diff --git a/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/10_derived_field_index_mapping_definition.yml b/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/10_derived_field_index_mapping_definition.yml
index 0d6725dc5a353..af4664b29a38b 100644
--- a/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/10_derived_field_index_mapping_definition.yml
+++ b/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/10_derived_field_index_mapping_definition.yml
@@ -402,3 +402,20 @@
                 gte: 3
 
   - match: { hits.total: 4 }
+
+  # Tests for query string
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test
+        q: "derived_keyword:foo"
+
+  - match: { hits.total: 1 }
+
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test
+        q: derived_object.keyword:json_keyword1
+
+  - match: { hits.total: 1 }
diff --git a/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/30_derived_field_search_definition.yml b/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/30_derived_field_search_definition.yml
index 3ae3188dac1f7..c98e21822b037 100644
--- a/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/30_derived_field_search_definition.yml
+++ b/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/30_derived_field_search_definition.yml
@@ -457,3 +457,33 @@
                 gte: 3
 
   - match: { hits.total: 4 }
+
+  # Tests for query string
+  - do:
+      search:
+        body:
+          derived:
+            derived_keyword:
+              type: keyword
+              script: "emit(params._source[\"keyword\"])"
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test
+        q: "derived_keyword:foo"
+
+  - match: { hits.total: 1 }
+
+  - do:
+      search:
+        body:
+          derived:
+            derived_object:
+              type: object
+              properties:
+                keyword: keyword
+              script: "emit(params._source[\"json_field\"])"
+              source_indexed_field: "json_field"
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test
+        q: derived_object.keyword:json_keyword1
+
+  - match: { hits.total: 1 }
diff --git a/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/40_derived_field_fetch_and_highlight.yml b/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/40_derived_field_fetch_and_highlight.yml
index e8ba2b514c1cb..6e99090d83840 100644
--- a/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/40_derived_field_fetch_and_highlight.yml
+++ b/modules/lang-painless/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/painless/derived_fields/40_derived_field_fetch_and_highlight.yml
@@ -169,3 +169,111 @@ setup:
   - match: { hits.hits.1.fields.derived_object\.boolean.0: false }
   - match: { hits.hits.1.fields.derived_object\.array_of_long.0: 2 }
   - match: { hits.hits.1.fields.derived_object\.array_of_long.1: 3 }
+
+
+---
+"Test highlight":
+  - do:
+      indices.create:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          mappings:
+            properties:
+              text:
+                type: text
+              array_of_text:
+                type: text
+              json_field:
+                type: text
+            derived:
+              derived_text:
+                type: text
+                script: "emit(params._source[\"text\"])"
+              derived_keyword:
+                type: keyword
+                script: "emit(params._source[\"keyword\"])"
+              derived_array_of_text:
+                type: text
+                script: "emit(params._source[\"array_of_text\"][0]);emit(params._source[\"array_of_text\"][1]);"
+              derived_object:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  array_of_text: text
+                script: "emit(params._source[\"json_field\"])"
+                source_indexed_field: "json_field"
+
+  - do:
+      index:
+        index: test
+        id: 1
+        body: {
+          text: "peter piper",
+          keyword: "foo",
+          long: 1,
+          float: 1.0,
+          double: 1.0,
+          date: "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+          geo: [0.0, 20.0],
+          ip: "192.168.0.1",
+          boolean: true,
+          array_of_text: ["The quick brown fox is brown", "The quick brown fox is black"],
+          json_field: "{\"keyword\":\"json_keyword1\",\"long\":10,\"float\":10.0,\"double\":10.0,\"date\":\"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z\",\"ip\":\"10.0.0.1\",\"boolean\":true, \"array_of_text\": [\"The quick brown fox is brown\", \"The quick brown fox is black\"]}}"
+        }
+
+  - do:
+      index:
+        index: test
+        id: 2
+        body: {
+          text: "piper picked a peck",
+          keyword: "bar",
+          long: 2,
+          float: 2.0,
+          double: 2.0,
+          date: "2017-01-02T00:00:00Z",
+          geo: [10.0, 30.0],
+          ip: "192.168.0.2",
+          boolean: false,
+          array_of_text: ["The quick brown fox is brown", "The quick brown fox is black"],
+          json_field: "{\"keyword\":\"json_keyword2\",\"long\":20,\"float\":20.0,\"double\":20.0,\"date\":\"2021-02-01T00:00:00Z\",\"ip\":\"10.0.0.2\",\"boolean\":false, \"array_of_text\": [\"The quick brown fox is brown\", \"The quick brown fox is black\"]}}"
+        }
+
+  - do:
+      indices.refresh:
+        index: [test]
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        body: { "query" : {"multi_match" : { "query" : "piper", "fields" : [ "derived_text"] } },
+                "fields": [derived_text],
+                "highlight" : { "type" : "unified", "fields" : { "derived_text" : {} } }
+        }
+
+  - match: {hits.hits.0.highlight.derived_text.0: "peter <em>piper</em>"}
+
+
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        body: { "query" : {"multi_match" : { "query" : "quick brown", "fields" : [ "derived_array_of_text"] } },
+                "fields": [derived_array_of_text],
+                "highlight" : { "type" : "unified", "fields" : { "derived_array_of_text" : {} } }
+        }
+
+  - match: {hits.hits.0.highlight.derived_array_of_text.0: "The <em>quick</em> <em>brown</em> fox is <em>brown</em>"}
+
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            match_phrase:
+              derived_object.array_of_text:
+                query: "quick brown"
+          highlight:
+            type: unified
+            fields:
+              derived_object.array_of_text: {}
+
+  - match: {hits.hits.0.highlight.derived_object\.array_of_text.0: "The <em>quick</em> <em>brown</em> fox is <em>brown</em>"}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryParserHelper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryParserHelper.java
index 5e9839385ce20..bae58c0ce1ebf 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryParserHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryParserHelper.java
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ static Map<String, Float> resolveMappingField(
             }
 
             MappedFieldType fieldType = context.getMapperService().fieldType(fieldName);
+            if (fieldType == null) {
+                fieldType = context.resolveDerivedFieldType(fieldName);
+            }
             if (fieldType == null) {
                 continue;
             }