diff --git a/src/models/user.ts b/src/models/user.ts
index 56e052ed4..0c3f7b550 100644
--- a/src/models/user.ts
+++ b/src/models/user.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ User.createIndex('createdAt');
 User.createIndex('updatedAt');
 User.createIndex('followersCount');
 User.createIndex('tags');
+User.createIndex('isSuspended');
 User.createIndex('username');
 User.createIndex('usernameLower');
 User.createIndex('host');
diff --git a/src/server/api/endpoints/users/search.ts b/src/server/api/endpoints/users/search.ts
index b8519eeba..27b449d62 100644
--- a/src/server/api/endpoints/users/search.ts
+++ b/src/server/api/endpoints/users/search.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ export default define(meta, async (ps, me) => {
 		users = await User
 			.find({
 				host: null,
-				usernameLower: new RegExp('^' + escapeRegexp(ps.query.replace('@', '').toLowerCase()))
+				usernameLower: new RegExp('^' + escapeRegexp(ps.query.replace('@', '').toLowerCase())),
+				isSuspended: false
 			}, {
 				limit: ps.limit,
 				skip: ps.offset
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ export default define(meta, async (ps, me) => {
 			const otherUsers = await User
 				.find({
 					host: { $ne: null },
-					usernameLower: new RegExp('^' + escapeRegexp(ps.query.replace('@', '').toLowerCase()))
+					usernameLower: new RegExp('^' + escapeRegexp(ps.query.replace('@', '').toLowerCase())),
+					isSuspended: false
 				}, {
 					limit: ps.limit - users.length
 				});