diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
index 8d7b8ffad6d2804a59affb0935d06306695693e3..28edd2a460f6b17e41e152991fd7b67b2d48f60a 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
@@ -7222,6 +7222,47 @@ impl Editor {
         }
         results
     }
+    pub fn background_highlights_in_range_for<T: 'static>(
+        &self,
+        search_range: Range<Anchor>,
+        display_snapshot: &DisplaySnapshot,
+        theme: &Theme,
+    ) -> Vec<(Range<DisplayPoint>, Color)> {
+        let mut results = Vec::new();
+        let buffer = &display_snapshot.buffer_snapshot;
+        let Some((color_fetcher, ranges)) = self.background_highlights
+            .get(&TypeId::of::<T>()) else {
+                return vec![];
+            };
+
+        let color = color_fetcher(theme);
+        let start_ix = match ranges.binary_search_by(|probe| {
+            let cmp = probe.end.cmp(&search_range.start, buffer);
+            if cmp.is_gt() {
+                Ordering::Greater
+            } else {
+                Ordering::Less
+            }
+        }) {
+            Ok(i) | Err(i) => i,
+        };
+        for range in &ranges[start_ix..] {
+            if range.start.cmp(&search_range.end, buffer).is_ge() {
+                break;
+            }
+            let start = range
+                .start
+                .to_point(buffer)
+                .to_display_point(display_snapshot);
+            let end = range
+                .end
+                .to_point(buffer)
+                .to_display_point(display_snapshot);
+            results.push((start..end, color))
+        }
+
+        results
+    }
 
     pub fn highlight_text<T: 'static>(
         &mut self,
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/element.rs b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
index bd662c039be1d3594f0d1272b5af887ec3f469fb..fafbc331892ff73512f8379eae99fd13ab974b75 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/element.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
@@ -1086,11 +1086,13 @@ impl EditorElement {
                         })
                     }
                 };
-                for (row, _) in &editor.background_highlights_in_range(
-                    start_anchor..end_anchor,
-                    &layout.position_map.snapshot,
-                    &theme,
-                ) {
+                for (row, _) in &editor
+                    .background_highlights_in_range_for::<crate::items::BufferSearchHighlights>(
+                        start_anchor..end_anchor,
+                        &layout.position_map.snapshot,
+                        &theme,
+                    )
+                {
                     let start_display = row.start;
                     let end_display = row.end;
 
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/items.rs b/crates/editor/src/items.rs
index 74b8e0ddb68d81f3d00fafa518cfbff4bc4c71b6..431ccf0bfe44f2c1370fd07e8f88962fc82b44da 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/items.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/items.rs
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ impl ProjectItem for Editor {
     }
 }
 
-enum BufferSearchHighlights {}
+pub(crate) enum BufferSearchHighlights {}
 impl SearchableItem for Editor {
     type Match = Range<Anchor>;