diff --git a/src/components/media/MediasSelectModal.jsx b/src/components/media/MediasSelectModal.jsx
index ce993f0c7..225a1ac2a 100644
--- a/src/components/media/MediasSelectModal.jsx
+++ b/src/components/media/MediasSelectModal.jsx
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ const MediasSelectModal = ({
     { initialData: { directories: [] } }
   )
 
+  const [searchValue, setSearchedValue] = useState("")
   const {
     data: { files: mediaFolderFiles, total },
     isLoading: isListMediaFilesLoading,
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ const MediasSelectModal = ({
       // returns an index with 1 offset
       curPage: curPage - 1,
       limit: MEDIA_PAGINATION_SIZE,
+      search: searchValue,
     },
     { initialData: { files: [] } }
   )
@@ -88,7 +90,6 @@ const MediasSelectModal = ({
     mediaDirectoryName
   )
 
-  const [searchValue, setSearchedValue] = useState("")
   const filteredDirectories = filterMediaByFileName(
     mediaFolderSubdirectories,
     searchValue
diff --git a/src/services/DirectoryService/DirectoryService.ts b/src/services/DirectoryService/DirectoryService.ts
index 1a4286d84..53641b451 100644
--- a/src/services/DirectoryService/DirectoryService.ts
+++ b/src/services/DirectoryService/DirectoryService.ts
@@ -101,11 +101,12 @@ export const getMediaFolderFiles = ({
   mediaDirectoryName,
   curPage = 0,
   limit = 1000,
+  search = "",
 }: MediaDirectoryParams): Promise<GetMediaFilesDto> => {
   const endpoint = `/sites/${siteName}/media/${mediaDirectoryName}/files`
   return apiService
     .get<GetMediaFilesDto>(endpoint, {
-      params: { page: curPage, limit },
+      params: { page: curPage, limit, search },
     })
     .then(({ data }) => data)
 }
diff --git a/src/types/folders.ts b/src/types/folders.ts
index f4178bf5e..fb4f35d86 100644
--- a/src/types/folders.ts
+++ b/src/types/folders.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface MediaDirectoryParams {
   mediaDirectoryName: string
   curPage?: number
   limit?: number
+  search?: string
 }
 
 export type DirectoryParams = Omit<FolderUrlParams, "subCollectionName">