diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/MyEntity1.java b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/MyEntity1.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e3ecbac58118eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/MyEntity1.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package io.quarkus.hibernate.search.orm.elasticsearch.test.search.shard_failure;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+
+import org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.mapping.definition.annotation.Indexed;
+import org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.mapping.definition.annotation.KeywordField;
+
+@Entity
+@Indexed
+public class MyEntity1 {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue
+    private Long id;
+
+    @KeywordField
+    private String text;
+
+    public MyEntity1() {
+    }
+
+    public MyEntity1(String text) {
+        this.text = text;
+    }
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getText() {
+        return text;
+    }
+
+    public void setText(String text) {
+        this.text = text;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/MyEntity2.java b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/MyEntity2.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b2550b8e475eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/MyEntity2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package io.quarkus.hibernate.search.orm.elasticsearch.test.search.shard_failure;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+
+import org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.mapping.definition.annotation.Indexed;
+import org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.mapping.definition.annotation.KeywordField;
+
+@Entity
+@Indexed
+public class MyEntity2 {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue
+    private Long id;
+
+    @KeywordField
+    private String text;
+
+    public MyEntity2() {
+    }
+
+    public MyEntity2(String text) {
+        this.text = text;
+    }
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getText() {
+        return text;
+    }
+
+    public void setText(String text) {
+        this.text = text;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/ShardFailureIgnoreDefaultTest.java b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/ShardFailureIgnoreDefaultTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ad3623a7ebae5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/ShardFailureIgnoreDefaultTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package io.quarkus.hibernate.search.orm.elasticsearch.test.search.shard_failure;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.hibernate.search.mapper.orm.session.SearchSession;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.hibernate.search.orm.elasticsearch.test.util.TransactionUtils;
+import io.quarkus.narayana.jta.QuarkusTransaction;
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+
+public class ShardFailureIgnoreDefaultTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static QuarkusUnitTest runner = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar
+                    .addClass(TransactionUtils.class)
+                    .addClass(MyEntity1.class)
+                    .addClass(MyEntity2.class)
+                    .addAsResource("hsearch-4915/index2.json"))
+            .withConfigurationResource("application.properties")
+            // Override the type of the keyword field to integer, to create an error in one shard only.
+            .overrideConfigKey(
+                    "quarkus.hibernate-search-orm.elasticsearch.indexes.\"MyEntity2\".schema-management.mapping-file",
+                    "hsearch-4915/index2.json");
+
+    @Inject
+    SearchSession session;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShardFailureIgnored() {
+        QuarkusTransaction.joiningExisting().run(() -> {
+            session.toEntityManager().persist(new MyEntity1("42"));
+            session.toEntityManager().persist(new MyEntity2("42"));
+        });
+        QuarkusTransaction.joiningExisting().run(() -> {
+            assertThat(session.search(List.of(MyEntity1.class, MyEntity2.class))
+                    .where(f -> f.wildcard().field("text").matching("4*"))
+                    .fetchHits(20))
+                    // MyEntity2 fails because "text" is an integer field there
+                    // We expect that index (shard) to be ignored
+                    .hasSize(1);
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/ShardFailureIgnoreFalseTest.java b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/ShardFailureIgnoreFalseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dca03bec0ad4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/test/search/shard_failure/ShardFailureIgnoreFalseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package io.quarkus.hibernate.search.orm.elasticsearch.test.search.shard_failure;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.hibernate.search.mapper.orm.session.SearchSession;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.hibernate.search.orm.elasticsearch.test.util.TransactionUtils;
+import io.quarkus.narayana.jta.QuarkusTransaction;
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+
+public class ShardFailureIgnoreFalseTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static QuarkusUnitTest runner = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar
+                    .addClass(TransactionUtils.class)
+                    .addClass(MyEntity1.class)
+                    .addClass(MyEntity2.class)
+                    .addAsResource("hsearch-4915/index2.json"))
+            .withConfigurationResource("application.properties")
+            // Request that shard failures cause an exception instead of being ignored
+            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.hibernate-search-orm.elasticsearch.query.shard-failure.ignore", "false")
+            // Override the type of the keyword field to integer, to create an error in one shard only.
+            .overrideConfigKey(
+                    "quarkus.hibernate-search-orm.elasticsearch.indexes.\"MyEntity2\".schema-management.mapping-file",
+                    "hsearch-4915/index2.json");
+
+    @Inject
+    SearchSession session;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShardFailureIgnored() {
+        QuarkusTransaction.joiningExisting().run(() -> {
+            session.toEntityManager().persist(new MyEntity1("42"));
+            session.toEntityManager().persist(new MyEntity2("42"));
+        });
+        QuarkusTransaction.joiningExisting().run(() -> {
+            assertThatThrownBy(() -> session.search(List.of(MyEntity1.class, MyEntity2.class))
+                    .where(f -> f.wildcard().field("text").matching("4*"))
+                    .fetchHits(20))
+                    // MyEntity2 fails because "text" is an integer field there
+                    // We expect an exception
+                    .hasMessageContaining("Elasticsearch request failed",
+                            "\"type\": \"query_shard_exception\"");
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/resources/hsearch-4915/index2.json b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/resources/hsearch-4915/index2.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..561654100718e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/deployment/src/test/resources/hsearch-4915/index2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "properties": {
+    "text": {
+      "type": "integer"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRecorder.java b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRecorder.java
index 7f72c8a5a8b822..586a3942338d44 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRecorder.java
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ private void contributeBackendRuntimeProperties(BiConsumer<String, Object> prope
                         elasticsearchBackendConfig.threadPool().size());
                 addBackendConfig(propertyCollector, backendName, ElasticsearchBackendSettings.VERSION_CHECK_ENABLED,
                         elasticsearchBackendConfig.versionCheck());
+                addBackendConfig(propertyCollector, backendName, ElasticsearchBackendSettings.QUERY_SHARD_FAILURE_IGNORE,
+                        elasticsearchBackendConfig.query().shardFailure().ignore());
 
                 addBackendConfig(propertyCollector, backendName, ElasticsearchBackendSettings.DISCOVERY_ENABLED,
                         elasticsearchBackendConfig.discovery().enabled());
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
index 8a9fa181fb631c..7eef01aa32e978 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ interface ElasticsearchBackendRuntimeConfig {
          */
         ThreadPoolConfig threadPool();
 
+        /**
+         * Configuration for search queries to this backend.
+         */
+        ElasticsearchQueryConfig query();
+
         /**
          * Whether Hibernate Search should check the version of the Elasticsearch cluster on startup.
          *
@@ -505,6 +510,26 @@ interface ThreadPoolConfig {
         OptionalInt size();
     }
 
+    @ConfigGroup
+    interface ElasticsearchQueryConfig {
+        /**
+         * Configuration for the behavior on shard failure.
+         */
+        ElasticsearchQueryShardFailureConfig shardFailure();
+    }
+
+    @ConfigGroup
+    interface ElasticsearchQueryShardFailureConfig {
+        /**
+         * Whether partial shard failures are ignored (`true`)
+         * or lead to Hibernate Search throwing an exception (`false`).
+         * <p>
+         * Will default to `false` in Hibernate Search 7.
+         */
+        @WithDefault("true")
+        boolean ignore();
+    }
+
     // We can't set actual default values in this section,
     // otherwise "quarkus.hibernate-search-orm.elasticsearch.index-defaults" will be ignored.
     @ConfigGroup