diff --git a/docs/release-notes/version-3.6.md b/docs/release-notes/version-3.6.md
index 1b05c7f9e..ce207ddc6 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/version-3.6.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/version-3.6.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * [#11039](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/11039) - List parent prefixes under IP range view
 * [#14507](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/14507) - Print new NetBox version when running upgrade script
 * [#14538](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/14538) - Add the `available_at_site` filter for VLANs
+* [#14596](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/14596) - Match against description field when searching for devices
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py b/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py
index b5bdaf269..9f4359764 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@ class DeviceFilterSet(
             Q(serial__icontains=value.strip()) |
             Q(inventoryitems__serial__icontains=value.strip()) |
             Q(asset_tag__icontains=value.strip()) |
+            Q(description_icontains=value.strip()) |
             Q(comments__icontains=value) |
             Q(primary_ip4__address__startswith=value) |
             Q(primary_ip6__address__startswith=value)