diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchRestTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchRestTemplate.java
index dcc2cee4e..fb3c0977a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchRestTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchRestTemplate.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
  * @author Martin Choraine
  * @author Farid Azaza
  * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
+ * @author Mathias Teier
  */
 public class ElasticsearchRestTemplate
 		implements ElasticsearchOperations, EsClient<RestHighLevelClient>, ApplicationContextAware {
@@ -1328,6 +1329,10 @@ public class ElasticsearchRestTemplate
 			request.preference(query.getPreference());
 		}
 
+		if (query.getSearchType() != null) {
+			request.searchType(query.getSearchType());
+		}
+
 		request.source(sourceBuilder);
 		return request;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ReactiveElasticsearchTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ReactiveElasticsearchTemplate.java
index c7ed0c1e5..eabe68f2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ReactiveElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ReactiveElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Farid Azaza
  * @author Martin Choraine
  * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
+ * @author Mathias Teier
  * @since 3.2
  */
 public class ReactiveElasticsearchTemplate implements ReactiveElasticsearchOperations {
@@ -283,6 +284,10 @@ public class ReactiveElasticsearchTemplate implements ReactiveElasticsearchOpera
 				request.preference(query.getPreference());
 			}
 
+			if (query.getSearchType() != null) {
+				request.searchType(query.getSearchType());
+			}
+
 			Pageable pageable = query.getPageable();
 
 			if (pageable.isPaged()) {