diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/routes/global/tests/users.spec.ts b/packages/worker/src/api/routes/global/tests/users.spec.ts
index e4504eccfe..a446d10ed0 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/routes/global/tests/users.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/routes/global/tests/users.spec.ts
@@ -544,6 +544,36 @@ describe("/api/global/users", () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("POST /api/global/users/search", () => {
+    it("should be able to search by email", async () => {
+      const user = await config.createUser()
+      const response = await config.api.users.searchUsers({
+        query: { string: { email: user.email } },
+      })
+      expect(response.body.data.length).toBe(1)
+      expect(response.body.data[0].email).toBe(user.email)
+    })
+
+    it("should be able to search by _id", async () => {
+      const user = await config.createUser()
+      const response = await config.api.users.searchUsers({
+        query: { equal: { _id: user._id } },
+      })
+      expect(response.body.data.length).toBe(1)
+      expect(response.body.data[0]._id).toBe(user._id)
+    })
+
+    it("should throw an error when unimplemented options used", async () => {
+      const user = await config.createUser()
+      await config.api.users.searchUsers(
+        {
+          query: { equal: { firstName: user.firstName } },
+        },
+        501
+      )
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("DELETE /api/global/users/:userId", () => {
     it("should be able to destroy a basic user", async () => {
       const user = await config.createUser()
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/tests/api/users.ts b/packages/worker/src/tests/api/users.ts
index e96209eca6..b2a19bcb28 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/tests/api/users.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/tests/api/users.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   InviteUsersRequest,
   User,
   CreateAdminUserRequest,
+  SearchQuery,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import structures from "../structures"
 import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
@@ -133,6 +134,15 @@ export class UserAPI extends TestAPI {
       .expect(status ? status : 200)
   }
 
+  searchUsers = ({ query }: { query?: SearchQuery }, status = 200) => {
+    return this.request
+      .post("/api/global/users/search")
+      .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
+      .send({ query })
+      .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
+      .expect(status ? status : 200)
+  }
+
   getUser = (userId: string, opts?: TestAPIOpts) => {
     return this.request
       .get(`/api/global/users/${userId}`)