diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/api/class-wc-admin-rest-products-controller.php b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/api/class-wc-admin-rest-products-controller.php
index 4d9cac32f84..7cc05e3dd22 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/api/class-wc-admin-rest-products-controller.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/api/class-wc-admin-rest-products-controller.php
@@ -55,17 +55,18 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Products_Controller extends WC_REST_Products_Controller {
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	public function get_collection_params() {
-		$params                 = parent::get_collection_params();
-		$params['product_name'] = array(
-			'description'       => __( 'Search for a similar product name.', 'woocommerce-admin' ),
+		$params           = parent::get_collection_params();
+		$params['search'] = array(
+			'description'       => __( 'Search by similar product name or sku.', 'woocommerce-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'string',
 			'validate_callback' => 'rest_validate_request_arg',
 		);
 		return $params;
 	}
 
+
 	/**
-	 * Add product name filtering to the WC API.
+	 * Add product name and sku filtering to the WC API.
 	 *
 	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request Request data.
 	 * @return array
@@ -73,8 +74,9 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Products_Controller extends WC_REST_Products_Controller {
 	protected function prepare_objects_query( $request ) {
 		$args = parent::prepare_objects_query( $request );
 
-		if ( ! empty( $request['product_name'] ) ) {
-			$args['post_title__like'] = $request['product_name'];
+		if ( ! empty( $request['search'] ) ) {
+			$args['search'] = $request['search'];
+			unset( $args['s'] );
 		}
 
 		return $args;
@@ -87,30 +89,51 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Products_Controller extends WC_REST_Products_Controller {
 	 * @return WP_Error|WP_REST_Response
 	 */
 	public function get_items( $request ) {
-		add_filter( 'posts_where', array( __CLASS__, 'add_wp_query_post_title_filter' ), 10, 2 );
+		add_filter( 'posts_where', array( __CLASS__, 'add_wp_query_product_search_filter' ), 10, 2 );
+		add_filter( 'posts_join', array( __CLASS__, 'add_wp_query_product_search_join' ), 10, 2 );
 		$response = parent::get_items( $request );
-		remove_filter( 'posts_where', array( __CLASS__, 'add_wp_query_post_title_filter' ), 10 );
+		remove_filter( 'posts_where', array( __CLASS__, 'add_wp_query_product_search_filter' ), 10 );
+		remove_filter( 'posts_join', array( __CLASS__, 'add_wp_query_product_search_join' ), 10 );
 		return $response;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Add post title searching to WP Query
+	 * Allow searching by product name or sku in WP Query
 	 *
 	 * @param string $where Where clause used to search posts.
 	 * @param object $wp_query WP_Query object.
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public static function add_wp_query_post_title_filter( $where, $wp_query ) {
+	public static function add_wp_query_product_search_filter( $where, $wp_query ) {
 		global $wpdb;
 
-		$post_title_search = $wp_query->get( 'post_title__like' );
-		if ( $post_title_search ) {
-			$post_title_search = $wpdb->esc_like( $post_title_search );
-			$post_title_search = ' \'%' . $post_title_search . '%\'';
-			$where            .= ' AND ' . $wpdb->posts . '.post_title LIKE ' . $post_title_search;
+		$search = trim( $wp_query->get( 'search' ) );
+		if ( $search ) {
+			$search = $wpdb->esc_like( $search );
+			$search = "'%" . $search . "%'";
+			$where .= ' AND (' . $wpdb->posts . '.post_title LIKE ' . $search;
+			$where .= wc_product_sku_enabled() ? ' OR ps_post_meta.meta_key = "_sku" AND ps_post_meta.meta_value LIKE ' . $search . ')' : ')';
 		}
 
 		return $where;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Join posts meta table when product search is present and meta query is not present.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $join Join clause used to search posts.
+	 * @param object $wp_query WP_Query object.
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function add_wp_query_product_search_join( $join, $wp_query ) {
+		global $wpdb;
+
+		$search = trim( $wp_query->get( 'search' ) );
+		if ( $search && wc_product_sku_enabled() ) {
+			$join .= ' INNER JOIN ' . $wpdb->postmeta . ' AS ps_post_meta ON ps_post_meta.post_id = ' . $wpdb->posts . '.ID';
+		}
+
+		return $join;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product.js
index 851c273c11a..427955c8d35 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default {
 		let payload = '';
 		if ( search ) {
 			const query = {
-				product_name: search,
+				search: search,
 				per_page: 10,
 				orderby: 'popularity',
 			};
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default {
 	},
 	isDebounced: true,
 	getOptionKeywords( product ) {
-		return [ product.name ];
+		return [ product.name, product.sku ];
 	},
 	getFreeTextOptions( query ) {
 		const label = (