diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
index cb5a02b8..e3520116 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.api.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const width = 800;
 const height = 600;
 
 describe('Search Tests', function (): void {
-  this.timeout(200000);
+  this.timeout(20000);
 
   before(async function (): Promise<any> {
     browser = await puppeteer.launch({
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ describe('Search Tests', function (): void {
     await page.evaluate(`window.search.findNext('[A-Z]+', {regex: true, caseSensitive: true})`);
     assert.deepEqual(await page.evaluate(`window.term.getSelection()`), 'ABCD');
   });
+
+  it('Search for single result twice should not unselect it', async () => {
+    await writeSync('abc def');
+    assert.deepEqual(await page.evaluate(`window.search.findNext('abc')`), true);
+    assert.deepEqual(await page.evaluate(`window.term.getSelection()`), 'abc');
+    assert.deepEqual(await page.evaluate(`window.search.findNext('abc')`), true);
+    assert.deepEqual(await page.evaluate(`window.term.getSelection()`), 'abc');
+  });
 });
 
 async function openTerminal(options: ITerminalOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
index 5893f79f..91fd3977 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import { Terminal, IDisposable, ITerminalAddon } from 'xterm';
+import { Terminal, IDisposable, ITerminalAddon, ISelectionPosition } from 'xterm';
 
 export interface ISearchOptions {
   regex?: boolean;
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ export class SearchAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
 
     let startCol = 0;
     let startRow = 0;
-
+    let currentSelection: ISelectionPosition | undefined;
     if (this._terminal.hasSelection()) {
       const incremental = searchOptions ? searchOptions.incremental : false;
       // Start from the selection end if there is a selection
       // For incremental search, use existing row
-      const currentSelection = this._terminal.getSelectionPosition()!;
+      currentSelection = this._terminal.getSelectionPosition()!;
       startRow = incremental ? currentSelection.startRow : currentSelection.endRow;
       startCol = incremental ? currentSelection.startColumn : currentSelection.endColumn;
     }
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ export class SearchAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
       }
     }
 
+    // If there is only one result, return true.
+    if (!result && currentSelection) return true;
+
     // Set selection and scroll if a result was found
     return this._selectResult(result);
   }
@@ -121,10 +124,11 @@ export class SearchAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
     const isReverseSearch = true;
     let startRow = this._terminal.buffer.baseY + this._terminal.rows;
     let startCol = this._terminal.cols;
-    let result: ISearchResult | undefined = undefined;
+    let result: ISearchResult | undefined;
     const incremental = searchOptions ? searchOptions.incremental : false;
+    let currentSelection: ISelectionPosition | undefined;
     if (this._terminal.hasSelection()) {
-      const currentSelection = this._terminal.getSelectionPosition()!;
+      currentSelection = this._terminal.getSelectionPosition()!;
       // Start from selection start if there is a selection
       startRow = currentSelection.startRow;
       startCol = currentSelection.startColumn;
@@ -161,6 +165,9 @@ export class SearchAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
       }
     }
 
+    // If there is only one result, return true.
+    if (!result && currentSelection) return true;
+
     // Set selection and scroll if a result was found
     return this._selectResult(result);
   }