diff --git a/yazi-core/src/tab/commands/search.rs b/yazi-core/src/tab/commands/search.rs
index 69213313..e20259f5 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/tab/commands/search.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/tab/commands/search.rs
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ impl Tab {
 		let hidden = self.pref.show_hidden;
 
 		self.search = Some(tokio::spawn(async move {
-			let rx = if opt.via == SearchOptVia::Rg {
+			let rx = if opt.via == SearchOptVia::Rg || opt.via == SearchOptVia::Rga {
 				external::rg(external::RgOpt {
+					rga: SearchOptVia::Rga == opt.via,
 					cwd: cwd.clone(),
 					hidden,
 					subject: opt.subject.into_owned(),
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/external/rg.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/external/rg.rs
index c4d5674e..ff3e6f1a 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/external/rg.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/external/rg.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ use yazi_shared::url::Url;
 
 pub struct RgOpt {
 	pub cwd:     Url,
+	pub rga:     bool,
 	pub hidden:  bool,
 	pub subject: String,
 	pub args:    Vec<String>,
 }
 
 pub fn rg(opt: RgOpt) -> Result<UnboundedReceiver<File>> {
-	let mut child = Command::new("rg")
+	let commandname = if opt.rga { "rga" } else { "rg" };
+	let mut child = Command::new(commandname)
 		.args(["--color=never", "--files-with-matches", "--smart-case"])
 		.arg(if opt.hidden { "--hidden" } else { "--no-hidden" })
 		.args(opt.args)
diff --git a/yazi-proxy/src/options/search.rs b/yazi-proxy/src/options/search.rs
index 03e82c42..e87c5e97 100644
--- a/yazi-proxy/src/options/search.rs
+++ b/yazi-proxy/src/options/search.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ impl TryFrom<CmdCow> for SearchOpt {
 pub enum SearchOptVia {
 	// TODO: remove `None` in the future
 	None,
+	Rga,
 	Rg,
 	Fd,
 }
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ impl From<&str> for SearchOptVia {
 		match value {
 			"rg" => Self::Rg,
 			"fd" => Self::Fd,
+			"rga" => Self::Rga,
 			_ => Self::None,
 		}
 	}
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ impl Display for SearchOptVia {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
 		f.write_str(match self {
 			Self::Rg => "rg",
+			Self::Rga => "rga",
 			Self::Fd => "fd",
 			Self::None => "none",
 		})