diff --git a/internal/display/bufwindow.go b/internal/display/bufwindow.go
index 369ea35ba3..d1228e9682 100644
--- a/internal/display/bufwindow.go
+++ b/internal/display/bufwindow.go
@@ -622,7 +622,8 @@ func (w *BufWindow) displayBuffer() {
 			}
 
 			if highlight {
-				if w.Buf.HighlightSearch && w.Buf.SearchMatch(bloc) {
+				isHighlightSearchMatch := w.Buf.HighlightSearch && w.Buf.SearchMatch(bloc)
+				if isHighlightSearchMatch {
 					style = config.DefStyle.Reverse(true)
 					if s, ok := config.Colorscheme["hlsearch"]; ok {
 						style = s
@@ -648,6 +649,12 @@ func (w *BufWindow) displayBuffer() {
 						if s, ok := config.Colorscheme["selection"]; ok {
 							style = s
 						}
+
+						if isHighlightSearchMatch {
+							if s, ok := config.Colorscheme["hlsearch.selection"]; ok {
+								style = s
+							}
+						}
 					}
 
 					if b.Settings["cursorline"].(bool) && w.active && !preservebg &&
diff --git a/runtime/help/colors.md b/runtime/help/colors.md
index c085919a93..72c8e4b7f9 100644
--- a/runtime/help/colors.md
+++ b/runtime/help/colors.md
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ Here is a list of the colorscheme groups that you can use:
 * error-message (Color of error messages in the bottom line of the screen)
 * match-brace (Color of matching brackets when `matchbracestyle` is set to `highlight`)
 * hlsearch (Color of highlighted search results when `hlsearch` is enabled)
+* hlsearch.selection (Color of the selection within the highlighted search results)
 * tab-error (Color of tab vs space errors when `hltaberrors` is enabled)
 * trailingws (Color of trailing whitespaces when `hltrailingws` is enabled)