diff --git a/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml b/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml
index ed0df51b..7319e878 100644
--- a/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml
+++ b/modules/restapi/src/main/resources/docspell-openapi.yml
@@ -5090,6 +5090,10 @@ components:
           type: array
           items:
             $ref: "#/components/schemas/Tag"
+        customfields:
+          type: array
+          items:
+            $ref: "#/components/schemas/ItemFieldValue"
         notes:
           description: |
             Some prefix of the item notes.
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/conv/Conversions.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/conv/Conversions.scala
index e5d49fc2..35a88eaa 100644
--- a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/conv/Conversions.scala
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/conv/Conversions.scala
@@ -213,10 +213,11 @@ trait Conversions {
       i.concEquip.map(mkIdName),
       i.folder.map(mkIdName),
       i.fileCount,
-      Nil,
-      Nil,
+      Nil, //attachments
+      Nil, //tags
+      Nil, //customfields
       i.notes,
-      Nil
+      Nil // highlight
     )
 
   def mkItemLight(i: OFulltext.FtsItem): ItemLight = {
@@ -227,7 +228,11 @@ trait Conversions {
 
   def mkItemLightWithTags(i: OItemSearch.ListItemWithTags): ItemLight =
     mkItemLight(i.item)
-      .copy(tags = i.tags.map(mkTag), attachments = i.attachments.map(mkAttachmentLight))
+      .copy(
+        tags = i.tags.map(mkTag),
+        attachments = i.attachments.map(mkAttachmentLight),
+        customfields = i.customfields.map(mkItemFieldValue)
+      )
 
   private def mkAttachmentLight(qa: QItem.AttachmentLight): AttachmentLight =
     AttachmentLight(qa.id, qa.position, qa.name, qa.pageCount)
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/queries/QItem.scala b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/queries/QItem.scala
index f587ae9f..a742547a 100644
--- a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/queries/QItem.scala
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/queries/QItem.scala
@@ -524,7 +524,8 @@ object QItem {
   case class ListItemWithTags(
       item: ListItem,
       tags: List[RTag],
-      attachments: List[AttachmentLight]
+      attachments: List[AttachmentLight],
+      customfields: List[ItemFieldValue]
   )
 
   /** Same as `findItems` but resolves the tags for each item. Note that
@@ -560,10 +561,12 @@ object QItem {
       tags         <- Stream.eval(tagItems.traverse(ti => findTag(resolvedTags, ti)))
       attachs      <- Stream.eval(findAttachmentLight(item.id))
       ftags = tags.flatten.filter(t => t.collective == collective)
+      cfields <- Stream.eval(findCustomFieldValuesForItem(item.id))
     } yield ListItemWithTags(
       item,
       ftags.toList.sortBy(_.name),
-      attachs.sortBy(_.position)
+      attachs.sortBy(_.position),
+      cfields.toList
     )
   }