diff --git a/app/services/search_service.rb b/app/services/search_service.rb
index 18d9ec8f54..93513ccb11 100644
--- a/app/services/search_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/search_service.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 class SearchService < BaseService
   def call(query, account, limit, options = {})
     @query   = query&.strip
+    pull_query_commands
+
     @account = account
     @options = options
     @limit   = limit.to_i
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ class SearchService < BaseService
   private
 
   MIN_SCORE = 0.7
+  MIN_SCORE_RE = /MINSCORE=((([\d]+\.[\d]+)|([\d]+)){1,6})/.freeze
 
   def perform_accounts_search!
     AccountSearchService.new.call(
@@ -38,22 +41,22 @@ class SearchService < BaseService
   end
 
   def perform_statuses_search!
-    privacy_definition = parsed_query.apply(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchable_by: @account.id }).min_score(MIN_SCORE))
+    privacy_definition = parsed_query.apply(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchable_by: @account.id }).track_scores(true).min_score(@min_score))
 
     # 'private' searchability posts are NOT in here because it's already added at previous line.
     case @searchability
     when 'public'
-      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchability: 'public' }).min_score(MIN_SCORE))
-      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchability: 'unlisted' }).filter(terms: { account_id: following_account_ids }).min_score(MIN_SCORE)) unless following_account_ids.empty?
-      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchability: 'direct' }).filter(term: { account_id: @account.id }).min_score(MIN_SCORE))
+      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchability: 'public' }).track_scores(true).min_score(@min_score))
+      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchability: 'unlisted' }).filter(terms: { account_id: following_account_ids }).track_scores(true).min_score(@min_score)) unless following_account_ids.empty?
+      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchability: 'direct' }).filter(term: { account_id: @account.id }).track_scores(true).min_score(@min_score))
     when 'unlisted', 'private'
-      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(terms: { searchability: %w(public unlisted) }).filter(terms: { account_id: following_account_ids }).min_score(MIN_SCORE)) unless following_account_ids.empty?
-      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchability: 'direct' }).filter(term: { account_id: @account.id }).min_score(MIN_SCORE))
+      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(terms: { searchability: %w(public unlisted) }).filter(terms: { account_id: following_account_ids }).track_scores(true).min_score(@min_score)) unless following_account_ids.empty?
+      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchability: 'direct' }).filter(term: { account_id: @account.id }).track_scores(true).min_score(@min_score))
     when 'direct'
-      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchability: 'direct' }).filter(term: { account_id: @account.id }).min_score(MIN_SCORE))
+      privacy_definition = privacy_definition.or(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchability: 'direct' }).filter(term: { account_id: @account.id }).track_scores(true).min_score(@min_score))
     end
 
-    definition = parsed_query.apply(StatusesIndex.min_score(MIN_SCORE).track_scores(true)).order(id: :desc)
+    definition = parsed_query.apply(StatusesIndex.min_score(@min_score).track_scores(true)).order(id: :desc)
     definition = definition.filter(term: { account_id: @options[:account_id] }) if @options[:account_id].present?
 
     definition = definition.and(privacy_definition)
@@ -130,6 +133,17 @@ class SearchService < BaseService
     @options[:type].blank? || @options[:type] == 'statuses'
   end
 
+  def pull_query_commands
+    @min_score = MIN_SCORE
+
+    min_score_result = @query.scan(MIN_SCORE_RE).first
+    if (min_score_result)
+      @min_score = min_score_result[1].to_f
+      @query = @query.gsub(MIN_SCORE_RE, '').strip
+    end
+
+  end
+
   def parsed_query
     SearchQueryTransformer.new.apply(SearchQueryParser.new.parse(@query))
   end