diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-results.tt b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-results.tt
index 6d3c34c0a9..ccc0296ca8 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-results.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-results.tt
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
                                                 <div class="coverimages cover-slides itemtype_[% SEARCH_RESULT.itemtype | html %]" data-isbn="[% To.json(SEARCH_RESULT.normalized_isbn) | $raw %]" data-imgtitle="[% img_title | html %]">
                                                     <a class="p1" href="/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=[% SEARCH_RESULT.biblionumber | uri %]">
 
-                                                        [% IF ( OPACLocalCoverImages ) %]
+                                                        [% IF ( OPACLocalCoverImages && SEARCH_RESULT.has_local_cover_image ) %]
                                                             <span title="[% img_title | html %]" class="[% SEARCH_RESULT.biblionumber | html %]" id="local-thumbnail[% loop.count | html %]"></span>
                                                         [% END %]
 
diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index 16b69332ff..540b693ace 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -702,6 +702,10 @@ for (my $i=0;$i<@servers;$i++) {
 
             # BZ17530: 'Intelligent' guess if result can be article requested
             $res->{artreqpossible} = ( $art_req_itypes->{ $res->{itemtype} // q{} } || $art_req_itypes->{ '*' } ) ? 1 : q{};
+
+            if ( C4::Context->preference('OPACLocalCoverImages') ) {
+                $res->{has_local_cover_image} = $res->{biblio_object}->cover_images->count;
+            }
         }
 
         if ($results_hashref->{$server}->{"hits"}){