diff --git a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_protected_fulltext.js b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_protected_fulltext.js
index 472fd62f0..daed14000 100644
--- a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_protected_fulltext.js
+++ b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_protected_fulltext.js
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ class NoteContentProtectedFulltextExp extends Expression {
             content = content.toLowerCase();
 
             if (type === 'text' && mime === 'text/html') {
-                content = striptags(content);
+                if (content.length < 20000) { // striptags is slow for very large notes
+                    content = striptags(content);
+                }
+
                 content = content.replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ');
             }
 
diff --git a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_unprotected_fulltext.js b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_unprotected_fulltext.js
index f30679d42..ad0ce7cdf 100644
--- a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_unprotected_fulltext.js
+++ b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_unprotected_fulltext.js
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ class NoteContentUnprotectedFulltextExp extends Expression {
             content = content.toString().toLowerCase();
 
             if (type === 'text' && mime === 'text/html') {
-                content = striptags(content);
+                if (content.length < 20000) { // striptags is slow for very large notes
+                    content = striptags(content);
+                }
+
                 content = content.replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ');
             }