diff --git a/web_responsive/__init__.py b/web_responsive/__init__.py
index 40a96afc6..a0fdc10fe 100644
--- a/web_responsive/__init__.py
+++ b/web_responsive/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from . import models
diff --git a/web_responsive/models/__init__.py b/web_responsive/models/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a7a21a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web_responsive/models/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from . import ir_ui_menu
diff --git a/web_responsive/models/ir_ui_menu.py b/web_responsive/models/ir_ui_menu.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..338069fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web_responsive/models/ir_ui_menu.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from odoo import api, models
+
+
+class IrUiMenu(models.Model):
+    _inherit = 'ir.ui.menu'
+
+    @api.model
+    def search(self, args, offset=0, limit=None, order=None, count=False):
+        """The filtering that is done on the menus by upstream doesn't take into account
+        the visibility of their ancestors to decide if the menu is visible or not, which
+        is needed for the AppDrawer menu search.
+        """
+        menus = super(IrUiMenu, self).search(
+            args, offset=offset, limit=limit, order=order, count=count
+        )
+        if menus and not count and self.env.context.get("responsive_search"):
+            accesible_menus = self.env["ir.ui.menu"]
+            full_menus = self.with_context(responsive_search=False).search([])
+            for menu in menus:
+                add = True
+                parent_menu = menu.parent_id
+                while parent_menu:
+                    if parent_menu not in full_menus:
+                        add = False
+                        break
+                    parent_menu = parent_menu.parent_id
+                if add:
+                    accesible_menus += menu
+            menus = accesible_menus
+        return menus
diff --git a/web_responsive/static/src/js/web_responsive.js b/web_responsive/static/src/js/web_responsive.js
index 075b47a7e..976d0653e 100644
--- a/web_responsive/static/src/js/web_responsive.js
+++ b/web_responsive/static/src/js/web_responsive.js
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ odoo.define('web_responsive', function(require) {
             this.$searchInput = $('#appDrawerSearchInput').focus();
             var Menus = new DataModel('ir.ui.menu');
             Menus.query(['action', 'display_name', 'id'])
+                .context({"responsive_search": true})
                 .filter([['name', 'ilike', this.$searchInput.val()],
                          ['action', '!=', false]
                          ])