diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/search.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/search.rs
index cb70147cd..3ab093b5d 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/search.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ pub async fn search_with_url_query(
     let mut aggregate = SearchAggregator::from_query(&query, &req);
 
     let index = index_scheduler.index(&index_uid)?;
-    let search_result = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || perform_search(&index, query)).await?;
+    let features = index_scheduler.features()?;
+    let search_result =
+        tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || perform_search(&index, query, features)).await?;
     if let Ok(ref search_result) = search_result {
         aggregate.succeed(search_result);
     }
@@ -183,7 +185,10 @@ pub async fn search_with_post(
     let mut aggregate = SearchAggregator::from_query(&query, &req);
 
     let index = index_scheduler.index(&index_uid)?;
-    let search_result = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || perform_search(&index, query)).await?;
+
+    let features = index_scheduler.features()?;
+    let search_result =
+        tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || perform_search(&index, query, features)).await?;
     if let Ok(ref search_result) = search_result {
         aggregate.succeed(search_result);
     }
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/multi_search.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/multi_search.rs
index fd78df5e5..e257af1cf 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/routes/multi_search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/multi_search.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pub async fn multi_search_with_post(
     let queries = params.into_inner().queries;
 
     let mut multi_aggregate = MultiSearchAggregator::from_queries(&queries, &req);
+    let features = index_scheduler.features()?;
 
     // Explicitly expect a `(ResponseError, usize)` for the error type rather than `ResponseError` only,
     // so that `?` doesn't work if it doesn't use `with_index`, ensuring that it is not forgotten in case of code
@@ -74,8 +75,9 @@ pub async fn multi_search_with_post(
                         err
                     })
                     .with_index(query_index)?;
+
                 let search_result =
-                    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || perform_search(&index, query))
+                    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || perform_search(&index, query, features))
                         .await
                         .with_index(query_index)?;
 
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/search.rs b/meilisearch/src/search.rs
index b2858ead3..62f49c148 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/search.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::time::Instant;
 
 use deserr::Deserr;
 use either::Either;
+use index_scheduler::RoFeatures;
 use meilisearch_auth::IndexSearchRules;
 use meilisearch_types::deserr::DeserrJsonError;
 use meilisearch_types::error::deserr_codes::*;
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ pub fn add_search_rules(query: &mut SearchQuery, rules: IndexSearchRules) {
 pub fn perform_search(
     index: &Index,
     query: SearchQuery,
+    features: RoFeatures,
 ) -> Result<SearchResult, MeilisearchHttpError> {
     let before_search = Instant::now();
     let rtxn = index.read_txn()?;
@@ -306,6 +308,10 @@ pub fn perform_search(
         ScoringStrategy::Skip
     });
 
+    if query.show_ranking_score_details {
+        features.check_score_details()?;
+    }
+
     // compute the offset on the limit depending on the pagination mode.
     let (offset, limit) = if is_finite_pagination {
         let limit = query.hits_per_page.unwrap_or_else(DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT);