diff --git a/includes/data-stores/class-wc-product-data-store-cpt.php b/includes/data-stores/class-wc-product-data-store-cpt.php
index e80c48e93c6..15b73c6d2c5 100644
--- a/includes/data-stores/class-wc-product-data-store-cpt.php
+++ b/includes/data-stores/class-wc-product-data-store-cpt.php
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ class WC_Product_Data_Store_CPT extends WC_Data_Store_WP implements WC_Object_Da
 					$value = '';
 
 					delete_transient( 'wc_layered_nav_counts_' . $attribute_key );
-					
+
 					if ( is_null( $attribute ) ) {
 						if ( taxonomy_exists( $attribute_key ) ) {
 							// Handle attributes that have been unset.
@@ -1354,6 +1354,7 @@ class WC_Product_Data_Store_CPT extends WC_Data_Store_WP implements WC_Object_Da
 				$type_join
 				WHERE (
 					posts.post_title LIKE %s
+					OR posts.post_excerpt LIKE %s
 					OR posts.post_content LIKE %s
 					OR (
 						postmeta.meta_key = '_sku' AND postmeta.meta_value LIKE %s
@@ -1365,6 +1366,7 @@ class WC_Product_Data_Store_CPT extends WC_Data_Store_WP implements WC_Object_Da
 				ORDER BY posts.post_parent ASC, posts.post_title ASC",
 				$like_term,
 				$like_term,
+				$like_term,
 				$like_term
 			)
 			// phpcs:enable