diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 1ad824206..3f69732af 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ def error_message_alert
     end
   end
 
-  def onts_for_select
-    ontologies ||= LinkedData::Client::Models::Ontology.all(include: "acronym,name")
+  def onts_for_select(include_views: false)
+    ontologies ||= LinkedData::Client::Models::Ontology.all({include: "acronym,name", include_views: include_views})
     onts_for_select = [['', '']]
     ontologies.each do |ont|
       next if ( ont.acronym.nil? or ont.acronym.empty? )
diff --git a/app/views/search/index.html.haml b/app/views/search/index.html.haml
index a53fccdbe..c193b6cd0 100644
--- a/app/views/search/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/search/index.html.haml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
               .title
                 = t("search.advanced_options.ontologies")
               .field
-                = ontologies_selector(id:'search_page_ontologies' ,name: 'ontologies[]', selected:  params[:ontologies]&.split(','))
-            - if federation_enabled?
+                = ontologies_selector(id:'search_page_ontologies' ,name: 'ontologies[]', selected:  params[:ontologies]&.split(','), ontologies: onts_for_select(include_views: true))
+             - if federation_enabled?
               .filter-container
                 .title 
                   = t('federation.results_from_external_portals')