diff --git a/.changeset/clever-chicken-jog.md b/.changeset/clever-chicken-jog.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de65947105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clever-chicken-jog.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': minor
+---
+
+Added support for server side text filtering to paginated entity requests.
diff --git a/.changeset/long-stingrays-look.md b/.changeset/long-stingrays-look.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1df12169e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/long-stingrays-look.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': minor
+---
+
+Updated the paginated catalog table to support server side text filtering.
diff --git a/.changeset/purple-camels-applaud.md b/.changeset/purple-camels-applaud.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f6858922a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/purple-camels-applaud.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Fixed a bug where `fullTextFilter` wasn't preserved correctly in the cursor.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.test.ts
index e08d3b1676..3eb00c5bd6 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import {
 import { RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common/alpha';
 import { CatalogProcessingOrchestrator } from '../processing/types';
 import { z } from 'zod';
-import { encodeCursor } from './util';
+import { decodeCursor, encodeCursor } from './util';
 import { wrapInOpenApiTestServer } from '@backstage/backend-openapi-utils';
 import { Server } from 'http';
 
@@ -266,6 +266,47 @@ describe('createRouter readonly disabled', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('parses cursor request with fullTextFilter', async () => {
+      const items: Entity[] = [
+        { apiVersion: 'a', kind: 'b', metadata: { name: 'n' } },
+      ];
+
+      entitiesCatalog.queryEntities.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        items,
+        totalItems: 100,
+        pageInfo: {
+          nextCursor: mockCursor({ fullTextFilter: { term: 'mySearch' } }),
+        },
+      });
+
+      const cursor = mockCursor({
+        totalItems: 100,
+        isPrevious: false,
+        fullTextFilter: { term: 'mySearch' },
+      });
+
+      const response = await request(app).get(
+        `/entities/by-query?cursor=${encodeCursor(cursor)}`,
+      );
+      expect(entitiesCatalog.queryEntities).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(entitiesCatalog.queryEntities).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        cursor,
+      });
+      expect(response.status).toEqual(200);
+      expect(response.body).toEqual({
+        items,
+        totalItems: 100,
+        pageInfo: { nextCursor: expect.any(String) },
+      });
+      const decodedCursor = decodeCursor(response.body.pageInfo.nextCursor);
+      expect(decodedCursor).toMatchObject({
+        isPrevious: false,
+        fullTextFilter: {
+          term: 'mySearch',
+        },
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should throw in case of malformed cursor', async () => {
       const items: Entity[] = [
         { apiVersion: 'a', kind: 'b', metadata: { name: 'n' } },
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/util.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/util.ts
index af1279a59a..4b041d1a70 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/util.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ export const cursorParser: z.ZodSchema<Cursor> = z.object({
   orderFields: z.array(
     z.object({ field: z.string(), order: z.enum(['asc', 'desc']) }),
   ),
+  fullTextFilter: z
+    .object({
+      term: z.string(),
+      fields: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    })
+    .optional(),
   orderFieldValues: z.array(z.string().or(z.null())),
   filter: entityFilterParser.optional(),
   isPrevious: z.boolean(),
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
index 8c6b3a729f..62bdf3f2c9 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
@@ -541,6 +541,11 @@ export class EntityTextFilter implements EntityFilter {
   // (undocumented)
   filterEntity(entity: Entity): boolean;
   // (undocumented)
+  getFullTextFilters(): {
+    term: string;
+    fields: string[];
+  };
+  // (undocumented)
   readonly value: string;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useAllEntitiesCount.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useAllEntitiesCount.ts
index ba971b088d..6916d914f7 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useAllEntitiesCount.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useAllEntitiesCount.ts
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ export function useAllEntitiesCount() {
   const request = useMemo(() => {
     const { user, ...allFilters } = filters;
     const compacted = compact(Object.values(allFilters));
-    const filter = reduceCatalogFilters(compacted);
+    const catalogFilters = reduceCatalogFilters(compacted);
     const newRequest: QueryEntitiesInitialRequest = {
-      filter,
+      ...catalogFilters,
       limit: 0,
     };
 
