diff --git a/.env b/.env
index f562afd47d64c..e5352638ac415 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=root
 MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=test
 ROBOTOFF_URL=http://robotoff.openfoodfacts.localhost:5500 # connect to Robotoff running in separate docker-compose deployment
 EVENTS_URL=
+REDIS_URL=searchredis:6379 # Redis runs in a separate docker-compose deployment
 GOOGLE_CLOUD_VISION_API_KEY=
 CROWDIN_PROJECT_IDENTIFIER=
 CROWDIN_PROJECT_KEY=
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/container-deploy.yml
index 3dd2e4a54514e..6ddbebd210a07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-deploy.yml
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "POSTGRES_USER=${{ secrets.POSTGRES_USER }}" >> .env
           echo "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}" >> .env
           echo "ROBOTOFF_URL=${{ secrets.ROBOTOFF_URL }}" >> .env
+          echo "REDIS_URL=${{ secrets.REDIS_URL }}" >> .env
           echo "GOOGLE_CLOUD_VISION_API_KEY=${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CLOUD_VISION_API_KEY }}" >> .env
           echo "CROWDIN_PROJECT_IDENTIFIER=${{ secrets.CROWDIN_PROJECT_IDENTIFIER }}" >> .env
           echo "CROWDIN_PROJECT_KEY=${{ secrets.CROWDIN_PROJECT_KEY }}" >> .env
diff --git a/conf/apache.conf b/conf/apache.conf
index cc27fee09a049..dfe979a8a2f51 100644
--- a/conf/apache.conf
+++ b/conf/apache.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PerlPassEnv ROBOTOFF_URL
 PerlPassEnv EVENTS_URL
 PerlPassEnv EVENTS_USERNAME
 PerlPassEnv EVENTS_PASSWORD
+PerlPassEnv REDIS_URL
 PerlPassEnv MONGODB_HOST
 PerlPassEnv GOOGLE_CLOUD_VISION_API_KEY
 PerlPassEnv CROWDIN_PROJECT_IDENTIFIER
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index f04803ec70e98..250a92ea4c438 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ requires 'JSON::Create';
 requires 'JSON::Parse';
 requires 'Data::DeepAccess';
 requires 'XML::XML2JSON';
+requires 'Redis::Client';
 
 
 # Mojolicious/Minion
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index cabcf6e59724d..a40802e0ce481 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ x-backend-conf: &backend-conf
     - EVENTS_URL
     - EVENTS_USERNAME
     - EVENTS_PASSWORD
+    - REDIS_URL
     - GOOGLE_CLOUD_VISION_API_KEY
     - CROWDIN_PROJECT_IDENTIFIER
     - CROWDIN_PROJECT_KEY
diff --git a/docs/introduction/dev-environment-quick-start-guide.md b/docs/introduction/dev-environment-quick-start-guide.md
index e99d1b9a43f83..657302c738734 100644
--- a/docs/introduction/dev-environment-quick-start-guide.md
+++ b/docs/introduction/dev-environment-quick-start-guide.md
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ The `.env` file contains ProductOpener default settings:
 | `PRODUCT_OPENER_FLAVOR_SHORT`                                     | can be modified to run different flavors of OpenFoodFacts, amongst `off` (default), `obf`, `oppf`, `opf`.|
 | `PRODUCERS_PLATFORM`                                              | can be set to `1` to build / run the **producer platform**.|
 | `ROBOTOFF_URL`                                                    | can be set to **connect with a Robotoff instance**.|
+| `REDIS_URL` | can be set to **connect with a Redis instance for populating the search index**.|
 | `GOOGLE_CLOUD_VISION_API_KEY`                                     | can be set to **enable OCR using Google Cloud Vision**.|
 | `CROWDIN_PROJECT_IDENTIFIER` and `CROWDIN_PROJECT_KEY`            | can be set to **run translations**.|
 | `GEOLITE2_PATH`, `GEOLITE2_ACCOUNT_ID` and `GEOLITE2_LICENSE_KEY` | can be set to **enable Geolite2**.|
diff --git a/lib/ProductOpener/Config2_docker.pm b/lib/ProductOpener/Config2_docker.pm
index 5b3184923d3f6..0a8c06ddfc68b 100755
--- a/lib/ProductOpener/Config2_docker.pm
+++ b/lib/ProductOpener/Config2_docker.pm
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ BEGIN
 		$events_url
 		$events_username
 		$events_password
+		$redis_url
 		%server_options
 	);
 	%EXPORT_TAGS = (all => [@EXPORT_OK]);
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ $events_url = $ENV{EVENTS_URL};
 $events_username = $ENV{EVENTS_USERNAME};
 $events_password = $ENV{EVENTS_PASSWORD};
 
