diff --git a/docs/userGuide/syntax/cardstacks.md b/docs/userGuide/syntax/cardstacks.md
index e392fa304c..2f063ab4c5 100644
--- a/docs/userGuide/syntax/cardstacks.md
+++ b/docs/userGuide/syntax/cardstacks.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Each `card` contains `tag` and `keyword` field:
 
 <box type="info">
 
-The search feature searches the `card` components of `cardstack` by header, tags and keywords specified within each card component.
+The search feature searches the `card` components of `cardstack` by header, body text, tags, and keywords specified within each card component.
 
 Specifying them can help improve searchability of the `cardstack` component!
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ For example, if a card is about "Machine Learning," you might tag it as `AI` and
 As shown in the above example,
 - a `card` can be given a `header` attribute (optional).
 - tags can be added to cards using the `tag` attribute, which can then be used to filter cards.
-- the `searchable` attribute can be used to make the Card Stack searchable based on tags and headers.
+- the `searchable` attribute can be used to make the Card Stack searchable based on card content, tags, and headers.
 
 In the example given below, a Card Stack is used to show a list of questions and answers, by including `question` components inside `card` components.
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/Page/index.ts b/packages/core/src/Page/index.ts
index e76a343a28..d32085a540 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Page/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/Page/index.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ export class Page {
      * https://markbind.org/userGuide/makingTheSiteSearchable.html#keywords
      */
     this.keywords = {};
+    /**
+     * Normalized page body text used for search indexing.
+     */
+    this.body = '';
     /**
      * The title of the page.
      * This is initially set to the title specified in the site configuration,
@@ -291,6 +295,13 @@ export class Page {
    */
   collectHeadingsAndKeywords(pageContent: string) {
     this.collectHeadingsAndKeywordsInContent(pageContent, null, false, []);
+    this.collectBodyText(pageContent);
+  }
+
+  collectBodyText(content: string) {
+    const $ = cheerio.load(content);
+    $('modal, panel, script, style, noscript').remove();
+    this.body = $.root().text().replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/vue-components/src/cardstack/Card.vue b/packages/vue-components/src/cardstack/Card.vue
index ff82d48d23..881f5be571 100644
--- a/packages/vue-components/src/cardstack/Card.vue
+++ b/packages/vue-components/src/cardstack/Card.vue
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             <slot name="header"></slot>
           </h6>
         </div>
-        <div class="card-text">
+        <div ref="content" class="card-text">
           <slot></slot>
         </div>
         <br />
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export default {
       exposedTags: [],
       headerText: '',
       hasHeader: true,
+      bodyText: '',
       cardStack: null,
     };
   },
@@ -125,7 +126,8 @@ export default {
       const matchesTags = this.computeTags.some(tag => selectedTags.includes(tag));
 
       // Check if the card mateches the search terms
-      const searchTarget = (this.computeTags.join(' ') + this.keywords + this.headerText).toLowerCase();
+      const searchTarget = (this.computeTags.join(' ')
+        + this.keywords + this.headerText + this.bodyText).toLowerCase();
       const matchesSearch = searchTerms.length === 0
         || searchTerms.every(term => searchTarget.toLowerCase().includes(term.toLowerCase()));
 
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ export default {
     this.isMounted = true;
     this.headerText = this.computeHeaders;
     this.hasHeader = this.headerText !== '';
+    this.bodyText = this.$refs.content?.innerText || '';
 
     this.cardStack.updateRawTags(this.computeTags);
     this.cardStack.updateTagMapping();
diff --git a/packages/vue-components/src/cardstack/CardStack.vue b/packages/vue-components/src/cardstack/CardStack.vue
index 7f537596d0..074d6d1bb1 100644
--- a/packages/vue-components/src/cardstack/CardStack.vue
+++ b/packages/vue-components/src/cardstack/CardStack.vue
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ function createCardStackRef(props) {
         const rawTags = child.computeTags;
         const keywords = child.computeKeywords;
         const header = child.headerText;
-        const searchTarget = rawTags.join(' ') + keywords + header;
+        const body = child.bodyText || '';
+        const searchTarget = rawTags.join(' ') + keywords + header + body;
 
         primitiveMap.set(searchTarget, child);
       });
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ export default {
         if (child.disabled) return;
         const searchTerms = this.cardStackRef.searchTerms || [];
         const searchTarget = (child.computeTags.join(' ')
-          + child.keywords + child.headerText).toLowerCase();
+          + child.keywords + child.headerText + (child.bodyText || '')).toLowerCase();
         const matchesSearch = searchTerms.length === 0
           || searchTerms.every(term => searchTarget.includes(term.toLowerCase()));
         if (matchesSearch) {