diff --git a/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/vendor/Sw360VendorService.java b/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/vendor/Sw360VendorService.java
index f4bade9696..21ab347570 100644
--- a/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/vendor/Sw360VendorService.java
+++ b/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/vendor/Sw360VendorService.java
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ public List<Vendor> getVendors() {
         }
     }
 
+    public List<Vendor> searchVendors(String searchText) {
+        try {
+            VendorService.Iface sw360VendorClient = getThriftVendorClient();
+            return sw360VendorClient.searchVendors(searchText);
+        } catch (TException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     public Vendor getVendorById(String vendorId) {
         try {
             VendorService.Iface sw360VendorClient = getThriftVendorClient();
diff --git a/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/vendor/VendorController.java b/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/vendor/VendorController.java
index eae860e1a9..ba61a02cda 100644
--- a/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/vendor/VendorController.java
+++ b/rest/resource-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/rest/resourceserver/vendor/VendorController.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Strings.isNullOrEmpty;
 import static org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.common.SW360Constants.CONTENT_TYPE_OPENXML_SPREADSHEET;
 import static org.springframework.hateoas.server.mvc.WebMvcLinkBuilder.linkTo;
 
@@ -78,10 +79,17 @@ public class VendorController implements RepresentationModelProcessor<Repository
     )
     @RequestMapping(value = VENDORS_URL, method = RequestMethod.GET)
     public ResponseEntity<CollectionModel<EntityModel<Vendor>>> getVendors(
+            @Parameter(description = "Search text")
+            @RequestParam(value = "searchText", required = false) String searchText,
             Pageable pageable,
             HttpServletRequest request
             ) throws TException, URISyntaxException, PaginationParameterException, ResourceClassNotFoundException {
-        List<Vendor> vendors = vendorService.getVendors();
+        List<Vendor> vendors = null;
+        if (!isNullOrEmpty(searchText)) {
+            vendors = vendorService.searchVendors(searchText);
+        } else {
+            vendors = vendorService.getVendors();
+        }
 
         PaginationResult<Vendor> paginationResult = restControllerHelper.createPaginationResult(request, pageable, vendors, SW360Constants.TYPE_VENDOR);
         List<EntityModel<Vendor>> vendorResources = new ArrayList<>();