diff --git a/app/logical/concerns/searchable.rb b/app/logical/concerns/searchable.rb
index 139968424..1e7d154e3 100644
--- a/app/logical/concerns/searchable.rb
+++ b/app/logical/concerns/searchable.rb
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ module Searchable
     end
 
     if parameter_hash?(params[attr])
-      relation = relation.where(attr => model.visible(current_user).search(params[attr]).reorder(nil))
+      relation = relation.includes(attr).references(attr).where(attr => model.visible(current_user).search(params[attr]).reorder(nil))
     end
 
     relation
diff --git a/app/models/upload_media_asset.rb b/app/models/upload_media_asset.rb
index 9ff3b3a6c..64705e2be 100644
--- a/app/models/upload_media_asset.rb
+++ b/app/models/upload_media_asset.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@
 class UploadMediaAsset < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :upload
   belongs_to :media_asset
+
+  def self.search(params)
+    q = search_attributes(params, :id, :created_at, :updated_at, :upload, :media_asset)
+    q.apply_default_order(params)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/concerns/searchable.rb b/test/unit/concerns/searchable.rb
index 0d6fd85a5..d640e5f6a 100644
--- a/test/unit/concerns/searchable.rb
+++ b/test/unit/concerns/searchable.rb
@@ -252,5 +252,17 @@ class SearchableTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         assert_search_equals(@p1, has_comments: true, comments: { id: @p1.comments.first.id })
       end
     end
+
+    context "for a `has_many through: ...` association" do
+      subject { Upload }
+
+      should "work" do
+        @media_asset = create(:media_asset)
+        @upload1 = create(:upload, media_assets: [@media_asset])
+        @upload2 = create(:upload, media_assets: [@media_asset])
+
+        assert_search_equals([@upload2, @upload1], media_asset: { md5: @media_asset.md5 })
+      end
+    end
   end
 end