diff --git a/src/svsbench/search.py b/src/svsbench/search.py
index b797e15..0507a29 100644
--- a/src/svsbench/search.py
+++ b/src/svsbench/search.py
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ def _read_args(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> argparse.Namespace:
         choices=STR_TO_CALIBRATE_SEARCH_BUFFER.keys(),
         default="all",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--shuffle_ground_truth",
+        help="Shuffle ground truth. See also svsbench.build --shuffle",
+        action="store_true",
+    )
     return parser.parse_args(argv)
 
 
@@ -159,6 +164,8 @@ def search(
     lvq_strategy: svs.LVQStrategy | None = None,
     train_prefetchers: bool = True,
     search_buffer_optimization: svs.VamanaSearchBufferOptimization = svs.VamanaSearchBufferOptimization.All,
+    shuffle_ground_truth: bool = False,
+    seed: int = 42,
 ):
     logger.info({"search_args": locals()})
     logger.info(utils.read_system_config())
@@ -209,6 +216,8 @@ def search(
 
     query = svs.read_vecs(str(query_path))
     ground_truth = svs.read_vecs(str(ground_truth_path))
+    if shuffle_ground_truth:
+        np.random.default_rng(seed).shuffle(ground_truth)
 
     for batch_size_idx, batch_size in enumerate(batch_sizes):
         index.num_threads = min(max_threads, batch_size)
@@ -372,6 +381,8 @@ def main(argv: str | None = None) -> None:
         search_buffer_optimization=STR_TO_CALIBRATE_SEARCH_BUFFER[
             args.calibrate_search_buffer
         ],
+        shuffle_ground_truth=args.shuffle_ground_truth,
+        seed=args.seed,
     )