The companies signed a three-year deal that is said to be lucrative and "mutually beneficial", though specific details were not disclosed.
"Under this multi-year agreement, Google Search will continue to be the default search provider for hundreds of millions of Firefox users around the world," said Gary Kovacs, Mozilla's chief executive.
Google senior vice-president of search Alan Eustace added: "Mozilla has been a valuable partner to Google over the years and we look forward to continuing this great partnership in the years to come."
Mozilla, a non-profit foundation, is reliant on the income derived from search partnerships. Some analysts predicted that Google would withdraw from the partnership in favour of supporting its Chrome browser.
Several web traffic monitoring firms claim that Chrome has now eclipsed Firefox as the closest rival to Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Mozilla rolled out the latest version of its browser, Firefox 9, earlier this week.
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