diff --git a/frappe/desk/search.py b/frappe/desk/search.py
index 4c9a92e698..4b913dab66 100644
--- a/frappe/desk/search.py
+++ b/frappe/desk/search.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from frappe.database.schema import SPECIAL_CHAR_PATTERN
 from frappe.model.db_query import get_order_by
 from frappe.permissions import has_permission
 from frappe.utils import cint, cstr, escape_html, unique
+from frappe.utils.caching import redis_cache
 from frappe.utils.data import make_filter_tuple
 
 
@@ -32,8 +33,13 @@ class LinkSearchResults(TypedDict):
 	label: NotRequired[str]
 
 
+def should_cache(doctype, txt, *args, **kwargs):
+	return not txt
+
+
 # this is called by the Link Field
 @frappe.whitelist()
+@redis_cache(ttl=60 * 5, user=True, condition=should_cache)
 def search_link(
 	doctype: str,
 	txt: str,
diff --git a/frappe/utils/caching.py b/frappe/utils/caching.py
index f2f1f9aecd..62be7f83b6 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/caching.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/caching.py
@@ -167,13 +167,19 @@ def site_cache(ttl: int | None = None, maxsize: int | None = None) -> Callable:
 	return time_cache_wrapper
 
 
-def redis_cache(ttl: int | None = 3600, user: str | bool | None = None, shared: bool = False) -> Callable:
+def redis_cache(
+	ttl: int | None = 3600,
+	user: str | bool | None = None,
+	shared: bool = False,
+	condition: Callable | None = None,
+) -> Callable:
 	"""Decorator to cache method calls and its return values in Redis
 
 	args:
 	        ttl: time to expiry in seconds, defaults to 1 hour
 	        user: `true` should cache be specific to session user.
 	        shared: `true` should cache be shared across sites
+	        condition: A callable that returns `True` if the cache should be used, `False` otherwise.
 	"""
 
 	def wrapper(func: Callable | None = None) -> Callable:
@@ -187,6 +193,9 @@ def redis_cache(ttl: int | None = 3600, user: str | bool | None = None, shared:
 
 		@wraps(func)
 		def redis_cache_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+			if condition and not condition(*args, **kwargs):
+				return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
 			func_call_key = f"{func_key}::{hash(__generate_request_cache_key(args, kwargs))}"
 			cached_val = frappe.cache.get_value(func_call_key, user=user, shared=shared)
 			if cached_val is not None: