lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm | 1 +

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
index b9f0d6924d4ca5c9617435e3d5081cc9c65db16e..b6d7bf2b9521573281a23fea68a4c6c42a573a5a 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ 	my $lei = $self->{lei};
 	my ($srch, $over) = ($ibxish->search, $ibxish->over);
 	my $dir = $ibxish->{inboxdir} // $ibxish->{topdir};
 	return warn("$dir not indexed by Xapian\n") unless ($srch && $over);
+	bless $srch, 'PublicInbox::LeiSearch'; # for ->qparse_new
 	my $mo = { %{$lei->{mset_opt}} }; # copy
 	my $mset;
 	my $each_smsg = $lei->{ovv}->ovv_each_smsg_cb($lei);