diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/db/options.go b/modules/indexer/issues/db/options.go
index ebd672a6954a4..de0df2ff8ce71 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/db/options.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/db/options.go
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ func ToDBOptions(ctx context.Context, options *internal.SearchOptions) (*issue_m
 		UpdatedBeforeUnix:  convertInt64(options.UpdatedBeforeUnix),
 		PriorityRepoID:     0,
 		IsArchived:         0,
-		Org:                nil,
-		Team:               nil,
-		User:               nil,
+		Org:                options.Org,
+		Team:               options.Team,
+		User:               options.User,
 	}
 
 	if len(options.MilestoneIDs) == 1 && options.MilestoneIDs[0] == 0 {
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/dboptions.go b/modules/indexer/issues/dboptions.go
index d0ef1c96b4487..38522b0fd9ca3 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/dboptions.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/dboptions.go
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ func ToSearchOptions(keyword string, opts *issues_model.IssuesOptions) *SearchOp
 		AllPublic: false,
 		IsPull:    opts.IsPull,
 		IsClosed:  opts.IsClosed,
+		User:      opts.User,
+		Org:       opts.Org,
+		Team:      opts.Team,
 	}
 
 	if opts.ProjectID != 0 {
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/internal/model.go b/modules/indexer/issues/internal/model.go
index 31acd16bd44e0..7cf952b118a3e 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/internal/model.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/internal/model.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ package internal
 
 import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/organization"
+	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
 )
@@ -93,6 +95,10 @@ type SearchOptions struct {
 	db.Paginator
 
 	SortBy SortBy // sort by field
+
+	Org  *organization.Organization // issues permission scope
+	Team *organization.Team         // issues permission scope
+	User *user_model.User           // issues permission scope
 }
 
 type SortBy string