diff --git a/client/ann_request.go b/client/ann_request.go
index aa511db3..f8889499 100644
--- a/client/ann_request.go
+++ b/client/ann_request.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func (r *ANNSearchRequest) getMilvusSearchRequest(collectionInfo *collInfo, opts
 		"round_decimal":  "-1",
 		ignoreGrowingKey: strconv.FormatBool(opt.IgnoreGrowing),
 		offsetKey:        fmt.Sprintf("%d", opt.Offset),
+		hintsKey:         opt.hints,
 	}
 	if opt.GroupByField != "" {
 		sp[groupByKey] = opt.GroupByField
diff --git a/client/data.go b/client/data.go
index 2232fe81..bee6da15 100644
--- a/client/data.go
+++ b/client/data.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const (
 	groupByKey       = `group_by_field`
 	iteratorKey      = `iterator`
 	reduceForBestKey = `reduce_stop_for_best`
+	hintsKey         = `hints`
 )
 
 func (c *GrpcClient) HybridSearch(ctx context.Context, collName string, partitions []string, limit int, outputFields []string, reranker Reranker, subRequests []*ANNSearchRequest, opts ...SearchQueryOptionFunc) ([]SearchResult, error) {
diff --git a/client/options.go b/client/options.go
index 3e51ba98..98ca5b2c 100644
--- a/client/options.go
+++ b/client/options.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ type SearchQueryOption struct {
 
 	isIterator    bool
 	reduceForBest bool
+	hints         string
 }
 
 // SearchQueryOptionFunc is a function which modifies SearchOption
@@ -180,6 +181,12 @@ func WithIgnoreGrowing() SearchQueryOptionFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithHints(hints string) SearchQueryOptionFunc {
+	return func(option *SearchQueryOption) {
+		option.hints = hints
+	}
+}
+
 // WithOffset returns search/query option with offset.
 func WithOffset(offset int64) SearchQueryOptionFunc {
 	return func(option *SearchQueryOption) {