diff --git a/packages/app/src/App.tsx b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
index d2dde95f68..2ea0fefdea 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -177,7 +177,10 @@ const routes = (
     <Route path="/home" element={<HomepageCompositionRoot />}>
       {homePage}
     </Route>
-    <Route path="/catalog" element={<CatalogIndexPage />} />
+    <Route
+      path="/catalog"
+      element={<CatalogIndexPage pagination={{ limit: 3 }} />}
+    />
     <Route
       path="/catalog/:namespace/:kind/:name"
       element={<CatalogEntityPage />}
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/createRouter.test.ts
index 05ebf6e1a9..809d970612 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';
 
@@ -265,6 +265,47 @@ 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/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
index 1ce87c262e..81bf8fb9e3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ type OutputState<EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters> = {
   entities: Entity[];
   backendEntities: Entity[];
   pageInfo?: QueryEntitiesResponse['pageInfo'];
+  textSearch?: string;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -232,9 +233,17 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
             compact(Object.values(outputState.appliedFilters)),
           );
 
-          if (!isEqual(previousBackendFilter, backendFilter)) {
+          if (
+            !isEqual(previousBackendFilter, backendFilter) ||
+            requestedFilters.text?.value !== outputState.textSearch
+          ) {
             const response = await catalogApi.queryEntities({
               filter: backendFilter,
+              fullTextFilter: requestedFilters.text
+                ? {
+                    term: requestedFilters.text.value,
+                  }
+                : undefined,
               limit,
               orderFields: [{ field: 'metadata.name', order: 'asc' }],
             });
@@ -243,6 +252,7 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
               backendEntities: response.items,
               entities: response.items.filter(entityFilter),
               pageInfo: response.pageInfo,
+              textSearch: requestedFilters.text?.value,
             });
           }
         }
@@ -317,7 +327,7 @@ 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/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?.();