Ubuntu 20 / netplan set DNS / add .local DNS

I ran into the problem in Ubuntu 20 that .local DNS entries from the internal network were not resolved.

nslookup company.local

could not be resolved eventhough the local DNS servers were entered correctly:

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    ens160:
      dhcp4: no
      addresses:
        - 192.168.2.108/24
      gateway4: 192.168.2.1
      nameservers:
        addresses: [192.182.2.102, 192.168.2.101]

after a lot of headache, I found out that you also have to add search: [company.local] to make it work:

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    ens160:
      dhcp4: no
      addresses:
        - 192.168.2.108/24
      gateway4: 192.168.2.1
      nameservers:
        search: [company.local]
        addresses: [192.182.2.102, 192.168.2.101]

Afterwards don't forget sudo netplan --debug apply!