+# Set this to your instance of the search service to enable writes to it
+$redis_url = $ENV{REDIS_URL};
+
 %server_options = (
         private_products => $producers_platform,  # 1 to make products visible only to the owner (producer platform)
 		producers_platform => $producers_platform,
diff --git a/lib/ProductOpener/Config2_sample.pm b/lib/ProductOpener/Config2_sample.pm
index abd7fbdc0a0a0..b02c83327be67 100644
--- a/lib/ProductOpener/Config2_sample.pm
+++ b/lib/ProductOpener/Config2_sample.pm
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ BEGIN
 		$events_url
 		$events_username
 		$events_password
+		$redis_url
 		%server_options
 
 	);
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ $events_url = '';
 $events_username = '';
 $events_password = '';
 
+$redis_url = '';
+
 %server_options = (
 
         cookie_domain => "openfoodfacts.dev",   # if not set, default to $server _domain
diff --git a/lib/ProductOpener/Products.pm b/lib/ProductOpener/Products.pm
index 36fb99711fc06..ad195600e19fd 100644
--- a/lib/ProductOpener/Products.pm
+++ b/lib/ProductOpener/Products.pm
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ use ProductOpener::Data qw/:all/;
 use ProductOpener::MainCountries qw/:all/;
 use ProductOpener::Text qw/:all/;
 use ProductOpener::Display qw/single_param/;
+use ProductOpener::Redis qw/push_to_search_service/;
 
 use CGI qw/:cgi :form escapeHTML/;
 use Encode;
@@ -1178,6 +1179,9 @@ sub store_product($user_id, $product_ref, $comment) {
 	store("$new_data_root/products/$path/changes.sto", $changes_ref);
 	log_change($product_ref, $change_ref);
 
+	# index for search service
+	push_to_search_service($product_ref);
+
 	$log->debug("store_product - done", { code => $code, product_id => $product_id } ) if $log->is_debug();
 
 	return 1;
diff --git a/lib/ProductOpener/Redis.pm b/lib/ProductOpener/Redis.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b2977ebd5ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ProductOpener/Redis.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+
+package ProductOpener::Redis;
+
+use ProductOpener::PerlStandards;
+use Exporter qw< import >;
+
+BEGIN {
+	use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
+	@EXPORT_OK = qw(
+	  &push_to_search_service
+	);    # symbols to export on request
+	%EXPORT_TAGS = (all => [@EXPORT_OK]);
+}
+
+use vars @EXPORT_OK;
+
+use Log::Any qw($log);
+use ProductOpener::Config2;
+use Redis::Client;
+
+sub init_redis() {
+
+	$log->debug("init_redis", {redis_url_env => $ENV{REDIS_URL}, redis_url => $ProductOpener::Config2::redis_url})
+	  if $log->is_debug();
+
+	$log->warn("REDIS_URL env", {redis_url => $ENV{REDIS_URL}}) if $log->is_warn();
+	if ($ProductOpener::Config2::redis_url eq "") {
+		$log->warn("Redis URL not provided for search indexing", {error => $@}) if $log->is_warn();
+		return;
+	}
+	my $redis_client;
+	eval {$redis_client = Redis::Client->new(host => $ProductOpener::Config2::redis_url);};
+	if ($@) {
+		$log->warn("Error connecting to Redis", {error => $@}) if $log->is_warn();
+	}
+	else {
+		return $redis_client;
+	}
+	return;
+}
+
+my $redis_client = init_redis();
+
+sub push_to_search_service ($product_ref) {
+	if (defined($redis_client)) {
+		eval {$redis_client->rpush('search_import_queue', $product_ref->{code});};
+	}
+
+	return;
+}
+
+1;