diff --git a/docs/src/searx.engines.google.rst b/docs/src/searx.engines.google.rst
index 2d10b5eea..cefe67359 100644
--- a/docs/src/searx.engines.google.rst
+++ b/docs/src/searx.engines.google.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ Google WEB
 .. automodule:: searx.engines.google
   :members:
 
+.. _google custom search engine:
+
+Google Custom Search
+====================
+
+.. automodule:: searx.engines.google_cs
+  :members:
+
 .. _google images engine:
 
 Google Images
diff --git a/searx/engines/google_cs.py b/searx/engines/google_cs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8666336d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/google_cs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+# lint: pylint
+"""
+  Google Custom Search API engine
+
+  This engine use Google's paid search API, which requires an API key and do not subject to CAPTCHA.
+  The search API has 100 queries/day free tier, and an initial cap of 10k search/day which can be raised by submitting
+  a request. The search will use a different algorithm than what Google.com provides.
+
+  Setting up
+  ----------
+
+  1. Create a `Google Cloud project <https://console.cloud.google.com/projectcreate>`_
+  2. *(optional)* Attach a billing account to the project to enable search quota above the free tier
+  3. Enable the `Custom Search API <https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/customsearch.googleapis.com>`_
+  4. Create an `API key <https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials>`_
+  5. *(optional)* Limit the API key to :guilabel:`Custom Search API` and public IP address of the Searx server
+  6. Create a `custom search engine <https://programmablesearchengine.google.com>`_.
+
+     * Enable :guilabel:`Image search`
+     * Enable :guilabel:`Search the entire web`
+     * Other options are not required, including paid element API key
+
+  7. Add the information to :file:`searx.yml`
+
+     .. code-block:: yaml
+
+       engines:
+         - name: google custom search
+           engine: google_cs
+           shortcut: gocs
+           api_key: Enter API key from step 4
+           cx: Enter search engine ID from step 6
+
+  8. *(optional)* Protect the engine with :doc:`/admin/engines/private-engines` to prevent costly mistakes
+
+"""
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+
+from searx.engines.google import get_lang_info
+from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException, SearxEngineTooManyRequestsException
+from searx.network import raise_for_httperror
+
+about = {
+    "website": 'https://www.google.com',
+    "wikidata_id": 'Q9366',
+    "official_api_documentation": 'https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview',
+    "use_official_api": True,
+    "require_api_key": True,
+    "results": 'HTML',
+}
+
+# engine dependent config
+categories = ['general', 'web', 'images']
+paging = True
+time_range_support = True
+safesearch = True
+send_accept_language_header = True
+
+# search-url
+base_url = "https://customsearch.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?{query}"
+api_key = None
+cx = None
+number_of_results = 10  # 1 - 10
+
+MAX_SEARCH_RESULT = 100
+
+time_range_map = {
+    'day': 'd[1]',
+    'week': 'w[1]',
+    'month': 'm[1]',
+    'year': 'y[1]',
+}
+
+# https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/json_api_reference#international-values
+supported_languages = {
+    "af": {"Name": "Afrikaans"},
+    "sq": {"Name": "Albanian"},
+    "sm": {"Name": "Amharic"},
+    "ar": {"Name": "Arabic"},
+    "az": {"Name": "Azerbaijani"},
+    "eu": {"Name": "Basque"},
+    "be": {"Name": "Belarusian"},
+    "bn": {"Name": "Bengali"},
+    "bh": {"Name": "Bihari"},
+    "bs": {"Name": "Bosnian"},
+    "bg": {"Name": "Bulgarian"},
+    "ca": {"Name": "Catalan"},
+    "zh-CN": {"Name": "Chinese (Simplified)"},
+    "zh-TW": {"Name": "Chinese (Traditional)"},
+    "hr": {"Name": "Croatian"},
+    "cs": {"Name": "Czech"},
+    "da": {"Name": "Danish"},
+    "nl": {"Name": "Dutch"},
+    "en": {"Name": "English"},
+    "eo": {"Name": "Esperanto"},
+    "et": {"Name": "Estonian"},
+    "fo": {"Name": "Faroese"},
+    "fi": {"Name": "Finnish"},
+    "fr": {"Name": "French"},
+    "fy": {"Name": "Frisian"},
+    "gl": {"Name": "Galician"},
+    "ka": {"Name": "Georgian"},
+    "de": {"Name": "German"},
+    "el": {"Name": "Greek"},
+    "gu": {"Name": "Gujarati"},
+    "iw": {"Name": "Hebrew"},
+    "hi": {"Name": "Hindi"},
+    "hu": {"Name": "Hungarian"},
+    "is": {"Name": "Icelandic"},
+    "id": {"Name": "Indonesian"},
+    "ia": {"Name": "Interlingua"},
+    "ga": {"Name": "Irish"},
