diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/searchstore/builder.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/searchstore/builder.go
index f60f0303aad..38e24de7073 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/searchstore/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/searchstore/builder.go
@@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ func (b *Builder) applyFilters() (ordering string) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	b.sql.WriteString("SELECT dashboard.id FROM dashboard")
+	forceIndex := ""
+	if b.Dialect.DriverName() == migrator.MySQL {
+		forceIndex = " FORCE INDEX (IDX_dashboard_title) "
+	}
+
+	b.sql.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("SELECT dashboard.id FROM dashboard %s", forceIndex))
 	b.sql.WriteString(strings.Join(joins, ""))
 
 	if len(wheres) > 0 {