diff --git a/services/search/README.md b/services/search/README.md
index 96bdc00c21..bdaee131e6 100644
--- a/services/search/README.md
+++ b/services/search/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ As soon as Tika is installed and configured, the search service needs to be told
 The following settings must be set:
 
 *   `SEARCH_EXTRACTOR_TYPE=tika`
-*   `SEARCH_EXTRACTOR_TIKA_TIKA_URL=http://YOUR-TIKA.URL`
+*   `SEARCH_EXTRACTOR_TIKA_TIKA_URL=http://YOUR-TIKA.URL` (or the shared `OC_TIKA_URL`, which the webdav service reads for thumbnails too)
 
 Additionally, the following optional settings can be set:
 
diff --git a/services/search/pkg/config/content.go b/services/search/pkg/config/content.go
index 515db03b63..bd9baa7a82 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/config/content.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/config/content.go
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ type Extractor struct {
 
 // ExtractorTika configures the Tika extractor
 type ExtractorTika struct {
-	TikaURL        string `yaml:"tika_url" env:"SEARCH_EXTRACTOR_TIKA_TIKA_URL" desc:"URL of the tika server." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
+	TikaURL        string `yaml:"tika_url" env:"OC_TIKA_URL;SEARCH_EXTRACTOR_TIKA_TIKA_URL" desc:"URL of the tika server." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
 	CleanStopWords bool   `yaml:"clean_stop_words" env:"SEARCH_EXTRACTOR_TIKA_CLEAN_STOP_WORDS" desc:"Defines if stop words should be cleaned or not. See the documentation for more details." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
 }