diff --git a/lib/pleroma/user/search.ex b/lib/pleroma/user/search.ex
index cec59c372..0293c6ae7 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/user/search.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/user/search.ex
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ defp search_query(query_string, for_user, following) do
     |> base_query(following)
     |> filter_blocked_user(for_user)
     |> filter_invisible_users()
+    |> filter_bots()
     |> filter_blocked_domains(for_user)
     |> fts_search(query_string)
     |> trigram_rank(query_string)
@@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ defp filter_invisible_users(query) do
     from(q in query, where: q.invisible == false)
   end
 
+  defp filter_bots(query) do
+    from(q in query, where: q.actor_type not in ["Application", "Service"])
+  end
+
   defp filter_blocked_user(query, %User{} = blocker) do
     query
     |> join(:left, [u], b in Pleroma.UserRelationship,
diff --git a/test/user_search_test.exs b/test/user_search_test.exs
index 17c63322a..9a74b9764 100644
--- a/test/user_search_test.exs
+++ b/test/user_search_test.exs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.UserSearchTest do
   describe "User.search" do
     setup do: clear_config([:instance, :limit_to_local_content])
 
-    test "excluded invisible users from results" do
+    test "excludes invisible users from results" do
       user = insert(:user, %{nickname: "john t1000"})
       insert(:user, %{invisible: true, nickname: "john t800"})
 
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ test "excluded invisible users from results" do
       assert found_user.id == user.id
     end
 
+    test "excludes bots from results" do
+      insert(:user, actor_type: "Service", nickname: "bot1")
+      insert(:user, actor_type: "Application", nickname: "bot2")
+
+      assert [] = User.search("bot")
+    end
+
     test "accepts limit parameter" do
       Enum.each(0..4, &insert(:user, %{nickname: "john#{&1}"}))
       assert length(User.search("john", limit: 3)) == 3