diff --git a/doc/release-notes/11133-search-fix.md b/doc/release-notes/11133-search-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88962b70ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/11133-search-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Search fix when using AVOID_EXPENSIVE_SOLR_JOIN=true
+
+Dataverse v6.5 introduced a bug which causes search to fail for non-superusers in multiple groups when the AVOID_EXPENSIVE_SOLR_JOIN feature flag is set to true. This releases fixes the bug.
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/SearchServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/SearchServiceBean.java
index 493dbfcecc4..d50fbee681c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/SearchServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/SearchServiceBean.java
@@ -335,9 +335,13 @@ public SolrQueryResponse search(
         // -----------------------------------
         // PERMISSION FILTER QUERY
         // -----------------------------------
-        String permissionFilterQuery = this.getPermissionFilterQuery(dataverseRequest, solrQuery, onlyDatatRelatedToMe, addFacets);
-        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(permissionFilterQuery)) {
-            solrQuery.addFilterQuery(permissionFilterQuery);
+        String permissionFilterQuery = getPermissionFilterQuery(dataverseRequest, solrQuery, onlyDatatRelatedToMe, addFacets);
+        if (!permissionFilterQuery.isEmpty()) {
+            String[] filterParts = permissionFilterQuery.split("&q1=");
+            solrQuery.addFilterQuery(filterParts[0]);
+            if(filterParts.length > 1 ) {
+                solrQuery.add("q1", filterParts[1]);
+            }
         }
         
         /**
@@ -1099,9 +1103,9 @@ private String buildPermissionFilterQuery(boolean avoidJoin, String permissionFi
         String query = (avoidJoin&& !isAllGroups(permissionFilterGroups)) ? SearchFields.PUBLIC_OBJECT + ":" + true : "";
         if (permissionFilterGroups != null && !isAllGroups(permissionFilterGroups)) {
             if (!query.isEmpty()) {
-                query = "(" + query + " OR " + "{!join from=" + SearchFields.DEFINITION_POINT + " to=id}" + SearchFields.DISCOVERABLE_BY + ":" + permissionFilterGroups + ")";
+                query = "(" + query + " OR " + "{!join from=" + SearchFields.DEFINITION_POINT + " to=id v=$q1})&q1=" + SearchFields.DISCOVERABLE_BY + ":" + permissionFilterGroups;
             } else {
-                query = "{!join from=" + SearchFields.DEFINITION_POINT + " to=id}" + SearchFields.DISCOVERABLE_BY + ":" + permissionFilterGroups;
+                query = "{!join from=" + SearchFields.DEFINITION_POINT + " to=id v=$q1}&q1=" + SearchFields.DISCOVERABLE_BY + ":" + permissionFilterGroups;
             }
         }
         return query;