diff --git a/.changeset/twelve-pigs-cough.md b/.changeset/twelve-pigs-cough.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2eef61915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twelve-pigs-cough.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-catalog': patch
+---
+
+Add User Entity email to the search index so that users can be found by their email.
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/collators/defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer.test.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/collators/defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer.test.ts
index 8206a58599..3fe6a9c3e5 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/collators/defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/collators/defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer.test.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const userEntity = {
   spec: {
     profile: {
       displayName: 'User 1',
+      email: 'test@test.com',
     },
   },
 };
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ describe('DefaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer', () => {
 
       expect(document).toMatchObject({
         title: userEntity.metadata.name,
-        text: `${userEntity.metadata.description} : ${userEntity.spec.profile.displayName}`,
+        text: `${userEntity.metadata.description} : ${userEntity.spec.profile.displayName} : ${userEntity.spec.profile.email}`,
         namespace: 'default',
         componentType: 'other',
         lifecycle: '',
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/collators/defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/collators/defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer.ts
index 2fc0c5d50d..db239b8669 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/collators/defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/src/collators/defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ const getDocumentText = (entity: Entity): string => {
     }
   }
 
+  if (isUserEntity(entity)) {
+    if (entity.spec?.profile?.email) {
+      documentTexts.push(entity.spec.profile.email);
+    }
+  }
+
   return documentTexts.join(' : ');
 };