diff --git a/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php b/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php
index e8e0a84d45..783606df4b 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ add_filter( 'wp_mail', 'wp_staticize_emoji_for_email' );
 
 // Robots filters.
 add_filter( 'wp_robots', 'wp_robots_noindex' );
+add_filter( 'wp_robots', 'wp_robots_noindex_search' );
 add_filter( 'wp_robots', 'wp_robots_max_image_preview_large' );
 
 // Mark site as no longer fresh.
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/robots-template.php b/src/wp-includes/robots-template.php
index dc425686c2..61931a25e5 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/robots-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/robots-template.php
@@ -87,6 +87,31 @@ function wp_robots_noindex( array $robots ) {
 	return $robots;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Adds noindex to the robots meta tag if a search is being performed.
+ *
+ * If a search is being performed then noindex will be output to
+ * tell web robots not to index the page content. Add this to the
+ * {@see 'wp_robots'} filter.
+ *
+ * Typical usage is as a {@see 'wp_robots'} callback:
+ *
+ *     add_filter( 'wp_robots', 'wp_robots_noindex_search' );
+ *
+ * @since 5.7.0
+ * @see wp_robots_no_robots()
+ *
+ * @param array $robots Associative array of robots directives.
+ * @return array Filtered robots directives.
+ */
+function wp_robots_noindex_search( array $robots ) {
+	if ( is_search() ) {
+		return wp_robots_no_robots( $robots );
+	}
+
+	return $robots;
+}
+
 /**
  * Adds noindex to the robots meta tag.
  *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/robots.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/robots.php
index a8073b36f3..f826b3bf11 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/robots.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/robots.php
@@ -176,6 +176,28 @@ class Tests_Robots extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEmpty( $output );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 52457
+	 */
+	public function test_wp_robots_search_page() {
+		add_filter( 'wp_robots', 'wp_robots_noindex_search' );
+		$this->go_to( home_url( '?s=ticket+52457+core.trac.wordpress.org' ) );
+
+		$output = get_echo( 'wp_robots' );
+		$this->assertContains( 'noindex', $output );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 52457
+	 */
+	public function test_wp_robots_non_search_page() {
+		add_filter( 'wp_robots', 'wp_robots_noindex_search' );
+		$this->go_to( home_url() );
+
+		$output = get_echo( 'wp_robots' );
+		$this->assertNotContains( 'noindex', $output );
+	}
+
 	public function add_noindex_directive( array $robots ) {
 		$robots['noindex'] = true;
 		return $robots;