diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 560b031bae7..66d5ace6dcd 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1181,7 +1181,8 @@ Value Search::Worker::search(
             r -= 1879;
 
         if (capture)
-            ss->statScore = 0;
+            ss->statScore = 7 * int(PieceValue[pos.captured_piece()])
+              + thisThread->captureHistory[movedPiece][move.to_sq()][type_of(pos.captured_piece())] - 5000;
         else
             ss->statScore = 2 * thisThread->mainHistory[us][move.from_to()]
                           + (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][move.to_sq()]