diff --git a/searx/engines/qwant.py b/searx/engines/qwant.py
index 989fe1445..c30018d85 100644
--- a/searx/engines/qwant.py
+++ b/searx/engines/qwant.py
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ from flask_babel import gettext
 import babel
 import lxml
 
-from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException, SearxEngineTooManyRequestsException
+from searx.exceptions import (
+    SearxEngineAPIException,
+    SearxEngineTooManyRequestsException,
+    SearxEngineCaptchaException,
+)
 from searx.network import raise_for_httperror
 from searx.enginelib.traits import EngineTraits
 
@@ -187,6 +191,8 @@ def parse_web_api(resp):
         error_code = data.get('error_code')
         if error_code == 24:
             raise SearxEngineTooManyRequestsException()
+        if search_results.get("data", {}).get("error_data", {}).get("captchaUrl") is not None:
+            raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()
         msg = ",".join(data.get('message', ['unknown']))
         raise SearxEngineAPIException(f"{msg} ({error_code})")