diff --git a/services/thingsearch/persistence/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/services/thingsearch/persistence/Indices.java b/services/thingsearch/persistence/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/services/thingsearch/persistence/Indices.java
index 4790911c75..913ad5b45f 100644
--- a/services/thingsearch/persistence/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/services/thingsearch/persistence/Indices.java
+++ b/services/thingsearch/persistence/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/services/thingsearch/persistence/Indices.java
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@
 import static org.eclipse.ditto.services.thingsearch.persistence.PersistenceConstants.FIELD_NAMESPACE;
 import static org.eclipse.ditto.services.thingsearch.persistence.PersistenceConstants.FIELD_PATH_KEY;
 import static org.eclipse.ditto.services.thingsearch.persistence.PersistenceConstants.FIELD_PATH_VALUE;
+import static org.eclipse.ditto.services.thingsearch.persistence.PersistenceConstants.FIELD_POLICY_ID;
+import static org.eclipse.ditto.services.thingsearch.persistence.PersistenceConstants.FIELD_POLICY_REVISION;
 import static org.eclipse.ditto.services.thingsearch.persistence.read.MongoThingsSearchPersistence.filterNotDeleted;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.bson.BsonBoolean;
+import org.bson.BsonDocument;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.services.utils.persistence.mongo.indices.Index;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.services.utils.persistence.mongo.indices.IndexFactory;
 
@@ -56,13 +60,17 @@ public static final class Things {
         private static final Index DELETED = IndexFactory.newInstance("deleted",
                 keys(FIELD_DELETED), false);
 
+        private static final Index POLICY = IndexFactory.newInstance("policy",
+                keys(FIELD_POLICY_ID, FIELD_POLICY_REVISION), false)
+                .withPartialFilterExpression(filterPolicyIdExists());
+
         /**
          * Gets all defined indices.
          *
          * @return the indices
          */
         public static List<Index> all() {
-            return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(KEY_VALUE, ACL, GLOBAL_READS, DELETED));
+            return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(KEY_VALUE, ACL, GLOBAL_READS, DELETED, POLICY));
         }
 
         private static List<String> keys(final String... keyNames) {
@@ -72,6 +80,16 @@ private static List<String> keys(final String... keyNames) {
         private Things() {
             throw new AssertionError();
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Create a BSON filter for existent policyId.
+         *
+         * @return the BSON filter.
+         */
+        private static BsonDocument filterPolicyIdExists() {
+            return new BsonDocument(FIELD_POLICY_ID, new BsonDocument("$exists", BsonBoolean.TRUE));
+        }
+
     }
 
 }