diff --git a/guix/scripts/system/search.scm b/guix/scripts/system/search.scm
index d70ed266f4..44f00194cd 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system/search.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system/search.scm
@@ -189,4 +189,5 @@ description matches REGEXPS sorted by relevance, and their score."
       (leave-on-EPIPE
        (display-search-results matches (current-output-port)
                                #:print service-type->recutils
+                               #:regexps regexps
                                #:command "guix system search")))))