diff --git a/services/search/Makefile b/services/search/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..032a972be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/search/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+SHELL := bash
+NAME := search
+
+include ../../.make/recursion.mk
+
+############ tooling ############
+ifneq (, $(shell command -v go 2> /dev/null)) # suppress `command not found warnings` for non go targets in CI
+include ../../.bingo/Variables.mk
+endif
+
+############ go tooling ############
+include ../../.make/go.mk
+
+############ release ############
+include ../../.make/release.mk
+
+############ docs generate ############
+include ../../.make/docs.mk
+
+.PHONY: docs-generate
+docs-generate: config-docs-generate
+
+############ generate ############
+include ../../.make/generate.mk
+
+.PHONY: ci-go-generate
+ci-go-generate: # CI runs ci-node-generate automatically before this target
+
+.PHONY: ci-node-generate
+ci-node-generate:
+
+############ licenses ############
+.PHONY: ci-node-check-licenses
+ci-node-check-licenses:
+
+.PHONY: ci-node-save-licenses
+ci-node-save-licenses: