diff --git a/components/com_finder/views/search/view.html.php b/components/com_finder/views/search/view.html.php
index c33e2e3689695..5e59683f6cb86 100644
--- a/components/com_finder/views/search/view.html.php
+++ b/components/com_finder/views/search/view.html.php
@@ -271,16 +271,24 @@ protected function prepareDocument($query)
 			$explained = $this->escape(html_entity_decode(strip_tags($this->explained), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));
 			$this->document->setDescription($explained);
 		}
+		elseif ($this->params->get('menu-meta_description'))
+		{
+			$this->document->setDescription($this->params->get('menu-meta_description'));
+		}
 
 		// Configure the document meta-keywords.
 		if (!empty($query->highlight))
 		{
 			$this->document->setMetaData('keywords', implode(', ', $query->highlight));
 		}
+		elseif ($this->params->get('menu-meta_keywords'))
+		{
+			$this->document->setMetadata('keywords', $this->params->get('menu-meta_keywords'));
+		}
 
 		if ($this->params->get('robots'))
 		{
-			$this->document->setMetaData('robots', $this->params->get('robots'));
+			$this->document->setMetadata('robots', $this->params->get('robots'));
 		}
 
 		// Add feed link to the document head.