diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts
index 01d678c90e..bc417e0d47 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts
@@ -71,10 +71,13 @@ export default class FeatureSearchController extends Controller {
         res: Response,
     ): Promise<void> {
         if (this.config.flagResolver.isEnabled('featureSearchAPI')) {
-            const { query = '', projectId = '' } = req.query;
+            const { query, projectId, type } = req.query;
+            const userId = req.user.id;
             const features = await this.featureSearchService.search({
                 query,
                 projectId,
+                type,
+                userId,
             });
             res.json({ features });
         } else {
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
index 749efdb1fb..65b39ae856 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
     IUnleashConfig,
     IUnleashStores,
 } from '../../types';
-import { FeatureSearchQueryParameters } from '../../openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters';
+import { IFeatureSearchParams } from '../feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type';
 
 export class FeatureSearchService {
     private featureStrategiesStore: IFeatureStrategiesStore;
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ export class FeatureSearchService {
         this.logger = getLogger('services/feature-search-service.ts');
     }
 
-    async search(params: FeatureSearchQueryParameters) {
+    async search(params: IFeatureSearchParams) {
         const features = await this.featureStrategiesStore.searchFeatures({
             projectId: params.projectId,
-            queryString: params.query,
+            query: params.query,
+            userId: params.userId,
+            type: params.type,
         });
 
         return features;
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts
index 3d7b3d30c1..f7fd45fbfa 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ beforeEach(async () => {
 });
 
 const searchFeatures = async (
-    { query, projectId = 'default' }: Partial<FeatureSearchQueryParameters>,
+    { query = '', projectId = 'default' }: FeatureSearchQueryParameters,
     expectedCode = 200,
 ) => {
     return app.request
@@ -43,11 +43,18 @@ const searchFeatures = async (
         .expect(expectedCode);
 };
 
+const filterFeaturesByType = async (types: string[], expectedCode = 200) => {
+    const typeParams = types.map((type) => `type[]=${type}`).join('&');
+    return app.request
+        .get(`/api/admin/search/features?${typeParams}`)
+        .expect(expectedCode);
+};
+
 const searchFeaturesWithoutQueryParams = async (expectedCode = 200) => {
     return app.request.get(`/api/admin/search/features`).expect(expectedCode);
 };
 
-test('should return matching features by name', async () => {
+test('should search matching features by name', async () => {
     await app.createFeature('my_feature_a');
     await app.createFeature('my_feature_b');
     await app.createFeature('my_feat_c');
@@ -59,7 +66,21 @@ test('should return matching features by name', async () => {
     });
 });
 
-test('should return matching features by tag', async () => {
+test('should filter features by type', async () => {
+    await app.createFeature({ name: 'my_feature_a', type: 'release' });
+    await app.createFeature({ name: 'my_feature_b', type: 'experimental' });
+
+    const { body } = await filterFeaturesByType([
+        'experimental',
+        'kill-switch',
+    ]);
+
+    expect(body).toMatchObject({
+        features: [{ name: 'my_feature_b' }],
+    });
+});
+
+test('should search matching features by tag', async () => {
     await app.createFeature('my_feature_a');
     await app.createFeature('my_feature_b');
     await app.addTag('my_feature_a', { type: 'simple', value: 'my_tag' });
@@ -90,7 +111,7 @@ test('should return empty features', async () => {
     expect(body).toMatchObject({ features: [] });
 });
 
-test('should not return features from another project', async () => {
+test('should not search features from another project', async () => {
     await app.createFeature('my_feature_a');
     await app.createFeature('my_feature_b');
 
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/fakes/fake-feature-strategies-store.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/fakes/fake-feature-strategies-store.ts
index 5de74711a7..a7376b1860 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/fakes/fake-feature-strategies-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/fakes/fake-feature-strategies-store.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import {
     FeatureToggle,
 } from '../../../types/model';
 import NotFoundError from '../../../error/notfound-error';
-import { IFeatureStrategiesStore } from '../types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type';
+import {
+    IFeatureSearchParams,
+    IFeatureStrategiesStore,
+} from '../types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type';
 import { IFeatureProjectUserParams } from '../feature-toggle-controller';
 
 interface ProjectEnvironment {
@@ -322,11 +325,7 @@ export default class FakeFeatureStrategiesStore
         return Promise.resolve([]);
     }
 
