diff --git a/backend/open_webui/env.py b/backend/open_webui/env.py
index 96a3d2e6e4..dea7251580 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/env.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/env.py
@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ if AIOHTTP_CLIENT_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT is not None and AIOHTTP_CLIENT_STREAM_IDLE
 # When "True", falls back to AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SSL_CERT_FILE if set.
 AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL = _parse_ssl_env(os.getenv('AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL', 'True'))
 
+SEARXNG_CLIENT_CERT_FILE = os.getenv('SEARXNG_CLIENT_CERT_FILE', '').strip()
+SEARXNG_CLIENT_KEY_FILE = os.getenv('SEARXNG_CLIENT_KEY_FILE', '').strip()
+
 # When False (default), outbound HTTP requests do not follow 3xx redirects.
 AIOHTTP_CLIENT_ALLOW_REDIRECTS = os.getenv('AIOHTTP_CLIENT_ALLOW_REDIRECTS', 'False').lower() == 'true'
 
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/searxng.py b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/searxng.py
index 9c48b0f1b3..6b1c03cdd3 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/searxng.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/searxng.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+import ssl
+from functools import lru_cache
 
+from open_webui.env import AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL, SEARXNG_CLIENT_CERT_FILE, SEARXNG_CLIENT_KEY_FILE
 from open_webui.retrieval.web.main import SearchResult, get_filtered_results
 from open_webui.utils.session_pool import get_session
 
@@ -17,6 +20,19 @@ _SEARXNG_HEADERS = {
 }
 
 
+@lru_cache
+def _get_ssl_context() -> bool | ssl.SSLContext:
+    if not SEARXNG_CLIENT_CERT_FILE:
+        return AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL
+
+    ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context()
+    ssl_context.load_cert_chain(
+        certfile=SEARXNG_CLIENT_CERT_FILE,
+        keyfile=SEARXNG_CLIENT_KEY_FILE or None,
+    )
+    return ssl_context
+
+
 async def search_searxng(
     query_url: str,
     query: str,
@@ -48,7 +64,12 @@ async def search_searxng(
     log.debug('searching %s', query_url)
 
     session = await get_session()
-    async with session.get(query_url, headers=_SEARXNG_HEADERS, params=params) as response:
+    async with session.get(
+        query_url,
+        headers=_SEARXNG_HEADERS,
+        params=params,
+        ssl=_get_ssl_context(),
+    ) as response:
         response.raise_for_status()
         payload = await response.json()