diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 05ac17f0..0d29c853 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ tests = [
   'internals',
   'range',
   'range-tree',
+  'search',
   'server',
   'utils',
   'event-attendee',
diff --git a/tests/test-search.c b/tests/test-search.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae8243b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-search.c
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/* test-search.c
+ *
+ * Copyright 2026 GNOME Calendar Contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gi18n.h>
+
+#include "libecal/libecal.h"
+
+G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC (ECalComponent, g_object_unref)
+
+#include "gcal-calendar-monitor.h"
+#include "gcal-event.h"
+#include "gcal-search-hit.h"
+#include "gcal-search-hit-event.h"
+#include "gcal-stub-calendar.h"
+#include "gcal-timeline.h"
+
+#define STUB_EVENT_RECURRING "BEGIN:VEVENT\n"             \
+                             "SUMMARY:Standup\n"          \
+                             "UID:recurring@uid\n"        \
+                             "DTSTAMP:19970114T000000Z\n" \
+                             "DTSTART:20180714T000000Z\n" \
+                             "DTEND:20180714T010000Z\n"   \
+                             "RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=3\n" \
+                             "END:VEVENT\n"
+
+#define STUB_EVENT_SINGLE "BEGIN:VEVENT\n"             \
+                          "SUMMARY:Doctor Visit\n"     \
+                          "UID:single@uid\n"           \
+                          "DTSTAMP:19970114T170000Z\n" \
+                          "DTSTART:20180716T170000Z\n" \
+                          "DTEND:20180716T180000Z\n"   \
+                          "END:VEVENT\n"
+
+static GcalEvent *
+create_event_for_string (const gchar  *string,
+                         GError      **error)
+{
+  g_autoptr (ECalComponent) component = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GcalCalendar) calendar = NULL;
+
+  component = e_cal_component_new_from_string (string);
+  calendar = gcal_stub_calendar_new (NULL, error);
+
+  return component ? gcal_event_new (calendar, component, error) : NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+test_timeline_expand_recurrences (void)
+{
+  g_autoptr (GcalTimeline) timeline_default = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GcalTimeline) timeline_search = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GcalCalendar) calendar = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GError) error = NULL;
+
+  g_test_bug ("991");
+
+  timeline_default = gcal_timeline_new ();
+  g_assert_true (gcal_timeline_get_expand_recurrences (timeline_default));
+
+  timeline_search = g_object_new (GCAL_TYPE_TIMELINE,
+                                  "expand-recurrences", FALSE,
+                                  NULL);
+  g_assert_false (gcal_timeline_get_expand_recurrences (timeline_search));
+
+  calendar = gcal_stub_calendar_new (NULL, &error);
+  g_assert_no_error (error);
+
+  gcal_timeline_add_calendar (timeline_search, calendar);
+  g_assert_false (gcal_timeline_get_expand_recurrences (timeline_search));
+}
+
+static void
+test_calendar_monitor_expand_recurrences (void)
+{
+  g_autoptr (GcalCalendar) calendar = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GcalCalendarMonitor) monitor = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GcalCalendarMonitor) monitor_no_recur = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GError) error = NULL;
+
+  g_test_bug ("991");
+
+  calendar = gcal_stub_calendar_new (NULL, &error);
+  g_assert_no_error (error);
+
+  monitor = gcal_calendar_monitor_new (calendar);
+  g_assert_true (gcal_calendar_monitor_get_expand_recurrences (monitor));
+
+  monitor_no_recur = g_object_new (GCAL_TYPE_CALENDAR_MONITOR,
+                                   "calendar", calendar,
+                                   "expand-recurrences", FALSE,
+                                   NULL);
+  g_assert_false (gcal_calendar_monitor_get_expand_recurrences (monitor_no_recur));
+}
+
+static void
+test_search_hit_recurring_subtitle (void)
+{
+  g_autoptr (GcalEvent) event_recurring = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GcalEvent) event_single = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GcalSearchHitEvent) hit_recurring = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GcalSearchHitEvent) hit_single = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GError) error = NULL;
+  const gchar *subtitle;
+
+  g_test_bug ("991");
+
+  event_recurring = create_event_for_string (STUB_EVENT_RECURRING, &error);
+  g_assert_no_error (error);
+  g_assert_true (gcal_event_has_recurrence (event_recurring));
+
+  event_single = create_event_for_string (STUB_EVENT_SINGLE, &error);
+  g_assert_no_error (error);
+  g_assert_false (gcal_event_has_recurrence (event_single));
+
+  hit_recurring = gcal_search_hit_event_new (event_recurring);
+  subtitle = gcal_search_hit_get_subtitle (GCAL_SEARCH_HIT (hit_recurring));
+  g_assert_nonnull (subtitle);
+  g_assert_nonnull (strstr (subtitle, _ ("Recurring")));
+
+  hit_single = gcal_search_hit_event_new (event_single);
+  subtitle = gcal_search_hit_get_subtitle (GCAL_SEARCH_HIT (hit_single));
+  g_assert_nonnull (subtitle);
+  g_assert_null (strstr (subtitle, _ ("Recurring")));
+}
+
+gint
+main (gint   argc,
+      gchar *argv[])
+{
+  g_setenv ("TZ", "UTC", TRUE);
+  g_setenv ("LC_ALL", "C", TRUE);
+  g_setenv ("LANGUAGE", "C", TRUE);
+
+  g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
+  g_test_bug_base ("https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/");
+
+  g_test_add_func ("/timeline/expand-recurrences", test_timeline_expand_recurrences);
+  g_test_add_func ("/calendar-monitor/expand-recurrences", test_calendar_monitor_expand_recurrences);
+  g_test_add_func ("/search/hit/recurring-subtitle", test_search_hit_recurring_subtitle);
+
+  return g_test_run ();
+}