diff --git a/api/types/accesslist/member.go b/api/types/accesslist/member.go
index 20bdaafac10b5..6562a691b3048 100644
--- a/api/types/accesslist/member.go
+++ b/api/types/accesslist/member.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/api/types"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/api/types/header"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/api/types/header/convert/legacy"
+	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/api/utils"
 )
 
 // AccessListMember is an access list member resource.
@@ -116,3 +117,10 @@ func (a *AccessListMember) IsEqual(other *AccessListMember) bool {
 	return a.Spec.Name == other.Spec.Name &&
 		a.Spec.AccessList == other.Spec.AccessList
 }
+
+// MatchSearch goes through select field values of a resource
+// and tries to match against the list of search values.
+func (a *AccessListMember) MatchSearch(values []string) bool {
+	fieldVals := append(utils.MapToStrings(a.GetAllLabels()), a.GetName())
+	return types.MatchSearch(fieldVals, values, nil)
+}