diff --git a/src/Entity/StationMedia.php b/src/Entity/StationMedia.php
index f4476ed96..738dd8c7d 100644
--- a/src/Entity/StationMedia.php
+++ b/src/Entity/StationMedia.php
@@ -192,6 +192,15 @@ class StationMedia implements
     ]
     protected int $art_updated_at = 0;
 
+    #[
+        OA\Property(
+            description: "The latest time (UNIX timestamp) when the search record for this entry was updated.",
+            example: OpenApi::SAMPLE_TIMESTAMP
+        ),
+        ORM\Column
+    ]
+    protected int $search_updated_at = 0;
+
     /** @var Collection<int, StationPlaylistMedia> */
     #[
         OA\Property(type: "array", items: new OA\Items()),
diff --git a/src/Environment.php b/src/Environment.php
index d580ddbbe..5edfa12f8 100644
--- a/src/Environment.php
+++ b/src/Environment.php
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ final class Environment
 
     public const ENABLE_WEB_UPDATER = 'ENABLE_WEB_UPDATER';
 
+    public const MEILI_MASTER_KEY = 'MEILI_MASTER_KEY';
+
     // Database and Cache Configuration Variables
     public const DB_HOST = 'MYSQL_HOST';
     public const DB_PORT = 'MYSQL_PORT';
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ final class Environment
         self::PROFILING_EXTENSION_HTTP_KEY => 'dev',
 
         self::ENABLE_WEB_UPDATER => false,
+
+        self::MEILI_MASTER_KEY => 'azur4c457',
     ];
 
     public function __construct(array $elements = [])
@@ -370,6 +374,11 @@ final class Environment
         return $this->isDocker() && self::envToBool($this->data[self::ENABLE_WEB_UPDATER] ?? false);
     }
 
+    public function getMeiliMasterKey(): string
+    {
+        return $this->data[self::MEILI_MASTER_KEY] ?? $this->defaults[self::MEILI_MASTER_KEY];
+    }
+
     public static function getDefaultsForEnvironment(Environment $existingEnv): self
     {
         return new self([
diff --git a/src/Message/AddMediaToSearchIndexMessage.php b/src/Message/AddMediaToSearchIndexMessage.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..989295033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Message/AddMediaToSearchIndexMessage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Message;
+
+use App\MessageQueue\QueueManagerInterface;
+
+final class AddMediaToSearchIndexMessage extends AbstractUniqueMessage
+{
+    /** @var int The numeric identifier for the StorageLocation entity. */
+    public int $storage_location_id;
+
+    /** @var int[] An array of media IDs to process. */
+    public array $media;
+
+    public function getIdentifier(): string
+    {
+        $messageHash = md5(
+            json_encode([
+                'id' => $this->storage_location_id,
+                'media' => $this->media,
+            ], JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR)
+        );
+
+        return 'AddMediaToSearchIndexMessage_' . $messageHash;
+    }
+
+    public function getQueue(): string
+    {
+        return QueueManagerInterface::QUEUE_MEDIA;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Service/Meilisearch.php b/src/Service/Meilisearch.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39d8d9973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Service/Meilisearch.php
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Service;
+
+use App\Entity\Repository\CustomFieldRepository;
+use App\Entity\StorageLocation;
+use App\Environment;
+use GuzzleHttp\Client as GuzzleClient;
+use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\HttpFactory;
+use Meilisearch\Client;
+
+final class Meilisearch
+{
+    public const BATCH_SIZE = 50;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        private readonly Environment $environment,
+        private readonly GuzzleClient $httpClient,
+        private readonly CustomFieldRepository $customFieldRepo,
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    public function isSupported(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->environment->isDocker();
+    }
+
+    public function getClient(): Client
+    {
+        static $client;
+
+        if (!$this->isSupported()) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('This feature is not supported on this installation.');
+        }
+
+        if (!isset($client)) {
+            $psrFactory = new HttpFactory();
+            $client = new Client(
+                'http://localhost:6070',
+                $this->environment->getMeiliMasterKey(),
+                $this->httpClient,
+                requestFactory: $psrFactory,
+                streamFactory: $psrFactory
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $client;
+    }
+
+    public function setupIndex(StorageLocation $storageLocation): void
+    {
+        $indexSettings = [
+            'primaryKey' => 'id',
+            'filterableAttributes' => [
+                'playlists',
+                'is_requestable',
+                'is_on_demand'
+            ],
+            'sortableAttributes' => [
+                'path',
+                'mtime',
+                'length',
+                'title',
+                'artist',
+                'album',
+                'genre',
+                'isrc',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        foreach($this->customFieldRepo->getFieldIds() as $fieldId => $fieldShortCode) {
+            $indexSettings['sortableAttributes'][] = 'custom_field_'.$fieldId;
+        }
+
+        $client = $this->getClient();
+        $client->updateIndex(
+            self::getIndexId($storageLocation),
+            $indexSettings
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function addToIndex(
+        StorageLocation $storageLocation,
+        array $ids
+    ): void {
+
+    }
+
+    public static function getIndexId(StorageLocation $storageLocation): string
+    {
+        return 'media_'.$storageLocation->getIdRequired();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Service/ServiceControl.php b/src/Service/ServiceControl.php
index f4287585e..2fdaf9e6e 100644
--- a/src/Service/ServiceControl.php
+++ b/src/Service/ServiceControl.php
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ final class ServiceControl
             'redis' => __('Cache'),
             'sftpgo' => __('SFTP service'),
             'centrifugo' => __('Live Now Playing updates'),
+            'meilisearch' => __('Meilisearch'),
         ];
 
         if (!$this->centrifugo->isSupported()) {