diff --git a/fluxer_api/src/api/search/SearchQuotedPhrases.ts b/fluxer_api/src/api/search/SearchQuotedPhrases.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8515c4c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fluxer_api/src/api/search/SearchQuotedPhrases.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+const QUOTE_CHARS = new Set(['"', '“', '”', '„', '‟', '″', '«', '»', '＂']);
+
+function extractQuotedPhrases(input: string): {rest: string; phrases: Array<string>} {
+	const phrases: Array<string> = [];
+	let rest = '';
+	let i = 0;
+	while (i < input.length) {
+		if (!QUOTE_CHARS.has(input[i])) {
+			rest += input[i];
+			i++;
+			continue;
+		}
+		i++;
+		let phrase = '';
+		while (i < input.length && !QUOTE_CHARS.has(input[i])) {
+			phrase += input[i];
+			i++;
+		}
+		i++;
+		const trimmed = phrase.trim();
+		if (trimmed) phrases.push(trimmed);
+		rest += ' ';
+	}
+	return {rest: rest.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim(), phrases};
+}
+
+function stripWrappingQuotes(phrase: string): string {
+	let start = 0;
+	let end = phrase.length;
+	while (start < end && QUOTE_CHARS.has(phrase[start])) start++;
+	while (end > start && QUOTE_CHARS.has(phrase[end - 1])) end--;
+	return phrase.slice(start, end).trim();
+}
+
+export function normalizeQuotedPhrases<T extends {content?: string; exact_phrases?: Array<string>}>(params: T): T {
+	const exactPhrases = (params.exact_phrases ?? []).map(stripWrappingQuotes).filter(Boolean);
+	let content = params.content;
+	if (content) {
+		const extracted = extractQuotedPhrases(content);
+		exactPhrases.push(...extracted.phrases);
+		content = extracted.rest || undefined;
+	}
+	return {
+		...params,
+		content,
+		exact_phrases: exactPhrases.length > 0 ? [...new Set(exactPhrases)] : undefined,
+	};
+}
diff --git a/fluxer_api/src/api/search/SearchService.ts b/fluxer_api/src/api/search/SearchService.ts
index d30662d87..b9f483b54 100644
--- a/fluxer_api/src/api/search/SearchService.ts
+++ b/fluxer_api/src/api/search/SearchService.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type {GuildService} from '@app/api/guild/services/GuildService';
 import type {UserCacheService} from '@app/api/infrastructure/UserCacheService';
 import type {RequestCache} from '@app/api/middleware/RequestCacheMiddleware';
 import {GlobalSearchService} from '@app/api/search/GlobalSearchService';
+import {normalizeQuotedPhrases} from '@app/api/search/SearchQuotedPhrases';
 import type {IUserRepository} from '@app/api/user/IUserRepository';
 import type {WorkerTaskName} from '@app/api/worker/WorkerLaneConfig';
 import {ValidationErrorCodes} from '@fluxer/constants/src/ValidationErrorCodes';
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ export class SearchService {
 		data: GlobalSearchMessagesRequest;
 	}): Promise<MessageSearchResponse> {
 		const {userId, requestCache, data} = params;
-		const {channel_id, channel_ids, context_channel_id, context_guild_id, ...searchParams} = data;
+		const {channel_id, channel_ids, context_channel_id, context_guild_id, ...rawSearchParams} = data;
+		const searchParams = normalizeQuotedPhrases(rawSearchParams);
 		const contextChannelId = context_channel_id ? createChannelID(context_channel_id) : null;
 		const contextGuildId = context_guild_id ? createGuildID(context_guild_id) : null;
 		const channelIds = (channel_ids ?? channel_id)?.map((id) => createChannelID(id)) ?? [];
diff --git a/fluxer_api/src/api/search/tests/MessageSearchExactPhrase.test.ts b/fluxer_api/src/api/search/tests/MessageSearchExactPhrase.test.ts
index f0b86022b..6cd3872da 100644
--- a/fluxer_api/src/api/search/tests/MessageSearchExactPhrase.test.ts
+++ b/fluxer_api/src/api/search/tests/MessageSearchExactPhrase.test.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,28 @@ describe('Message Search Exact Phrases', () => {
 			}
 		}
 	});
+	test('typographic quotes in content are treated as exact phrases', async () => {
+		const owner = await createTestAccount(harness);
+		const guild = await createGuild(harness, owner.token, 'Smart Quote Guild');
+		const channelId = guild.system_channel_id!;
+		const timestamp = Date.now();
+		const tag = `sq-${timestamp}`;
+		await sendMessage(harness, owner.token, channelId, `${tag} hello world`);
+		await sendMessage(harness, owner.token, channelId, `${tag} world hello`);
+		await markChannelAsIndexed(harness, channelId);
+		const result = await createBuilder<MessageSearchResponse>(harness, owner.token)
+			.post('/search/messages')
+			.body({
+				content: `${tag} \u201chello world\u201d`,
+				context_channel_id: channelId,
+			})
+			.expect(HTTP_STATUS.OK)
+			.execute();
+		expect(isSearchResult(result)).toBe(true);
+		if (isSearchResult(result)) {
+			expect(result.messages.map((m) => m.content)).toEqual([`${tag} hello world`]);
+		}
+	});
 	test('exact_phrases combined with author_id filter', async () => {
 		const owner = await createTestAccount(harness);
 		const guild = await createGuild(harness, owner.token, 'Author Filter Phrase Guild');