-    if (Object.keys(filter).length === 0) {
+    if (Object.keys(catalogFilters.filter).length === 0) {
       prevRequest.current = undefined;
       return prevRequest.current;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useOwnedEntitiesCount.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useOwnedEntitiesCount.ts
index 2f03a0b285..833eeb898f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useOwnedEntitiesCount.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useOwnedEntitiesCount.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
 import { catalogApiRef } from '../../api';
 import { EntityOwnerFilter, EntityUserFilter } from '../../filters';
 import { useEntityList } from '../../hooks';
-import { reduceCatalogFilters } from '../../utils';
+import { CatalogFilters, reduceCatalogFilters } from '../../utils';
 import useAsyncFn from 'react-use/lib/useAsyncFn';
 import useDeepCompareEffect from 'react-use/lib/useDeepCompareEffect';
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function useOwnedEntitiesCount() {
   );
 
   const { user, owners, ...allFilters } = filters;
-  const { ['metadata.name']: metadata, ...filter } = reduceCatalogFilters(
+  const catalogFilters = reduceCatalogFilters(
     compact(Object.values(allFilters)),
   );
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function useOwnedEntitiesCount() {
       async (req: {
         ownershipEntityRefs: string[];
         owners: EntityOwnerFilter | undefined;
-        filter: Record<string, string | symbol | (string | symbol)[]>;
+        filter: CatalogFilters;
       }) => {
         const ownedClaims = getOwnedCountClaims(
           req.owners,
@@ -60,9 +60,12 @@ export function useOwnedEntitiesCount() {
           return 0;
         }
 
+        const { ['metadata.name']: metadata, ...filter } = req.filter.filter;
+
         const { totalItems } = await catalogApi.queryEntities({
+          ...req.filter,
           filter: {
-            ...req.filter,
+            ...filter,
             'relations.ownedBy': ownedClaims,
           },
           limit: 0,
@@ -75,15 +78,19 @@ export function useOwnedEntitiesCount() {
 
   useDeepCompareEffect(() => {
     // context contains no filter, wait
-    if (Object.keys(filter).length === 0) {
+    if (Object.keys(catalogFilters.filter).length === 0) {
       return;
     }
     // ownershipEntityRefs is loading, wait
     if (ownershipEntityRefs === undefined) {
       return;
     }
-    fetchEntities({ ownershipEntityRefs, owners, filter });
-  }, [ownershipEntityRefs, owners, filter]);
+    fetchEntities({
+      ownershipEntityRefs,
+      owners,
+      filter: catalogFilters,
+    });
+  }, [ownershipEntityRefs, owners, catalogFilters]);
 
   const loading = loadingEntityRefs || loadingEntityOwnership;
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useStarredEntitiesCount.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useStarredEntitiesCount.ts
index f7b2b101f3..66c0dd97e5 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useStarredEntitiesCount.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/UserListPicker/useStarredEntitiesCount.ts
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ export function useStarredEntitiesCount() {
   const request = useMemo(() => {
     const { user, ...allFilters } = filters;
     const compacted = compact(Object.values(allFilters));
-    const filter = reduceCatalogFilters(compacted);
+    const catalogFilters = reduceCatalogFilters(compacted);
 
     const facet = 'metadata.name';
 
     const newRequest: QueryEntitiesInitialRequest = {
+      ...catalogFilters,
       filter: {
-        ...filter,
+        ...catalogFilters.filter,
         /**
          * here we are filtering entities by `name`. Given this filter,
          * the response might contain more entities than expected, in case multiple entities
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts
index 55983d124b..dda13338a7 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/filters.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ export class EntityTextFilter implements EntityFilter {
     return true;
   }
 
