diff --git a/__tests__/e2e/.vitepress/config.ts b/__tests__/e2e/.vitepress/config.ts
index 9a40532f..f44226fe 100644
--- a/__tests__/e2e/.vitepress/config.ts
+++ b/__tests__/e2e/.vitepress/config.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ export default defineConfig({
   title: 'Example',
   description: 'An example app using VitePress.',
   themeConfig: {
-    sidebar
+    sidebar,
+    search: {
+      provider: 'local',
+      options: {
+        exclude: (pageData) => {
+          return (
+            pageData.relativePath.startsWith('local-search/excluded') ||
+            pageData.frontmatter.search === false
+          )
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 })
diff --git a/__tests__/e2e/local-search/excluded.md b/__tests__/e2e/local-search/excluded.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb9e7c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/e2e/local-search/excluded.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Local search config excluded
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/e2e/local-search/frontmatter-excluded.md b/__tests__/e2e/local-search/frontmatter-excluded.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afc32512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/e2e/local-search/frontmatter-excluded.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+search: false
+---
+
+# Local search frontmatter excluded
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/e2e/local-search/index.md b/__tests__/e2e/local-search/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08d8b31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/e2e/local-search/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Local search included
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/e2e/local-search/local-search.test.ts b/__tests__/e2e/local-search/local-search.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f36f7c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/e2e/local-search/local-search.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  await goto('/')
+})
+
+describe('Local search', () => {
+  test('exclude content from search results', async () => {
+    await page.locator('#local-search button').click()
+
+    const input = await page.locator('input#localsearch-input')
+    await input.waitFor({ state: 'visible' })
+    await input.type('local')
+
+    await page.waitForSelector('ul#localsearch-list', { state: 'visible' })
+
+    const searchResults = await page.locator('#localsearch-list')
+    expect(await searchResults.locator('li[role=option]').count()).toBe(1)
+
+    await searchResults.filter({ hasText: 'Local search included' }).isVisible()
+
+    expect(
+      await searchResults.filter({ hasText: 'Local search excluded' }).count()
+    ).toBe(0)
+
+    expect(
+      await searchResults
+        .filter({ hasText: 'Local search frontmatter excluded' })
+        .count()
+    ).toBe(0)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts b/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts
index 6c54d5bc..f0edaa91 100644
--- a/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type { SiteConfig } from '../config'
 import type { MarkdownEnv } from '../markdown'
 import { createMarkdownRenderer } from '../markdown'
 import { resolveSiteDataByRoute, slash, type DefaultTheme } from '../shared'
+import matter from 'gray-matter'
 
 const debug = _debug('vitepress:local-search')
 
@@ -120,7 +121,20 @@ export async function localSearchPlugin(
     const documentsByLocale = new Map<string, IndexObject[]>()
     await Promise.all(
       files
-        .filter((file) => fs.existsSync(file))
+        .filter((file) => {
+          if (!fs.existsSync(file)) {
+            return false
+          }
+          const src = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8')
+          const { data: frontmatter } = matter(src, {
+            excerpt: true
+          })
+          const { relativePath } = createMarkdownEnv(file)
+          return !siteConfig.userConfig.themeConfig?.search?.options?.exclude({
+            relativePath,
+            frontmatter
+          })
+        })
         .map(async (file) => {
           const fileId = getDocId(file)
           const sections = splitPageIntoSections(
diff --git a/types/default-theme.d.ts b/types/default-theme.d.ts
index b0ea5dbb..6b6e84ff 100644
--- a/types/default-theme.d.ts
+++ b/types/default-theme.d.ts
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@ export namespace DefaultTheme {
        */
       searchOptions?: MiniSearchOptions['searchOptions']
     }
+    /**
+     * exclude content from search results
+     */
+    exclude?: (
+      pageData: Pick<PageData, 'frontmatter' | 'relativePath'>
+    ) => boolean
   }
 
   // algolia -------------------------------------------------------------------