diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
index ad7a8569f2..4bb84bd5ef 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ class Recipe_Dependency(models.Model):
 
 
 class Machine(models.Model):
-    search_allowed_fields = ["name", "description"]
+    search_allowed_fields = ["name", "description", "layer_version__layer__name"]
     layer_source = models.ForeignKey('LayerSource', default = None, null = True)  # from where did we get this machine
     up_id = models.IntegerField(null = True, default = None)                      # id of entry in the source
     up_date = models.DateTimeField(null = True, default = None)