+  getFullTextFilters() {
+    return {
+      term: this.value,
+      // Update this to be more dynamic based on table columns.
+      fields: ['metadata.name', 'metadata.title', 'spec.profile.displayName'],
+    };
+  }
+
   private toUpperArray(
     value: Array<string | string[] | undefined>,
   ): Array<string> {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.test.tsx
index f6881d4a80..c2328a1aef 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.test.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { catalogApiRef } from '../api';
 import { starredEntitiesApiRef, MockStarredEntitiesApi } from '../apis';
 import {
   EntityKindFilter,
+  EntityTextFilter,
   EntityTypeFilter,
   EntityUserFilter,
 } from '../filters';
@@ -171,6 +172,30 @@ describe('<EntityListProvider />', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('ignores search text when not paginating', async () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useEntityList(), {
+      wrapper: createWrapper({ pagination }),
+      initialProps: {
+        userFilter: 'all',
+      },
+    });
+
+    act(() =>
+      result.current.updateFilters({
+        text: new EntityTextFilter('1'),
+      }),
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.current.backendEntities.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(result.current.entities.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(mockCatalogApi.getEntities).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mockCatalogApi.getEntities).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        filter: { kind: 'component' },
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   it('resolves query param filter values', async () => {
     const query = qs.stringify({
       filters: { kind: 'component', type: 'service' },
@@ -289,6 +314,40 @@ describe('<EntityListProvider pagination />', () => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
+  it('sends search text to the backend', async () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useEntityList(), {
+      wrapper: createWrapper({ pagination }),
+      initialProps: {
+        userFilter: 'all',
+      },
+    });
+
+    act(() =>
+      result.current.updateFilters({
+        text: new EntityTextFilter('2'),
+      }),
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mockCatalogApi.getEntities).not.toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(result.current.entities.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(mockCatalogApi.queryEntities).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mockCatalogApi.queryEntities).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        filter: { kind: 'component' },
+        limit,
+        orderFields,
+        fullTextFilter: {
+          term: '2',
+          fields: [
+            'metadata.name',
+            'metadata.title',
+            'spec.profile.displayName',
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should send backend filters', async () => {
     const { result } = renderHook(() => useEntityList(), {
       wrapper: createWrapper({ pagination }),
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
index 1ce87c262e..abb366a568 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
 
           if (!isEqual(previousBackendFilter, backendFilter)) {
             const response = await catalogApi.queryEntities({
-              filter: backendFilter,
+              ...backendFilter,
               limit,
               orderFields: [{ field: 'metadata.name', order: 'asc' }],
             });
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
       // changing filters will affect pagination, so we need to reset
       // the cursor and start from the first page.
       // TODO(vinzscam): this is currently causing issues at page reload
-      // where the state is not kept. Unfortunately we need to rething
+      // where the state is not kept. Unfortunately we need to rethink
       // the way filters work in order to fix this.
       setCursor(undefined);
       setRequestedFilters(prevFilters => {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/utils/filters.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/utils/filters.ts
index 580d7b0b76..82d7358b91 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/utils/filters.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/utils/filters.ts
@@ -27,15 +27,30 @@ import {
   UserListFilter,
 } from '../filters';
 
-export function reduceCatalogFilters(
-  filters: EntityFilter[],
-): Record<string, string | symbol | (string | symbol)[]> {
-  return filters.reduce((compoundFilter, filter) => {
-    return {
-      ...compoundFilter,
-      ...(filter.getCatalogFilters ? filter.getCatalogFilters() : {}),
-    };
-  }, {} as Record<string, string | symbol | (string | symbol)[]>);
+export interface CatalogFilters {
+  filter: Record<string, string | symbol | (string | symbol)[]>;
+  fullTextFilter?: {
+    term: string;
+  };
+}
+
+function isEntityTextFilter(t: EntityFilter): t is EntityTextFilter {
+  return !!(t as EntityTextFilter).getFullTextFilters;
+}
+
+export function reduceCatalogFilters(filters: EntityFilter[]): CatalogFilters {
+  const condensedFilters = filters.reduce<CatalogFilters['filter']>(
+    (compoundFilter, filter) => {
+      return {
+        ...compoundFilter,
+        ...(filter.getCatalogFilters ? filter.getCatalogFilters() : {}),
+      };
+    },
+    {},
+  );
+
+  const fullTextFilter = filters.find(isEntityTextFilter)?.getFullTextFilters();
+  return { filter: condensedFilters, fullTextFilter };
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.test.tsx
index dbf37c2d5c..eb1acc0cee 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.test.tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { fireEvent, render } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { PaginatedCatalogTable } from './PaginatedCatalogTable';
 import { screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { CatalogTableRow } from './types';
+import {
+  DefaultEntityFilters,
+  EntityListContextProps,
+  MockEntityListContextProvider,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 
 describe('PaginatedCatalogTable', () => {
   const data = new Array(100).fill(0).map((_, index) => {
@@ -45,8 +50,21 @@ describe('PaginatedCatalogTable', () => {
     },
   ];
 
