diff --git a/src/applications/search/fulltextstorage/PhabricatorFerretFulltextStorageEngine.php b/src/applications/search/fulltextstorage/PhabricatorFerretFulltextStorageEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/search/fulltextstorage/PhabricatorFerretFulltextStorageEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/search/fulltextstorage/PhabricatorFerretFulltextStorageEngine.php
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
       $type_results[$type] = $results;
 
       $metadata += $engine_query->getFerretMetadata();
+
+      if (!$this->fulltextTokens) {
+        $this->fulltextTokens = $engine_query->getFerretTokens();
+      }
     }
 
     $list = array();
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/query/policy/PhabricatorCursorPagedPolicyAwareQuery.php b/src/infrastructure/query/policy/PhabricatorCursorPagedPolicyAwareQuery.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/query/policy/PhabricatorCursorPagedPolicyAwareQuery.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/query/policy/PhabricatorCursorPagedPolicyAwareQuery.php
@@ -1469,6 +1469,17 @@
     return $this;
   }
 
+  public function getFerretTokens() {
+    if (!$this->supportsFerretEngine()) {
+      throw new Exception(
+        pht(
+          'Query ("%s") does not support the Ferret fulltext engine.',
+          get_class($this)));
+    }
+
+    return $this->ferretTokens;
+  }
+
   public function withFerretConstraint(
     PhabricatorFerretEngine $engine,
     array $fulltext_tokens) {