diff --git a/e2e/test/scenarios/onboarding/search/search.cy.spec.js b/e2e/test/scenarios/onboarding/search/search.cy.spec.js
index b81143c62d3c3bec912462cda3271ed1b0dbfa8a..13fd5a1ef815459b1c41b34ce53ceeabe9c4603c 100644
--- a/e2e/test/scenarios/onboarding/search/search.cy.spec.js
+++ b/e2e/test/scenarios/onboarding/search/search.cy.spec.js
@@ -86,9 +86,11 @@ describe("scenarios > search", () => {
       cy.get("@searchBox").type("{enter}");
       cy.wait("@search");
 
-      cy.findByTestId("search-result-item").within(() => {
-        getProductsSearchResults();
-      });
+      cy.findAllByTestId("search-result-item")
+        .first()
+        .within(() => {
+          getProductsSearchResults();
+        });
     });
 
     it("should work for user with permissions (metabase#12332)", () => {
diff --git a/src/metabase/search/config.clj b/src/metabase/search/config.clj
index 012887f29a9c9178ec66122084d9fa4cccbff392..41c7e1b5473cff18bd1b9683fe940e65c5483fa7 100644
--- a/src/metabase/search/config.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/search/config.clj
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@
 (defmethod searchable-columns-for-model "table"
   [_]
   [:name
-   :display_name])
+   :display_name
+   :description])
 
 (defmethod searchable-columns-for-model "indexed-entity"
   [_]
diff --git a/test/metabase/api/search_test.clj b/test/metabase/api/search_test.clj
index bd76652795300a398744b7a259c11926bae8d91c..5609c9ef39776540c5a6459959d0de010ed187da 100644
--- a/test/metabase/api/search_test.clj
+++ b/test/metabase/api/search_test.clj
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@
         (mt/with-temp* [PermissionsGroup           [group]
                         PermissionsGroupMembership [_ {:user_id (mt/user->id :rasta), :group_id (u/the-id group)}]]
           (perms/grant-permissions! group (perms/collection-read-path {:metabase.models.collection.root/is-root? true}))
-          (is (= (remove (comp #{"collection"} :model) (default-search-results))
-                 (search-request-data :rasta :q "test")))))))
+          (is (ordered-subset? (remove (comp #{"collection"} :model) (default-search-results))
+                               (search-request-data :rasta :q "test")))))))
 
   (testing "Users without root collection permissions should still see other collections they have access to"
     (mt/with-non-admin-groups-no-root-collection-perms
@@ -350,14 +350,14 @@
                           PermissionsGroupMembership [_ {:user_id (mt/user->id :rasta), :group_id (u/the-id group)}]]
             (perms/grant-permissions! group (perms/collection-read-path {:metabase.models.collection.root/is-root? true}))
             (perms/grant-collection-read-permissions! group collection)
-            (is (= (sorted-results
-                    (reverse
-                     (into
-                      (default-results-with-collection)
-                      (for [row  (default-search-results)
-                            :when (not= "collection" (:model row))]
-                        (update row :name #(str/replace % "test" "test2"))))))
-                   (search-request-data :rasta :q "test"))))))))
+            (is (ordered-subset? (sorted-results
+                                  (reverse
+                                   (into
+                                    (default-results-with-collection)
+                                    (for [row  (default-search-results)
+                                          :when (not= "collection" (:model row))]
+                                      (update row :name #(str/replace % "test" "test2"))))))
+                                 (search-request-data :rasta :q "test"))))))))
 
   (testing "Users with access to multiple collections should see results from all collections they have access to"
     (with-search-items-in-collection {coll-1 :collection} "test"
@@ -366,13 +366,13 @@
                         PermissionsGroupMembership [_ {:user_id (mt/user->id :rasta), :group_id (u/the-id group)}]]
           (perms/grant-collection-read-permissions! group (u/the-id coll-1))
           (perms/grant-collection-read-permissions! group (u/the-id coll-2))
-          (is (= (sorted-results
-                  (reverse
-                   (into
-                    (default-results-with-collection)
-                    (map (fn [row] (update row :name #(str/replace % "test" "test2")))
-                         (default-results-with-collection)))))
-                 (search-request-data :rasta :q "test")))))))
+          (is (ordered-subset? (sorted-results
+                                (reverse
+                                 (into
+                                  (default-results-with-collection)
+                                  (map (fn [row] (update row :name #(str/replace % "test" "test2")))
+                                       (default-results-with-collection)))))
+                               (search-request-data :rasta :q "test")))))))
 
   (testing "User should only see results in the collection they have access to"
     (mt/with-non-admin-groups-no-root-collection-perms
@@ -618,6 +618,12 @@
         (do-test-users [user [:crowberto :rasta]]
           (is (= [(assoc (default-table-search-row "RoundTable") :name lancelot)]
                  (search-request-data user :q "Lancelot")))))))
+  (testing "You should be able to search by their description"
+    (let [lancelot "Lancelot's Favorite Furniture"]
+      (t2.with-temp/with-temp [Table _ {:name "RoundTable" :description lancelot}]
+        (do-test-users [user [:crowberto :rasta]]
+          (is (= [(assoc (default-table-search-row "RoundTable") :description lancelot :table_description lancelot)]
+                 (search-request-data user :q "Lancelot")))))))
   (testing "When searching with ?archived=true, normal Tables should not show up in the results"
     (let [table-name (mt/random-name)]
       (t2.with-temp/with-temp [Table _ {:name table-name}]