+  const wrapInContext = (
+    node: ReactNode,
+    value?: Partial<EntityListContextProps<DefaultEntityFilters>>,
+  ) => {
+    return (
+      <MockEntityListContextProvider value={value}>
+        {node}
+      </MockEntityListContextProvider>
+    );
+  };
+
   it('should display all the items', () => {
-    render(<PaginatedCatalogTable data={data} columns={columns} />);
+    render(
+      wrapInContext(<PaginatedCatalogTable data={data} columns={columns} />),
+    );
 
     for (const item of data) {
       expect(screen.queryByText(item.resolved.name)).toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -55,7 +73,13 @@ describe('PaginatedCatalogTable', () => {
 
   it('should display and invoke the next button', async () => {
     const { rerender } = render(
-      <PaginatedCatalogTable data={data} columns={columns} next={undefined} />,
+      wrapInContext(
+        <PaginatedCatalogTable
+          data={data}
+          columns={columns}
+          next={undefined}
+        />,
+      ),
     );
 
     expect(
@@ -64,7 +88,11 @@ describe('PaginatedCatalogTable', () => {
 
     const fn = jest.fn();
 
-    rerender(<PaginatedCatalogTable data={data} columns={columns} next={fn} />);
+    rerender(
+      wrapInContext(
+        <PaginatedCatalogTable data={data} columns={columns} next={fn} />,
+      ),
+    );
 
     const nextButton = screen.queryAllByRole('button', {
       name: 'Next Page',
@@ -77,7 +105,13 @@ describe('PaginatedCatalogTable', () => {
 
   it('should display and invoke the prev button', async () => {
     const { rerender } = render(
-      <PaginatedCatalogTable data={data} columns={columns} prev={undefined} />,
+      wrapInContext(
+        <PaginatedCatalogTable
+          data={data}
+          columns={columns}
+          prev={undefined}
+        />,
+      ),
     );
 
     expect(
@@ -86,7 +120,11 @@ describe('PaginatedCatalogTable', () => {
 
     const fn = jest.fn();
 
-    rerender(<PaginatedCatalogTable data={data} columns={columns} prev={fn} />);
+    rerender(
+      wrapInContext(
+        <PaginatedCatalogTable data={data} columns={columns} prev={fn} />,
+      ),
+    );
 
     const prevButton = screen.queryAllByRole('button', {
       name: 'Previous Page',
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.tsx
index 771878b65c..0311cd22ca 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import { Table, TableProps } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { CatalogTableRow } from './types';
+import {
+  EntityTextFilter,
+  useEntityList,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 
 type PaginatedCatalogTableProps = {
   prev?(): void;
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ type PaginatedCatalogTableProps = {
  */
 export function PaginatedCatalogTable(props: PaginatedCatalogTableProps) {
   const { columns, data, next, prev } = props;
+  const { updateFilters } = useEntityList();
 
   return (
     <Table
@@ -41,6 +46,11 @@ export function PaginatedCatalogTable(props: PaginatedCatalogTableProps) {
         pageSize: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
         emptyRowsWhenPaging: false,
       }}
+      onSearchChange={(searchText: string) =>
+        updateFilters({
+          text: searchText ? new EntityTextFilter(searchText) : undefined,
+        })
+      }
       onPageChange={page => {
         if (page > 0) {
           next?.();