diff --git a/toolkit/components/search/SearchService.jsm b/toolkit/components/search/SearchService.jsm
index e5e609fd6905..3e92ab9486ca 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/search/SearchService.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/search/SearchService.jsm
@@ -1041,23 +1041,26 @@ SearchService.prototype = {
   },
 
   async _fetchEngineSelectorEngines() {
-    let locale = Services.locale.appLocaleAsBCP47;
-    let region = Region.home || "default";
+    let searchEngineSelectorProperties = {
+      locale: Services.locale.appLocaleAsBCP47,
+      region: Region.home || "default",
+      channel: AppConstants.MOZ_APP_VERSION_DISPLAY.endsWith("esr")
+        ? "esr"
+        : AppConstants.MOZ_UPDATE_CHANNEL,
+      experiment: NimbusFeatures.search.getVariable("experiment") ?? "",
+      distroID: SearchUtils.distroID ?? "",
+    };
 
-    let channel = AppConstants.MOZ_APP_VERSION_DISPLAY.endsWith("esr")
-      ? "esr"
-      : AppConstants.MOZ_UPDATE_CHANNEL;
+    for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(searchEngineSelectorProperties)) {
+      this._settings.setAttribute(key, value);
+    }
 
     let {
       engines,
       privateDefault,
-    } = await this._engineSelector.fetchEngineConfiguration({
-      locale,
-      region,
-      channel,
-      experiment: NimbusFeatures.search.getVariable("experiment"),
-      distroID: SearchUtils.distroID,
-    });
+    } = await this._engineSelector.fetchEngineConfiguration(
+      searchEngineSelectorProperties
+    );
 
     for (let e of engines) {
       if (!e.webExtension) {
diff --git a/toolkit/components/search/tests/xpcshell/test_settings.js b/toolkit/components/search/tests/xpcshell/test_settings.js
index c1840a3cfa24..32e0d521c771 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/search/tests/xpcshell/test_settings.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/search/tests/xpcshell/test_settings.js
@@ -122,6 +122,39 @@ add_task(async function test_current_setting_engine_properties() {
   await checkLoadSettingProperties("data/search.json", true, false);
 });
 
+add_task(async function test_settings_metadata_properties() {
+  info("init search service");
+  await loadSettingsFile("data/search.json");
+
+  const settingsFileWritten = promiseAfterSettings();
+  let ss = new SearchService();
+  let result = await ss.init();
+
+  info("init'd search service");
+  Assert.ok(Components.isSuccessCode(result));
+
+  await settingsFileWritten;
+
+  let metaDataProperties = [
+    "locale",
+    "region",
+    "channel",
+    "experiment",
+    "distroID",
+  ];
+
+  for (let name of metaDataProperties) {
+    Assert.notEqual(
+      ss._settings.getAttribute(`${name}`),
+      undefined,
+      `Search settings should have ${name} property defined.`
+    );
+  }
+
+  removeSettingsFile();
+  ss._removeObservers();
+});
+
 /**
  * Test that the JSON settings written in the profile is correct.
  */