diff --git a/plugins/search/api-report.md b/plugins/search/api-report.md
index 4141465766..151b160367 100644
--- a/plugins/search/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/search/api-report.md
@@ -217,10 +217,13 @@ export const SearchType: ({
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const SidebarSearch: (props: SidebarSearchProps) => JSX.Element;
 
+// Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SidebarSearchModalProps" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "SidebarSearchModal" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
 // @public (undocumented)
-export const SidebarSearchModal: () => JSX.Element;
+export const SidebarSearchModal: (
+  props: SidebarSearchModalProps,
+) => JSX.Element;
 
 // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SearchContextValue" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "useSearch" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
diff --git a/plugins/search/src/components/SidebarSearchModal/SidebarSearchModal.tsx b/plugins/search/src/components/SidebarSearchModal/SidebarSearchModal.tsx
index ae38526c9d..b8f20de67d 100644
--- a/plugins/search/src/components/SidebarSearchModal/SidebarSearchModal.tsx
+++ b/plugins/search/src/components/SidebarSearchModal/SidebarSearchModal.tsx
@@ -16,17 +16,23 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import SearchIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Search';
 import { SidebarItem } from '@backstage/core-components';
+import { IconComponent } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { SearchModal } from '../SearchModal';
 import { useSearch } from '../SearchContext';
 
-export const SidebarSearchModal = () => {
+export type SidebarSearchModalProps = {
+  icon?: IconComponent;
+};
+
+export const SidebarSearchModal = (props: SidebarSearchModalProps) => {
   const { open, toggleModal } = useSearch();
+  const Icon = props.icon ? props.icon : SearchIcon;
 
   return (
     <>
       <SidebarItem
         className="search-icon"
-        icon={SearchIcon}
+        icon={Icon}
         text="Search"
         onClick={toggleModal}
       />