diff --git a/searx/engines/tavily.py b/searx/engines/tavily.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a5b079dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/tavily.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+Tavily AI Engine
+"""
+
+from json import dumps
+from datetime import datetime
+from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException
+
+# about
+about = {
+    "website": 'https://tavily.com/',
+    "wikidata_id": None,
+    "official_api_documentation": 'https://docs.tavily.com/docs/rest-api/api-reference',
+    "use_official_api": True,
+    "require_api_key": True,
+    "results": 'JSON',
+}
+
+search_url = 'https://api.tavily.com/search'
+paging = False
+time_range_support = True
+
+search_type = 'search'  # possible values: search, news
+api_key = 'unset'
+max_results = 20
+search_depth = 'basic'  # The depth of the search. It can be "basic" or "advanced".
+include_images = False  # Include query-related images. Turns answer into infobox with first image.
+include_domains = []  # A list of domains to specifically include in the search results.
+exclude_domains = []  # A list of domains to specifically exclude from the search results.
+
+
+def request(query, params):
+    if api_key == 'unset':
+        raise SearxEngineAPIException('missing Tavily API key')
+
+    data = {
+        'query': query,
+        'api_key': api_key,
+        'search_depth': 'basic',
+        'time_range': params["time_range"],
+        'max_results': max_results,
+        'include_images': include_images,
+        'include_domains': include_domains,
+        'exclude_domains': exclude_domains,
+    }
+    if search_type == 'search':
+        data['include_answer'] = True
+    elif search_type == 'news':
+        data['topic'] = 'news'
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid search type {search_type}")
+
+    params['url'] = search_url
+    params['method'] = 'POST'
+    params['headers']['content-type'] = 'application/json'
+    params['data'] = dumps(data)
+    return params
+
+
+def response(resp):
+    results = []
+    json_resp = resp.json()
+
+    for result in json_resp.get('results', []):
+        results.append(
+            {
+                'title': result['title'],
+                'url': result['url'],
+                'content': result['content'],
+                'publishedDate': _parse_date(result.get('published_date')),
+            }
+        )
+
+    if json_resp['images']:
+        results.append({'infobox': 'Tavily', 'img_src': json_resp['images'][0], 'content': json_resp['answer']})
+    elif json_resp['answer']:
+        results.append({'answer': json_resp['answer']})
+
+    return results
+
+
+def _parse_date(pubDate):
+    if pubDate is not None:
+        try:
+            return datetime.strptime(pubDate, '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')
+        except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:
+            logger.debug("ignore exception (publishedDate): %s", e)
+    return None
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 46de5d855..8d016610c 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -1828,6 +1828,22 @@ engines:
     shortcut: tm
     disabled: true
 
+  # - name: tavily
+  #   engine: tavily
+  #   shortcut: tav
+  #   categories: general
+  #   # API key required, see: https://docs.tavily.com/docs/welcome#getting-started
+  #   api_key: 'unset'
+  #   include_images: false
+  #   timeout: 15.0
+  # - name: tavily news
+  #   engine: tavily
+  #   shortcut: tavnews
+  #   categories: news
+  #   api_key: 'unset'
+  #   search_type: news
+  #   timeout: 15.0
+
   # Requires Tor
   - name: torch
     engine: xpath