diff --git a/.changeset/angry-apes-double.md b/.changeset/angry-apes-double.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..458faef378b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/angry-apes-double.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@rocket.chat/models': patch
+'@rocket.chat/meteor': patch
+---
+
+Enable room search by Cyrillic characters in channel names (e.g. "тест").
diff --git a/apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/rooms.ts b/apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/rooms.ts
index a1c29b1d2121d..a4818aa3f71bc 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/rooms.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/rooms.ts
@@ -2120,6 +2120,18 @@ describe('[Rooms]', () => {
 	});
 
 	describe('[/rooms.autocomplete.channelAndPrivate]', () => {
+		let testChannel: IRoom;
+
+		before(async () => {
+			await updateSetting('UI_Allow_room_names_with_special_chars', true);
+			testChannel = (await createRoom({ type: 'c', name: 'тест' })).body.channel;
+		});
+
+		after(async () => {
+			await updateSetting('UI_Allow_room_names_with_special_chars', true);
+			await deleteRoom({ type: 'c', roomId: testChannel._id });
+		});
+
 		it('should return an error when the required parameter "selector" is not provided', (done) => {
 			void request
 				.get(api('rooms.autocomplete.channelAndPrivate'))
@@ -2146,6 +2158,21 @@ describe('[Rooms]', () => {
 				})
 				.end(done);
 		});
+		it('should return the rooms with cyrillic characters in channel name', (done) => {
+			void request
+				.get(api('rooms.autocomplete.channelAndPrivate'))
+				.query({ selector: '{ "name": "тест" }' })
+				.set(credentials)
+				.expect('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+				.expect(200)
+				.expect((res) => {
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('success', true);
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('items').and.to.be.an('array');
+					expect(res.body.items).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+					expect(res.body.items[0].fname).to.be.equal('тест');
+				})
+				.end(done);
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('[/rooms.autocomplete.channelAndPrivate.withPagination]', () => {
diff --git a/packages/models/src/models/Rooms.ts b/packages/models/src/models/Rooms.ts
index 382a67335a664..d236dd0bcf5b8 100644
--- a/packages/models/src/models/Rooms.ts
+++ b/packages/models/src/models/Rooms.ts
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ export class RoomsRaw extends BaseRaw<IRoom> implements IRoomsModel {
 			t: {
 				$in: ['c', 'p'],
 			},
-			name: nameRegex,
+			$and: [{ $or: [{ name: nameRegex }, { fname: nameRegex }] }, { federated: { $ne: true } }, { archived: { $ne: true } }],
 			$or: [
 				{
 					teamId: {
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ export class RoomsRaw extends BaseRaw<IRoom> implements IRoomsModel {
 				},
 			],
 			prid: { $exists: false },
-			$and: [{ federated: { $ne: true } }, { archived: { $ne: true } }],
 		};
 
 		return this.find(query, options);