diff --git a/ietf/utils/searchindex.py b/ietf/utils/searchindex.py
index a47e6d2f12..87951abb60 100644
--- a/ietf/utils/searchindex.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/searchindex.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def _sanitize_text(content):
 def typesense_doc_from_rfc(rfc: Document) -> DocumentSchema:
     assert rfc.type_id == "rfc"
     assert rfc.rfc_number is not None
+    assert rfc.pages is not None
 
     keywords: list[str] = rfc.keywords  # help type checking
 
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ def typesense_doc_from_rfc(rfc: Document) -> DocumentSchema:
         "filename": rfc.name,
         "title": rfc.title,
         "abstract": _sanitize_text(rfc.abstract),
+        "pages": rfc.pages,
         "keywords": keywords,
         "type": "rfc",
         "state": [state.name for state in rfc.states.all()],
@@ -231,6 +233,8 @@ def update_or_create_rfc_entries(
         {"name": "title", "type": "string", "facet": False},
         # Abstract of the draft / rfc
         {"name": "abstract", "type": "string", "facet": False},
+        # Number of pages
+        {"name": "pages", "type": "int32", "facet": False},
         # A list of search keywords if relevant, set to empty array otherwise
         {"name": "keywords", "type": "string[]", "facet": True},
         # Type of the document
diff --git a/ietf/utils/tests_searchindex.py b/ietf/utils/tests_searchindex.py
index 0bff96ec7d..e9fbf52020 100644
--- a/ietf/utils/tests_searchindex.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/tests_searchindex.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ def test_typesense_doc_from_rfc(self):
         self.assertEqual(result["id"], f"doc-{rfc.pk}")
         self.assertEqual(result["rfcNumber"], rfc.rfc_number)
         self.assertEqual(result["abstract"], searchindex._sanitize_text(rfc.abstract))
+        self.assertEqual(result["pages"], rfc.pages)
         self.assertNotIn("adName", result)
         self.assertNotIn("content", result)  # no blob
         self.assertNotIn("subseries", result)