diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
index f462f06cdf..aec0b129ba 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
 
     /** RM document search filters */
     private static final String RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS =
-        "records/true,undeclared/true,vital/false,folders/false,categories/false,frozen/false,cutoff/false";
-
+                "records/true,undeclared/true,vital/false,folders/{0},categories/{1},frozen/false,cutoff/false";
     /**
      * Perform search request on search endpoint as a user.
      * <p>
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
     }
 
     /**
-     * Search as a user for records on site "rm" matching query, using SearchAPI.RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS and sorted
+     * Search as a user for nodes on site "rm" matching query, using SearchAPI.RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS and sorted
      * by sortby
      * <br>
      * If more fine-grained control of search parameters is required, use rmSearch() directly.
@@ -131,12 +130,12 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
      * @return list of record names
      */
     public List<String> searchForRecordsAsUser(
-        String username,
-        String password,
-        String query,
-        String sortby)
+        String username, String password,
+        String query, String sortby,
+        Boolean includeCategories, Boolean includeFolders)
     {
-        return getItemNames(rmSearch(username, password, "rm", query, RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS, sortby));
+        String searchFilterParamaters = MessageFormat.format(RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS, Boolean.toString(includeFolders), Boolean.toString(includeCategories));  
+        return getItemNames(rmSearch(username, password, "rm", query, searchFilterParamaters, sortby));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
index 5de8128200..ee4ae09a62 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
@@ -678,7 +678,8 @@ public class BaseRMRestTest extends RestTest
      * @param expectedResults
      * @return
      */
-    public List<String> searchForRMContentAsUser(UserModel user, String term, String sortby, List<String> expectedResults)
+    public List<String> searchForRMContentAsUser(UserModel user, String term, String sortby, Boolean includeFolders,
+                Boolean includeCategories, List<String> expectedResults)
     {
         List<String> results = new ArrayList<>();
         // wait for solr indexing
@@ -691,12 +692,13 @@ public class BaseRMRestTest extends RestTest
                 try
                 {
                     this.wait(waitInMilliSeconds);
-                } catch (InterruptedException e)
+                }
+                catch (InterruptedException e)
                 {
                 }
             }
-            
-            results = searchApi.searchForRecordsAsUser(user.getUsername(), user.getPassword(), term, sortby);
+            results = searchApi.searchForRecordsAsUser(user.getUsername(), user.getPassword(), term, sortby,
+                        includeFolders, includeCategories);
             if (!results.isEmpty() && results.containsAll(expectedResults))
             {
                 break;