diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/FulltextSearchSvcImpl.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/FulltextSearchSvcImpl.java
index 0d431a8a3ee..cecb1566988 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/FulltextSearchSvcImpl.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/FulltextSearchSvcImpl.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.param.TokenParam;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.util.ISearchParamRegistry;
 import org.hibernate.search.mapper.orm.Search;
 import org.hibernate.search.mapper.orm.session.SearchSession;
+import org.hibernate.search.mapper.orm.work.SearchIndexingPlan;
 import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IAnyResource;
 import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContextType;
@@ -100,9 +102,15 @@ public class FulltextSearchSvcImpl implements IFulltextSearchSvc {
 		return requiresHibernateSearchAccess;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void reindex(ResourceTable theEntity) {
+		SearchIndexingPlan plan = getSearchSession().indexingPlan();
+		plan.addOrUpdate(theEntity);
+	}
+
 	private List<ResourcePersistentId> doSearch(String theResourceType, SearchParameterMap theParams, ResourcePersistentId theReferencingPid) {
 		// keep this in sync with supportsSomeOf();
-		SearchSession session = Search.session(myEntityManager);
+		SearchSession session = getSearchSession();
 
 		List<Long> longPids = session.search(ResourceTable.class)
 			// Selects are replacements for projection and convert more cleanly than the old implementation.
@@ -155,6 +163,11 @@ public class FulltextSearchSvcImpl implements IFulltextSearchSvc {
 		return convertLongsToResourcePersistentIds(longPids);
 	}
 
+	@Nonnull
+	private SearchSession getSearchSession() {
+		return Search.session(myEntityManager);
+	}
+
 	private List<ResourcePersistentId> convertLongsToResourcePersistentIds(List<Long> theLongPids) {
 		return theLongPids.stream()
 			.map(ResourcePersistentId::new)
@@ -193,7 +206,7 @@ public class FulltextSearchSvcImpl implements IFulltextSearchSvc {
 		if (retVal == null) {
 			retVal = new TransactionTemplate(myTxManager).execute(t -> {
 				try {
-					SearchSession searchSession = Search.session(myEntityManager);
+					SearchSession searchSession = getSearchSession();
 					searchSession.search(ResourceTable.class);
 					return Boolean.FALSE;
 				} catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/IFulltextSearchSvc.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/IFulltextSearchSvc.java
index 6c330b261fb..8e19fba7c75 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/IFulltextSearchSvc.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/IFulltextSearchSvc.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.model.entity.ResourceTable;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.model.search.ExtendedLuceneIndexData;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.searchparam.extractor.ResourceIndexedSearchParams;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.server.storage.ResourcePersistentId;
@@ -49,4 +50,14 @@ public interface IFulltextSearchSvc {
 	ExtendedLuceneIndexData extractLuceneIndexData(IBaseResource theResource, ResourceIndexedSearchParams theNewParams);
 
     boolean supportsSomeOf(SearchParameterMap myParams);
+
+	/**
+	 * Re-publish the resource to the full-text index.
+	 *
+	 * During update, hibernate search only republishes the entity if it has changed.
+	 * During $reindex, we want to force the re-index.
+	 *
+	 * @param theEntity the fully populated ResourceTable entity
+	 */
+	 void reindex(ResourceTable theEntity);
 }
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/reindex/ResourceReindexer.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/reindex/ResourceReindexer.java
index a18360f6cdb..21612be0209 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/reindex/ResourceReindexer.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/search/reindex/ResourceReindexer.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.context.FhirContext;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.context.RuntimeResourceDefinition;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.api.dao.DaoRegistry;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.api.dao.IFhirResourceDao;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.IFulltextSearchSvc;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.data.IForcedIdDao;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.data.IResourceHistoryTableDao;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.data.IResourceTableDao;
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ public class ResourceReindexer {
 	private IResourceTableDao myResourceTableDao;
 	@Autowired
 	private DaoRegistry myDaoRegistry;
+	@Autowired(required = false)
+	private IFulltextSearchSvc myFulltextSearchSvc;
 
 	private final FhirContext myFhirContext;
 
@@ -98,5 +101,10 @@ public class ResourceReindexer {
 		Class<T> resourceClass = (Class<T>) resourceDefinition.getImplementingClass();
 		final IFhirResourceDao<T> dao = myDaoRegistry.getResourceDao(resourceClass);
 		dao.reindex(theResource, theResourceTable);
+		if (myFulltextSearchSvc != null) {
+			// update the full-text index, if active.
+			myFulltextSearchSvc.reindex(theResourceTable);
+		}
+
 	}
 }