diff --git a/galaxy_ng/app/api/ui/views/search.py b/galaxy_ng/app/api/ui/views/search.py
index 3ac779aa6c..20ef1dc975 100644
--- a/galaxy_ng/app/api/ui/views/search.py
+++ b/galaxy_ng/app/api/ui/views/search.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.db import connection
 from django.contrib.postgres.aggregates import JSONBAgg
 from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchQuery, SearchVector
 from django.db.models import (
@@ -273,7 +274,8 @@ def get_role_queryset(self, query=None):
             search_vector=vector,
             relevance=relevance,
         ).values(*QUERYSET_VALUES)
-        print(qs._query)
+        print(qs.all())
+        print(connection.queries)
         return qs
 
     def filter_and_sort(self, collections, roles, filter_params, sort, type="", query=None):
diff --git a/galaxy_ng/app/api/v1/models.py b/galaxy_ng/app/api/v1/models.py
index 5b228a5903..adb6f4c979 100644
--- a/galaxy_ng/app/api/v1/models.py
+++ b/galaxy_ng/app/api/v1/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchVectorField
+from django.contrib.postgres.indexes import GinIndex
 
 from galaxy_ng.app.models import Namespace
 from galaxy_ng.app.models.auth import User
@@ -185,6 +187,19 @@ class LegacyRoleDownloadCount(models.Model):
     count = models.IntegerField(default=0)
 
 
+class LegacyRoleSearchVector(models.Model):
+    role = models.OneToOneField(
+        LegacyRole,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        primary_key=True,
+    )
+    search_vector = SearchVectorField(default="")
+    modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        indexes = (GinIndex(fields=["search_vector"]),)
+
+
 class LegacyRoleImport(models.Model):
     role = models.ForeignKey(
         'LegacyRole',
diff --git a/galaxy_ng/app/migrations/0046_legacyrolesearchvector.py b/galaxy_ng/app/migrations/0046_legacyrolesearchvector.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5db78fd11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/galaxy_ng/app/migrations/0046_legacyrolesearchvector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.7 on 2023-11-15 15:52
+
+import django.contrib.postgres.indexes
+import django.contrib.postgres.search
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("galaxy", "0045_setting"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="LegacyRoleSearchVector",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "role",
+                    models.OneToOneField(
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        to="galaxy.legacyrole",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("search_vector", django.contrib.postgres.search.SearchVectorField(default="")),
+                ("modified", models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "indexes": [
+                    django.contrib.postgres.indexes.GinIndex(
+                        fields=["search_vector"], name="galaxy_lega_search__13e661_gin"
+                    )
+                ],
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/galaxy_ng/app/migrations/0047_update_role_search_vector_trigger.py b/galaxy_ng/app/migrations/0047_update_role_search_vector_trigger.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..de551cebad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/galaxy_ng/app/migrations/0047_update_role_search_vector_trigger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.7 on 2023-11-15 15:55
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+REBUILD_ROLES_TS_VECTOR = """
+UPDATE galaxy_legacyrole SET name = name; 
+"""
+
+CREATE_ROLE_TS_VECTOR_TRIGGER = """
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_role_ts_vector()
+    RETURNS TRIGGER AS
+$$
+DECLARE
+    _search_vector tsvector;
+BEGIN
+    SELECT ((((
+        setweight(to_tsvector(COALESCE(ln."name", '')), 'A')
+        || setweight(to_tsvector(COALESCE(lr."name", '')), 'A'))
+        || setweight(to_tsvector(COALESCE(((lr."full_metadata"->'tags'))::text, '')), 'B')) 
+        || setweight(to_tsvector(COALESCE(((lr."full_metadata"->'platforms'))::text, '')), 'C')) 
+        || setweight(to_tsvector(COALESCE((lr."full_metadata"->>'description'), '')), 'D'))
+    into _search_vector
+    FROM galaxy_legacyrole lr
+    INNER JOIN galaxy_legacynamespace ln ON (lr.namespace_id = ln.id)
+    WHERE lr.id = NEW.id;
+
+    INSERT INTO galaxy_legacyrolesearchvector(role_id,search_vector,modified)
+    VALUES(new.id,_search_vector,current_timestamp)
+    ON CONFLICT (role_id)
+    DO
+      UPDATE SET search_vector = _search_vector, modified = current_timestamp;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS update_ts_vector ON galaxy_legacyrole;
+CREATE TRIGGER update_ts_vector
+    AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE
+    ON galaxy_legacyrole
+    FOR EACH ROW
+EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_role_ts_vector();
+"""
+
+DROP_ROLE_TS_VECTOR_TRIGGER = """
+DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS update_ts_vector ON galaxy_legacyrole;
+DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS update_role_ts_vector();
+"""
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("galaxy", "0046_legacyrolesearchvector"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = []