diff --git a/config/vufind/searchspecs.yaml b/config/vufind/searchspecs.yaml
index e9733937d27d0e3a4e132deea5e9e836bd13ceb6..d139ad91665a75926770bc32a660289ceb53875b 100644
--- a/config/vufind/searchspecs.yaml
+++ b/config/vufind/searchspecs.yaml
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ AllFields:
     - fulltext_unstemmed^10
     - allfields
     - fulltext
+    - description
     - isbn
     - issn
   QueryFields:
@@ -407,6 +408,8 @@ AllFields:
       - [or, ~]
     fulltext:
       - [or, ~]
+    description:
+      - [or, ~]
     isbn:
       - [onephrase, ~]
     issn: