diff --git a/packages/common/src/search/_internal/portalSearchItems.ts b/packages/common/src/search/_internal/portalSearchItems.ts
index d25fc2f5204..d9b90b35360 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/search/_internal/portalSearchItems.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/search/_internal/portalSearchItems.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ function processSearchParams(options: IHubSearchOptions, query: IQuery) {
     "sortOrder",
     "include",
     "start",
+    "httpMethod",
     "requestOptions", // although requestOptions is not needed on ISearchOption we send it through so downstream fns have access to it
   ];
   // copy the props over
diff --git a/packages/common/src/search/types/IHubSearchOptions.ts b/packages/common/src/search/types/IHubSearchOptions.ts
index bbd01ac59d2..4dc55f552ef 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/search/types/IHubSearchOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/search/types/IHubSearchOptions.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { IHubRequestOptions } from "../../types";
 import { EntityType } from "./IHubCatalog";
 
 import { NamedApis, IApiDefinition, ISortOption } from "./types";
+import { HTTPMethods } from "@esri/arcgis-rest-request";
 
 // @private
 // TODO Deprecate in favor of Includable
@@ -93,4 +94,10 @@ export interface IHubSearchOptions extends IPagingOptions, ISortOptions {
    * LEGACY. Use `start` and `num` instead
    */
   page?: string;
+  /**
+   * Allow override of the default http method. Allows for
+   * POST requests to be made if the query is very large
+   * NOTE: The OGC API will ignore this property
+   */
+  httpMethod?: HTTPMethods;
 }