diff --git a/faiss/IndexIDMap.cpp b/faiss/IndexIDMap.cpp
index e093bbda83..dc84052b2f 100644
--- a/faiss/IndexIDMap.cpp
+++ b/faiss/IndexIDMap.cpp
@@ -146,9 +146,16 @@ void IndexIDMapTemplate<IndexT>::range_search(
         typename IndexT::distance_t radius,
         RangeSearchResult* result,
         const SearchParameters* params) const {
-    FAISS_THROW_IF_NOT_MSG(
-            !params, "search params not supported for this index");
-    index->range_search(n, x, radius, result);
+    if (params) {
+        SearchParameters internal_search_parameters;
+        IDSelectorTranslated id_selector_translated(id_map, params->sel);
+        internal_search_parameters.sel = &id_selector_translated;
+
+        index->range_search(n, x, radius, result, &internal_search_parameters);
+    } else {
+        index->range_search(n, x, radius, result);
+    }
+
 #pragma omp parallel for
     for (idx_t i = 0; i < result->lims[result->nq]; i++) {
         result->labels[i] = result->labels[i] < 0 ? result->labels[i]