diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/search_controller.rb
index dd474e8af17a6b6db57f6037fba1b2c537b646d3..942e79c40425ba27884676b5ee5a0b1b7ebd6f0b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/search_controller.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ class V1::SearchController < ApplicationController
   # GET v1/search.json
   def index
     search = SearchService.instance(@search, current_user).search
-    save_search()
+    if ((search.results).empty?)
+      @search.has_results = false
+      save_search()
+    else
+      @search.has_results = true
+      save_search()
+    end
 
     headers['X-Total-Count'] = search.total_count
     render json: search.results, status: :ok
diff --git a/db/migrate/20190313143808_add_has_results_column_to_searches.rb b/db/migrate/20190313143808_add_has_results_column_to_searches.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..815b4b21eda8fb1544003a14adf09d257b5b3c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20190313143808_add_has_results_column_to_searches.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddHasResultsColumnToSearches < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :searches, :has_results, :boolean
+  end
+end