineSearch(query, UmbracoEntityTypes.Document, pageSize, pageIndex, out long totalFound, searchFrom);
+            var results = _treeSearcher.ExamineSearch(query, UmbracoEntityTypes.Document, pageSize, pageIndex, out long totalFound, culture: culture, searchFrom: searchFrom);
             return new EntitySearchResults(results, totalFound);
         }
     }