diff --git a/meilisearch/src/search.rs b/meilisearch/src/search.rs
index c287f1ba0..ebf9ace1f 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/search.rs
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@ pub fn perform_search(
     let mut tokenizer_buidler = TokenizerBuilder::default();
     tokenizer_buidler.create_char_map(true);
 
+    let script_lang_map = index.script_language(&rtxn)?;
+    if !script_lang_map.is_empty() {
+        tokenizer_buidler.allow_list(&script_lang_map);
+    }
+
     let mut formatter_builder = MatcherBuilder::new(matching_words, tokenizer_buidler.build());
     formatter_builder.crop_marker(query.crop_marker);
     formatter_builder.highlight_prefix(query.highlight_pre_tag);