diff --git a/docs/admin/settings/settings_server.rst b/docs/admin/settings/settings_server.rst
index df5986764..6238286a6 100644
--- a/docs/admin/settings/settings_server.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/settings/settings_server.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
        limiter: false
        public_instance: false
        image_proxy: false
+       method: "POST"
        default_http_headers:
          X-Content-Type-Options : nosniff
          X-Download-Options : noopen
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@
 ``image_proxy`` : ``$SEARXNG_IMAGE_PROXY``
   Allow your instance of SearXNG of being able to proxy images.  Uses memory space.
 
+.. _method:
+
+``method`` : ``$SEARXNG_METHOD``
+  Whether to use ``GET`` or ``POST`` HTTP method when searching.
+
 .. _HTTP headers: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers
 
 ``default_http_headers`` :
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index e3201e8ca..65afb086f 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ server:
   # 1.0 and 1.1 are supported
   http_protocol_version: "1.0"
   # POST queries are more secure as they don't show up in history but may cause
-  # problems when using Firefox containers
+  # problems when using Firefox containers.
+  # Is overwritten by ${SEARXNG_METHOD}
   method: "POST"
   default_http_headers:
     X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
diff --git a/searx/settings_defaults.py b/searx/settings_defaults.py
index 30434aea1..b91657ff6 100644
--- a/searx/settings_defaults.py
+++ b/searx/settings_defaults.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ SCHEMA = {
         'base_url': SettingsValue((False, str), False, 'SEARXNG_BASE_URL'),
         'image_proxy': SettingsValue(bool, False, 'SEARXNG_IMAGE_PROXY'),
         'http_protocol_version': SettingsValue(('1.0', '1.1'), '1.0'),
-        'method': SettingsValue(('POST', 'GET'), 'POST'),
+        'method': SettingsValue(('POST', 'GET'), 'POST', 'SEARXNG_METHOD'),
         'default_http_headers': SettingsValue(dict, {}),
     },
     'redis': {