diff --git a/docs/components/content/examples/SelectMenuExampleSearchAttributes.vue b/docs/components/content/examples/SelectMenuExampleSearchAttributes.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6b0d7a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/components/content/examples/SelectMenuExampleSearchAttributes.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<script setup>
+const options = [
+  { id: 1, name: 'Wade Cooper', favoriteColors: ['red', 'yellow'] },
+  { id: 2, name: 'Arlene Mccoy', favoriteColors: ['blue', 'yellow'] },
+  { id: 3, name: 'Devon Webb', favoriteColors: ['green', 'blue'] },
+  { id: 4, name: 'Tom Cook', favoriteColors: ['blue', 'red'] },
+  { id: 5, name: 'Tanya Fox', favoriteColors: ['green', 'red'] },
+  { id: 5, name: 'Hellen Schmidt', favoriteColors: ['green', 'yellow'] }
+]
+
+const selected = ref(options[1])
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <USelectMenu
+    v-model="selected"
+    :options="options"
+    class="w-full lg:w-96"
+    placeholder="Select an user"
+    searchable
+    searchable-placeholder="Search by name or favorite colors"
+    option-attribute="name"
+    by="id"
+    :search-attributes="['name', 'favoriteColors']"
+  >
+    <template #option="{ option: person }">
+      <span v-for="color in person.favoriteColors" :key="color.id" class="h-2 w-2 rounded-full" :class="`bg-${color}-500 dark:bg-${color}-400`" />
+      <span class="truncate">{{ person.name }}</span>
+    </template>
+  </USelectMenu>
+</template>
diff --git a/docs/content/3.forms/4.select-menu.md b/docs/content/3.forms/4.select-menu.md
index d7bfe951..1ae58d70 100644
--- a/docs/content/3.forms/4.select-menu.md
+++ b/docs/content/3.forms/4.select-menu.md
@@ -99,6 +99,20 @@ props:
 ---
 ::
 
+#### Search Attributes
+
+Use the `search-attributes` with an array of property names to search on each option object.
+
+Nested attributes can be accessed using `dot.notation`. When the property value is an array or object, these are cast to string so these can be searched within.
+
+::component-example
+---
+component: 'select-menu-example-search-attributes'
+componentProps:
+  class: 'w-full lg:w-96'
+---
+::
+
 #### Clear on close :u-badge{label="New" class="align-middle ml-2 !rounded-full" variant="subtle"}
 
 By default, the search query will be kept after the menu is closed. To clear it on close, set the `clear-search-on-close` prop.
diff --git a/src/runtime/components/forms/SelectMenu.vue b/src/runtime/components/forms/SelectMenu.vue
index 424dfdb9..06e931e6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/components/forms/SelectMenu.vue
+++ b/src/runtime/components/forms/SelectMenu.vue
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ import UAvatar from '../elements/Avatar.vue'
 import { useUI } from '../../composables/useUI'
 import { usePopper } from '../../composables/usePopper'
 import { useFormGroup } from '../../composables/useFormGroup'
-import { mergeConfig } from '../../utils'
+import { get, mergeConfig } from '../../utils'
 import { useInjectButtonGroup } from '../../composables/useButtonGroup'
 import type { SelectSize, SelectColor, SelectVariant, PopperOptions, Strategy } from '../../types'
 // @ts-expect-error
@@ -422,7 +422,13 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
       return (props.options as any[]).filter((option: any) => {
         return (props.searchAttributes?.length ? props.searchAttributes : [props.optionAttribute]).some((searchAttribute: any) => {
-          return ['string', 'number'].includes(typeof option) ? option.toString().search(new RegExp(query.value, 'i')) !== -1 : (option[searchAttribute] && option[searchAttribute].search(new RegExp(query.value, 'i')) !== -1)
+          if (['string', 'number'].includes(typeof option)) {
+            return String(option).search(new RegExp(query.value, 'i')) !== -1
+          }
+
+          const child = get(option, searchAttribute)
+
+          return child !== null && child !== undefined && String(child).search(new RegExp(query.value, 'i')) !== -1
         })
       })
     })