+    "it": {"Name": "Italian"},
+    "ja": {"Name": "Japanese"},
+    "jw": {"Name": "Javanese"},
+    "kn": {"Name": "Kannada"},
+    "ko": {"Name": "Korean"},
+    "la": {"Name": "Latin"},
+    "lv": {"Name": "Latvian"},
+    "lt": {"Name": "Lithuanian"},
+    "mk": {"Name": "Macedonian"},
+    "ms": {"Name": "Malay"},
+    "ml": {"Name": "Malayam"},
+    "mt": {"Name": "Maltese"},
+    "mr": {"Name": "Marathi"},
+    "ne": {"Name": "Nepali"},
+    "no": {"Name": "Norwegian"},
+    "nn": {"Name": "Norwegian (Nynorsk)"},
+    "oc": {"Name": "Occitan"},
+    "fa": {"Name": "Persian"},
+    "pl": {"Name": "Polish"},
+    "pt-BR": {"Name": "Portuguese (Brazil)"},
+    "pt-PT": {"Name": "Portuguese (Portugal)"},
+    "pa": {"Name": "Punjabi"},
+    "ro": {"Name": "Romanian"},
+    "ru": {"Name": "Russian"},
+    "gd": {"Name": "Scots Gaelic"},
+    "sr": {"Name": "Serbian"},
+    "si": {"Name": "Sinhalese"},
+    "sk": {"Name": "Slovak"},
+    "sl": {"Name": "Slovenian"},
+    "es": {"Name": "Spanish"},
+    "su": {"Name": "Sudanese"},
+    "sw": {"Name": "Swahili"},
+    "sv": {"Name": "Swedish"},
+    "tl": {"Name": "Tagalog"},
+    "ta": {"Name": "Tamil"},
+    "te": {"Name": "Telugu"},
+    "th": {"Name": "Thai"},
+    "ti": {"Name": "Tigrinya"},
+    "tr": {"Name": "Turkish"},
+    "uk": {"Name": "Ukrainian"},
+    "ur": {"Name": "Urdu"},
+    "uz": {"Name": "Uzbek"},
+    "vi": {"Name": "Vietnamese"},
+    "cy": {"Name": "Welsh"},
+    "xh": {"Name": "Xhosa"},
+    "zu": {"Name": "Zulu"},
+}
+
+
+def request(query, params):
+    start = (params['pageno'] * number_of_results) + 1
+
+    if start > MAX_SEARCH_RESULT:
+        raise PageTooLargeException
+
+    query = {
+        'key': api_key,
+        'cx': cx,
+        'q': query,
+        'safe': 'active' if params['safesearch'] > 0 else 'off',
+        'num': number_of_results,
+        'start': start,
+    }
+
+    if params['category'] == 'images':
+        query['searchType'] = 'image'
+
+    if params.get('time_range', None) in time_range_map:
+        query['dateRestrict'] = time_range_map[params['time_range']]
+
+    lang_info = get_lang_info(params, supported_languages, {}, True)
+    query['gl'] = lang_info['country'].lower()
+    query['hl'] = lang_info['params']['hl']
+    if 'lr' in lang_info['params']:
+        query['lr'] = lang_info['params']['lr']
+
+    params['url'] = base_url.format(query=urlencode(query))
+    params['raise_for_httperror'] = False
+    return params
+
+
+def response(resp):
+    result = resp.json()
+
+    if resp.status_code == 403:
+        try:
+            if result['errors'][0]['reason'] == 'quotaExceeded':
+                raise SearxEngineTooManyRequestsException(message=result['message'])
+        except (KeyError, IndexError):
+            pass
+
+    raise_for_httperror(resp)
+
+    metadata = [
+        {'number_of_results': min(MAX_SEARCH_RESULT, int(result['searchInformation']['totalResults'], 10))},
+    ]
+    search_type = result['queries']['request'][0].get('searchType', '')
+
+    if 'spelling' in result:
+        metadata.append({'correction': result['spelling']['correctedQuery']})
+
+    return metadata + [_convert_result(search, search_type) for search in result.get('items', [])]
+
+
+def _convert_result(search, search_type=''):
+    """Convert `result JSON <https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/reference/rest/v1/Search#Result>`_
+    to Searx result"""
+    out = {
+        "url": search['link'],
+        "title": search['title'],
+        "content": search.get('snippet', ''),
+    }
+
+    if search_type == 'image' and 'image' in search:
+        out['template'] = 'images.html'
+        out['img_src'] = search['link']
+        out['thumbnail_src'] = search['image']['thumbnailLink']
+        out['img_format'] = f"{search['image']['width']} x {search['image']['height']} {search['fileFormat']}"
+        out['url'] = search['image']['contextLink']
+
+    return out
+
+
+class PageTooLargeException(SearxEngineAPIException):
+    """Requested page size is over Google's maximum limit"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__('Page size too large')
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index f21d7f05a..ad7f21ea6 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -707,6 +707,14 @@ engines:
     # additional_tests:
     #   android: *test_android
 
+  # - name: google custom search
+  #   engine: google_cs
+  #   shortcut: gocs
+  # API Key and custom search ID required
+  # see https://docs.searxng.org/src/searx.engines.google.html#google-custom-search
+  #   api_key:
+  #   cx:
+
   # - name: google italian
   #   engine: google
   #   shortcut: goit