diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index a1998eeb084..0c771dccfe1 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ en:
     search_tokenize_chinese_japanese_korean: "Force search to tokenize Chinese/Japanese/Korean even on non CJK sites"
     search_prefer_recent_posts: "If searching your large forum is slow, this option tries an index of more recent posts first"
     search_recent_posts_size: "How many recent posts to keep in the index"
+    prioritize_open_topics_in_search: "Closed topics in search results will show up after open topics"
     allow_uncategorized_topics: "Allow topics to be created without a category. WARNING: If there are any uncategorized topics, you must recategorize them before turning this off."
     allow_duplicate_topic_titles: "Allow topics with identical, duplicate titles."
     unique_posts_mins: "How many minutes before a user can make a post with the same content again"
diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index 62a6b009bd8..49867b8b6fa 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -1132,6 +1132,7 @@ search:
   search_tokenize_chinese_japanese_korean: false
   search_prefer_recent_posts: false
   search_recent_posts_size: 100000
+  prioritize_open_topics_in_search: false
 
 uncategorized:
   version_checks:
diff --git a/lib/search.rb b/lib/search.rb
index 543149b18e2..44153f47550 100644
--- a/lib/search.rb
+++ b/lib/search.rb
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ class Search
           posts = posts.order("posts.like_count DESC")
         end
       else
+        posts = posts.order("topics.closed") if SiteSetting.prioritize_open_topics_in_search
+
         posts = posts.order("TS_RANK_CD(TO_TSVECTOR(#{query_locale}, topics.title), #{ts_query}) DESC")
 
         data_ranking = "TS_RANK_CD(post_search_data.search_data, #{ts_query})"
diff --git a/spec/components/search_spec.rb b/spec/components/search_spec.rb
index d215c8835c3..b3f89733037 100644
--- a/spec/components/search_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/search_spec.rb
@@ -662,6 +662,26 @@ describe Search do
       expect(Search.execute('Topic order:latest_topic').posts.map(&:id)).to eq([latest_irelevant_topic_post.id, old_relevant_topic_post.id])
     end
 
+    context 'can prioritize open topics in search' do
+      before do
+        open_topic = Fabricate(:topic, title: 'Open Topic, testing prioritize open topics setting')
+        closed_topic = Fabricate(:topic, title: 'Closed Topic, testing prioritize open topics setting', closed: true)
+
+        @open_irrelevant_topic_post = Fabricate(:post, topic: open_topic, raw: 'Not Relevant')
+        @closed_relevant_topic_post = Fabricate(:post, topic: closed_topic, raw: 'Relevant Topic')
+      end
+
+      it "when prioritize_open_topics_in_search is disabled" do
+        SiteSetting.prioritize_open_topics_in_search = false
+        expect(Search.execute('Topic').posts.map(&:id)).to eq([@closed_relevant_topic_post.id, @open_irrelevant_topic_post.id])
+      end
+
+      it "when prioritize_open_topics_in_search is enabled" do
+        SiteSetting.prioritize_open_topics_in_search = true
+        expect(Search.execute('Topic').posts.map(&:id)).to eq([@open_irrelevant_topic_post.id, @closed_relevant_topic_post.id])
+      end
+    end
+
     it 'can tokenize dots' do
       post = Fabricate(:post, raw: 'Will.2000 Will.Bob.Bill...')
       expect(Search.execute('bill').posts.map(&:id)).to eq([post.id])