diff --git a/api/client/client.go b/api/client/client.go
index a3193f89d8..0ae78af012 100644
--- a/api/client/client.go
+++ b/api/client/client.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/client/lib"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/registry"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers/filters"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/registry"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/runconfig"
 )
 
diff --git a/api/client/lib/image_search.go b/api/client/lib/image_search.go
index 9d4a9ce81a..4e6bc7da13 100644
--- a/api/client/lib/image_search.go
+++ b/api/client/lib/image_search.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/registry"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/registry"
 )
 
 // ImageSearch makes the docker host to search by a term in a remote registry.
diff --git a/api/client/search.go b/api/client/search.go
index 2cb371c2b9..d627ef653d 100644
--- a/api/client/search.go
+++ b/api/client/search.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
+	registrytypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/registry"
 	Cli "github.com/docker/docker/cli"
 	flag "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mflag"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stringutils"
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdSearch(args ...string) error {
 }
 
 // SearchResultsByStars sorts search results in descending order by number of stars.
-type searchResultsByStars []registry.SearchResult
+type searchResultsByStars []registrytypes.SearchResult
 
 func (r searchResultsByStars) Len() int           { return len(r) }
 func (r searchResultsByStars) Swap(i, j int)      { r[i], r[j] = r[j], r[i] }
diff --git a/api/types/registry/registry.go b/api/types/registry/registry.go
index af57ae6dc4..4fcf986e7b 100644
--- a/api/types/registry/registry.go
+++ b/api/types/registry/registry.go
@@ -73,3 +73,29 @@ type IndexInfo struct {
 	// Official indicates whether this is an official registry
 	Official bool
 }
+
+// SearchResult describes a search result returned from a registry
+type SearchResult struct {
+	// StarCount indicates the number of stars this repository has
+	StarCount int `json:"star_count"`
+	// IsOfficial indicates whether the result is an official repository or not
+	IsOfficial bool `json:"is_official"`
+	// Name is the name of the repository
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+	// IsOfficial indicates whether the result is trusted
+	IsTrusted bool `json:"is_trusted"`
+	// IsAutomated indicates whether the result is automated
+	IsAutomated bool `json:"is_automated"`
+	// Description is a textual description of the repository
+	Description string `json:"description"`
+}
+
+// SearchResults lists a collection search results returned from a registry
+type SearchResults struct {
+	// Query contains the query string that generated the search results
+	Query string `json:"query"`
+	// NumResults indicates the number of results the query returned
+	NumResults int `json:"num_results"`
+	// Results is a slice containing the actual results for the search
+	Results []SearchResult `json:"results"`
+}
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index c9acf69ffd..a690dac107 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
+	registrytypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/registry"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/container"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/events"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/exec"
@@ -1508,7 +1509,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) AuthenticateToRegistry(authConfig *types.AuthConfig) (stri
 // term. authConfig is used to login.
 func (daemon *Daemon) SearchRegistryForImages(term string,
 	authConfig *types.AuthConfig,
-	headers map[string][]string) (*registry.SearchResults, error) {
+	headers map[string][]string) (*registrytypes.SearchResults, error) {
 	return daemon.RegistryService.Search(term, authConfig, headers)
 }
 
diff --git a/registry/registry_mock_test.go b/registry/registry_mock_test.go
index 89059e8e71..f45de5c89c 100644
--- a/registry/registry_mock_test.go
+++ b/registry/registry_mock_test.go
@@ -460,10 +460,10 @@ func handlerAuth(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func handlerSearch(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	result := &SearchResults{
+	result := &registrytypes.SearchResults{
 		Query:      "fakequery",
 		NumResults: 1,
-		Results:    []SearchResult{{Name: "fakeimage", StarCount: 42}},
+		Results:    []registrytypes.SearchResult{{Name: "fakeimage", StarCount: 42}},
 	}
 	writeResponse(w, result, 200)
 }
diff --git a/registry/service.go b/registry/service.go
index b04fd00c43..b826f11731 100644
--- a/registry/service.go
+++ b/registry/service.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func splitReposSearchTerm(reposName string) (string, string) {
 
 // Search queries the public registry for images matching the specified
 // search terms, and returns the results.
-func (s *Service) Search(term string, authConfig *types.AuthConfig, headers map[string][]string) (*SearchResults, error) {
+func (s *Service) Search(term string, authConfig *types.AuthConfig, headers map[string][]string) (*registrytypes.SearchResults, error) {
 	if err := validateNoSchema(term); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/registry/session.go b/registry/session.go
index 4be9b7afce..d09babd403 100644
--- a/registry/session.go
+++ b/registry/session.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
+	registrytypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/registry"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/httputils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stringid"
@@ -718,7 +719,7 @@ func shouldRedirect(response *http.Response) bool {
 }
 
 // SearchRepositories performs a search against the remote repository
-func (r *Session) SearchRepositories(term string) (*SearchResults, error) {
+func (r *Session) SearchRepositories(term string) (*registrytypes.SearchResults, error) {
 	logrus.Debugf("Index server: %s", r.indexEndpoint)
 	u := r.indexEndpoint.VersionString(1) + "search?q=" + url.QueryEscape(term)
 
@@ -736,7 +737,7 @@ func (r *Session) SearchRepositories(term string) (*SearchResults, error) {
 	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
 		return nil, httputils.NewHTTPRequestError(fmt.Sprintf("Unexpected status code %d", res.StatusCode), res)
 	}
-	result := new(SearchResults)
+	result := new(registrytypes.SearchResults)
 	return result, json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(result)
 }
 
diff --git a/registry/types.go b/registry/types.go
index 5068e00bad..03657820e5 100644
--- a/registry/types.go
+++ b/registry/types.go
@@ -5,32 +5,6 @@ import (
 	registrytypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/registry"
 )
 
-// SearchResult describes a search result returned from a registry
-type SearchResult struct {
-	// StarCount indicates the number of stars this repository has
-	StarCount int `json:"star_count"`
-	// IsOfficial indicates whether the result is an official repository or not
-	IsOfficial bool `json:"is_official"`
-	// Name is the name of the repository
-	Name string `json:"name"`
-	// IsOfficial indicates whether the result is trusted
-	IsTrusted bool `json:"is_trusted"`
-	// IsAutomated indicates whether the result is automated
-	IsAutomated bool `json:"is_automated"`
-	// Description is a textual description of the repository
-	Description string `json:"description"`
-}
-
-// SearchResults lists a collection search results returned from a registry
-type SearchResults struct {
-	// Query contains the query string that generated the search results
-	Query string `json:"query"`
-	// NumResults indicates the number of results the query returned
-	NumResults int `json:"num_results"`
-	// Results is a slice containing the actual results for the search
-	Results []SearchResult `json:"results"`
-}
-
 // RepositoryData tracks the image list, list of endpoints, and list of tokens
 // for a repository
 type RepositoryData struct {