diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_sql.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_sql.inc.php
index d3be2a67b1..889d7db189 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_sql.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_sql.inc.php
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ class accounts_sql
 		$accounts = array();
 		foreach((array) $GLOBALS['egw']->contacts->search($criteria,
 			array_merge(array(1,'n_given','n_family','id','created','modified',$this->table.'.account_id AS account_id'),$email_cols),
-			$order,"account_lid,account_type,account_status,account_expires,account_primary_group",
+			$order,"account_lid,account_type,account_status,account_expires,account_primary_group,account_description",
 			$wildcard,false,$query[0] == '!' ? 'AND' : 'OR',
 			$param['offset'] ? array($param['start'], $param['offset']) : (is_null($param['start']) ? false : $param['start']),
 			$filter,$join) as $contact)
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ class accounts_sql
 					// addressbook_bo::search() returns everything in user-time, need to convert to server-time
 					'account_created'	=> egw_time::user2server($contact['created']),
 					'account_modified'	=> egw_time::user2server($contact['modified']),
+					'account_description' => $contact['account_description'],
 				);
 			}
 		}