diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index 1a75e14925..f61afbee40 100755
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ in the [API.md](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/API.md) file in
 
 [func RestartPod(name: string) string](#RestartPod)
 
-[func SearchImages(query: string, limit: , tlsVerify: ) ImageSearchResult](#SearchImages)
+[func SearchImages(query: string, limit: int, tlsVerify: ?bool, filter: []string) ImageSearchResult](#SearchImages)
 
 [func SendFile(type: string, length: int) string](#SendFile)
 
diff --git a/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink b/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
index 20c8a0de55..3bb3aa20ad 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
+++ b/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ method RemoveImage(name: string, force: bool) -> (image: string)
 # SearchImages searches available registries for images that contain the
 # contents of "query" in their name. If "limit" is given, limits the amount of
 # search results per registry.
-method SearchImages(query: string, limit: ?int, tlsVerify: ?bool) -> (results: []ImageSearchResult)
+method SearchImages(query: string, limit: ?int, tlsVerify: ?bool, filter: []string) -> (results: []ImageSearchResult)
 
 # DeleteUnusedImages deletes any images not associated with a container.  The IDs of the deleted images are returned
 # in a string array.
diff --git a/pkg/varlinkapi/images.go b/pkg/varlinkapi/images.go
index e80a47684a..f4b8a7e181 100644
--- a/pkg/varlinkapi/images.go
+++ b/pkg/varlinkapi/images.go
@@ -434,9 +434,10 @@ func (i *LibpodAPI) RemoveImage(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, name string, force bo
 
 // SearchImages searches all registries configured in /etc/containers/registries.conf for an image
 // Requires an image name and a search limit as int
-func (i *LibpodAPI) SearchImages(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, query string, limit *int64, tlsVerify *bool) error {
+func (i *LibpodAPI) SearchImages(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, query string, limit *int64, tlsVerify *bool, filter []string) error {
 	searchOptions := image.SearchOptions{
 		Limit:                 1000,
+		Filter:                filter,
 		InsecureSkipTLSVerify: types.NewOptionalBool(!*tlsVerify),
 	}
 	results, err := image.SearchImages(query, searchOptions)