diff --git a/components/search/src/configuration_types.rs b/components/search/src/configuration_types.rs
index 3c564de007..f3e7abc2e2 100644
--- a/components/search/src/configuration_types.rs
+++ b/components/search/src/configuration_types.rs
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ pub(crate) struct JSONEngineBase {
     pub charset: Option<String>,
 
     /// The classification of search engine according to the main search types
-    /// (e.g. general, shopping, travel, dictionary). Currently, only marking as
-    /// a general search engine is supported.
+    /// (e.g. general, ai, and unknown).
     #[serde(default)]
     pub classification: SearchEngineClassification,
 
diff --git a/components/search/src/selector.rs b/components/search/src/selector.rs
index 44927aae5d..104ce9d486 100644
--- a/components/search/src/selector.rs
+++ b/components/search/src/selector.rs
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ mod tests {
             json!({
               "data": [
                 EngineRecord::full("test1", "Test 1").build(),
-                EngineRecord::minimal("test2", "Test 2").build(),
+                EngineRecord::minimal("test2", "Test 2")
+                    .classification("ai")
+                    .build(),
                 {
                   "recordType": "defaultEngines",
                   "globalDefault": "test1",
@@ -312,8 +314,12 @@ mod tests {
             result.unwrap(),
             RefinedSearchConfig {
                 engines: vec!(
-                    ExpectedEngine::full("test1", "Test 1").build(),
-                    ExpectedEngine::minimal("test2", "Test 2").build(),
+                    ExpectedEngine::full("test1", "Test 1")
+                        .classification(SearchEngineClassification::General)
+                        .build(),
+                    ExpectedEngine::minimal("test2", "Test 2")
+                        .classification(SearchEngineClassification::Ai)
+                        .build(),
                 ),
                 app_default_engine_id: Some("test1".to_string()),
                 app_private_default_engine_id: Some("test2".to_string())
diff --git a/components/search/src/test_helpers.rs b/components/search/src/test_helpers.rs
index 9cb2470d0d..16731bf972 100644
--- a/components/search/src/test_helpers.rs
+++ b/components/search/src/test_helpers.rs
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ impl EngineRecord {
         record
     }
 
+    pub fn classification(mut self, classification: &str) -> Self {
+        self.classification = classification.to_string();
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn add_variant(mut self, vb: Variant) -> Self {
         self.variants.push(vb.build());
         self
@@ -359,6 +364,11 @@ impl ExpectedEngine {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn classification(mut self, classification: SearchEngineClassification) -> Self {
+        self.engine.classification = classification;
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn partner_code(mut self, code: &str) -> Self {
         self.engine.partner_code = code.to_string();
         self
diff --git a/components/search/src/types.rs b/components/search/src/types.rs
index 233c9f8f14..4a17e25a64 100644
--- a/components/search/src/types.rs
+++ b/components/search/src/types.rs
@@ -175,9 +175,10 @@ pub struct SearchEngineUrls {
 #[derive(Debug, uniffi::Enum, PartialEq, Deserialize, Clone, Default)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum SearchEngineClassification {
-    General = 2,
     #[default]
     Unknown = 1,
+    General = 2,
+    Ai = 3,
 }
 
 impl SearchEngineClassification {
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ impl SearchEngineClassification {
         match self {
             SearchEngineClassification::Unknown => "unknown",
             SearchEngineClassification::General => "general",
+            SearchEngineClassification::Ai => "ai",
         }
     }
 }