diff --git a/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb b/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
index f3ccd25f6..dde81334e 100644
--- a/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
+++ b/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ class PostQueryBuilder
     end
   end
 
-  def posts(post_query, includes: nil)
-    relation = Post.all
+  def posts(post_query, relation = Post.unscoped, includes: nil)
     relation = add_joins(post_query, relation)
     relation = build_relation(post_query, relation)
 
diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index 25488c84c..6cb2ce65d 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -1390,7 +1390,8 @@ class Post < ApplicationRecord
       def user_tag_match(query, user = CurrentUser.user, tag_limit: user.tag_query_limit, safe_mode: CurrentUser.safe_mode?)
         post_query = PostQuery.normalize(query, current_user: user, tag_limit: tag_limit, safe_mode: safe_mode)
         post_query.validate_tag_limit!
-        post_query.with_implicit_metatags.posts
+        posts = post_query.with_implicit_metatags.posts
+        merge(posts)
       end
 
       def search(params, current_user)
@@ -1408,7 +1409,7 @@ class Post < ApplicationRecord
         )
 
         if params[:tags].present?
-          q = q.user_tag_match(params[:tags])
+          q = q.user_tag_match(params[:tags], current_user)
         end
 
         if params[:order].present?
diff --git a/test/functional/modqueue_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/modqueue_controller_test.rb
index 59c9321fa..8d5542e2f 100644
--- a/test/functional/modqueue_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/modqueue_controller_test.rb
@@ -5,21 +5,25 @@ class ModqueueControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     setup do
       @admin = create(:admin_user)
       @user = create(:user)
-      @post = create(:post, is_pending: true)
     end
 
     context "index action" do
       should "render" do
+        create(:post, is_pending: true)
         get_auth modqueue_index_path, @admin
+
         assert_response :success
       end
 
       should "render for a json response" do
+        create(:post, is_pending: true)
         get_auth modqueue_index_path, @admin, as: :json
+
         assert_response :success
       end
 
       should "support the only= URL param" do
+        @post = create(:post, is_pending: true)
         get_auth modqueue_index_path(only: "rating"), @admin, as: :json
 
         assert_response :success
@@ -37,6 +41,23 @@ class ModqueueControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
         assert_equal([post1.id, post2.id, post3.id], response.parsed_body.pluck("id"))
       end
 
+      should "filter negated tags correctly" do
+        post1 = create(:post, tag_string: "touhou", is_pending: false)
+        post2 = create(:post, tag_string: "touhou", is_pending: true)
+
+        get_auth modqueue_index_path(search: { tags: "-solo" }), @admin, as: :json
+        assert_response :success
+        assert_equal([post2.id], response.parsed_body.pluck("id"))
+
+        get_auth modqueue_index_path(search: { tags: "touhou -solo" }), @admin, as: :json
+        assert_response :success
+        assert_equal([post2.id], response.parsed_body.pluck("id"))
+
+        get_auth modqueue_index_path(search: { tags: "-touhou" }), @admin, as: :json
+        assert_response :success
+        assert_equal([], response.parsed_body.pluck("id"))
+      end
+
       should "include appealed posts in the modqueue" do
         @appeal = create(:post_appeal)
         get_auth modqueue_index_path, @admin
diff --git a/test/unit/post_test.rb b/test/unit/post_test.rb
index 517cfd089..2f5999333 100644
--- a/test/unit/post_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/post_test.rb
@@ -1995,4 +1995,18 @@ class PostTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       assert_equal("https://www.example.com/data/original/77/d8/77d89bda37ea3af09158ed3282f8334f.gif", @post.file_url)
     end
   end
+
+  context "Searching:" do
+    context "the user_tag_match method" do
+      should "should not negate conditions before the search" do
+        @post1 = create(:post, tag_string: "solo", is_pending: true)
+        @post2 = create(:post, tag_string: "touhou", is_deleted: true)
+
+        assert_equal([@post1.id], Post.pending.anon_tag_match("solo").pluck(:id))
+        assert_equal([], Post.pending.anon_tag_match("-solo").pluck(:id))
+        assert_equal([@post2.id], Post.deleted.anon_tag_match("touhou").pluck(:id))
+        assert_equal([], Post.deleted.anon_tag_match("-touhou").pluck(:id))
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end