diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/constants.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/constants.ts
index 05d0fd65dd0..890ea78e730 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/constants.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/constants.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const ToggleSearchEditorCaseSensitiveCommandId = 'toggleSearchEditorCaseS
 export const ToggleSearchEditorWholeWordCommandId = 'toggleSearchEditorWholeWord';
 export const ToggleSearchEditorRegexCommandId = 'toggleSearchEditorRegex';
 export const ToggleSearchEditorContextLinesCommandId = 'toggleSearchEditorContextLines';
+export const RerunSearchEditorSearchCommandId = 'rerunSearchEditorSearch';
 
 export const InSearchEditor = new RawContextKey<boolean>('inSearchEditor', false);
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.contribution.ts
index 2f769407368..9f3e023d83c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.contribution.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@ KeybindingsRegistry.registerCommandAndKeybindingRule({
 	primary: KeyMod.Alt | KeyCode.KEY_L,
 	mac: { primary: KeyMod.CtrlCmd | KeyMod.Alt | KeyCode.KEY_L }
 });
+
+CommandsRegistry.registerCommand(
+	SearchEditorConstants.RerunSearchEditorSearchCommandId,
+	(accessor: ServicesAccessor) => {
+		const activeControl = accessor.get(IEditorService).activeControl;
+		if (activeControl instanceof SearchEditor) {
+			activeControl.triggerSearch({ resetCursor: false });
+		}
+	});
 //#endregion
 
 //#region Actions