diff --git a/management/server/types/account.go b/management/server/types/account.go
index 7a0a0054f..6be865a43 100644
--- a/management/server/types/account.go
+++ b/management/server/types/account.go
@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ func (a *Account) SynthesizePrivateServiceZones(peerID string) []nbdns.CustomZon
 			zone = &nbdns.CustomZone{
 				Domain:           dns.Fqdn(serviceDomainZone),
 				Records:          []nbdns.SimpleRecord{},
-				NonAuthoritative: true,
+				NonAuthoritative:     true,
+				SearchDomainDisabled: true,
 			}
 			zonesByApex[serviceDomainZone] = zone
 		}