diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/search-menu-results.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/search-menu-results.js
index 8c0719f0028..1d974350b12 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/search-menu-results.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/search-menu-results.js
@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ createSearchResult({
       h(
         "span.topic-title",
         { attributes: { "data-topic-id": topic.id } },
-        new Highlighted(topic.fancyTitle, term)
+        this.siteSettings.use_pg_headlines_for_excerpt &&
+          result.topic_title_headline
+          ? new RawHtml({ html: `<span>${result.topic_title_headline}</span>` })
+          : new Highlighted(topic.fancyTitle, term)
       ),
     ];