diff --git a/app/controllers/search/solr_controller.rb b/app/controllers/search/solr_controller.rb
index 44b2ecd385676d6a38388e967a03948951469c26..eb8746147310837efe253f56d8343670d1f3ac4b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/search/solr_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/search/solr_controller.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Search::SolrController < ApplicationController
     return {
       "fl"=>["
         search.resourcetype, search.resourceid,
-        handle, author, title
+        handle, author, title, dc.description
       "],
       "type"=>"0",
       "start"=>"0",