-    searchFeatures(params: {
-        projectId: string;
-        userId?: number | undefined;
-        queryString: string;
-    }): Promise<IFeatureOverview[]> {
+    searchFeatures(params: IFeatureSearchParams): Promise<IFeatureOverview[]> {
         return Promise.resolve([]);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-strategies-store.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-strategies-store.ts
index 417f8e40b0..40d8c9d34b 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-strategies-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-strategies-store.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { ensureStringValue, mapValues } from '../../util';
 import { IFeatureProjectUserParams } from './feature-toggle-controller';
 import { Db } from '../../db/db';
 import Raw = Knex.Raw;
+import { IFeatureSearchParams } from './types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type';
 
 const COLUMNS = [
     'id',
@@ -518,10 +519,9 @@ class FeatureStrategiesStore implements IFeatureStrategiesStore {
     async searchFeatures({
         projectId,
         userId,
-        queryString,
-    }: { projectId: string; userId?: number; queryString: string }): Promise<
-        IFeatureOverview[]
-    > {
+        query: queryString,
+        type,
+    }: IFeatureSearchParams): Promise<IFeatureOverview[]> {
         let query = this.db('features');
         if (projectId) {
             query = query.where({ project: projectId });
@@ -542,6 +542,9 @@ class FeatureStrategiesStore implements IFeatureStrategiesStore {
                 .whereILike('features.name', `%${queryString}%`)
                 .orWhereIn('features.name', tagQuery);
         }
+        if (type) {
+            query = query.whereIn('features.type', type);
+        }
         query = query
             .modify(FeatureToggleStore.filterByArchived, false)
             .leftJoin(
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts
index 3df185f9cf..5a960e3ad7 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ export interface FeatureConfigurationClient {
     variants: IVariant[];
     dependencies?: IDependency[];
 }
+
+export interface IFeatureSearchParams {
+    userId: number;
+    query?: string;
+    projectId?: string;
+    type?: string[];
+}
+
 export interface IFeatureStrategiesStore
     extends Store<IFeatureStrategy, string> {
     createStrategyFeatureEnv(
@@ -46,11 +54,7 @@ export interface IFeatureStrategiesStore
     getFeatureOverview(
         params: IFeatureProjectUserParams,
     ): Promise<IFeatureOverview[]>;
-    searchFeatures(params: {
-        projectId: string;
-        userId?: number;
-        queryString: string;
-    }): Promise<IFeatureOverview[]>;
+    searchFeatures(params: IFeatureSearchParams): Promise<IFeatureOverview[]>;
     getStrategyById(id: string): Promise<IFeatureStrategy>;
     updateStrategy(
         id: string,
diff --git a/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts b/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts
index 2844d959e2..420399843a 100644
--- a/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts
+++ b/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ export const featureSearchQueryParameters = [
     {
         name: 'query',
         schema: {
-            default: '',
             type: 'string',
             example: 'feature_a',
         },
@@ -14,15 +13,26 @@ export const featureSearchQueryParameters = [
     {
         name: 'projectId',
         schema: {
-            default: '',
             type: 'string',
             example: 'default',
         },
-        description: 'Id of the project where search is performed',
+        description: 'Id of the project where search and filter is performed',
+        in: 'query',
+    },
+    {
+        name: 'type',
+        schema: {
+            type: 'array',
+            items: {
+                type: 'string',
+                example: 'release',
+            },
+        },
+        description: 'The list of feature types to filter by',
         in: 'query',
     },
 ] as const;
 
-export type FeatureSearchQueryParameters = FromQueryParams<
-    typeof featureSearchQueryParameters
+export type FeatureSearchQueryParameters = Partial<
+    FromQueryParams<typeof featureSearchQueryParameters>
 >;