diff --git a/CodeEdit/Features/Welcome/Views/RecentProjectsListView.swift b/CodeEdit/Features/Welcome/Views/RecentProjectsListView.swift
index 084b1231a3..0350a7fd33 100644
--- a/CodeEdit/Features/Welcome/Views/RecentProjectsListView.swift
+++ b/CodeEdit/Features/Welcome/Views/RecentProjectsListView.swift
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 //
 
 import SwiftUI
+import CoreSpotlight
 
 struct RecentProjectsListView: View {
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ struct RecentProjectsListView: View {
         let projectsURL = recentProjectPaths.map { URL(filePath: $0) }
         _selection = .init(initialValue: Set(projectsURL.prefix(1)))
         _recentProjects = .init(initialValue: projectsURL)
+        donateSearchableItems()
     }
 
     var listEmptyView: some View {
@@ -118,4 +120,22 @@ struct RecentProjectsListView: View {
         let projectsURL = recentProjectPaths.map { URL(filePath: $0) }
         recentProjects = projectsURL
     }
+
+    func donateSearchableItems() {
+        let searchableItems = recentProjects.map { entity in
+            let attributeSet = CSSearchableItemAttributeSet(contentType: .content)
+            attributeSet.title = entity.lastPathComponent
+            attributeSet.relatedUniqueIdentifier = entity.path()
+            return CSSearchableItem(
+                uniqueIdentifier: entity.path(),
+                domainIdentifier: "app.codeedit.CodeEdit.ProjectItem",
+                attributeSet: attributeSet
+            )
+        }
+        CSSearchableIndex.default().indexSearchableItems(searchableItems) { error in
+            if let error = error {
+                print(error)
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }