diff --git a/build/libifm.php b/build/libifm.php
index 26010dd..8aafba3 100644
--- a/build/libifm.php
+++ b/build/libifm.php
@@ -2206,6 +2206,7 @@ function IFM( params ) {
 					case "zipnload": $this->zipnload( $_REQUEST); break;
 					case "remoteUpload": $this->remoteUpload( $_REQUEST ); break;
 					case "multidelete": $this->deleteMultipleFiles( $_REQUEST ); break;
+					case "searchItems": $this->searchItems( $_REQUEST ); break;
 					case "getFolderTree": $this->getFolderTree( $_REQUEST ); break;
 					default:
 						echo json_encode( array( "status" => "ERROR", "message" => "Invalid api action given" ) );
@@ -2253,52 +2254,8 @@ function IFM( params ) {
 				elseif( $result == "." ) {}
 				elseif( $result != ".." && substr( $result, 0, 1 ) == "." && $this->config['showhiddenfiles'] != 1 ) {}
 				else {
-					$item = array();
-					$item["name"] = $result;
-					if( is_dir( $result ) ) {
-						$item["type"] = "dir";
-						if( $result == ".." )
-							$item["icon"] = "icon icon-up-open";
-						else 
-							$item["icon"] = "icon icon-folder-empty";
-					} else {
-						$item["type"] = "file";
-						if( in_array( substr( $result, -7 ), array( ".tar.gz", ".tar.xz" ) ) )
-							$type = substr( $result, -6 );
-						elseif( substr( $result, -8 ) == ".tar.bz2" )
-							$type = "tar.bz2";
-						else
-							$type = substr( strrchr( $result, "." ), 1 );
-						$item["icon"] = $this->getTypeIcon( $type );
-						$item["ext"] = strtolower($type);
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showlastmodified'] == 1 ) { $item["lastmodified"] = date( "d.m.Y, G:i e", filemtime( $result ) ); }
-					if( $this->config['showfilesize'] == 1 ) {
-						$item["size"] = filesize( $result );
-						if( $item["size"] > 1073741824 ) $item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1073741824 ), 2 ) . " GB";
-						elseif($item["size"]>1048576)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1048576 ), 2 ) . " MB";
-						elseif($item["size"]>1024)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1024 ), 2 ) . " KB";
-						else $item["size"] = $item["size"] . " Byte";
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showpermissions'] > 0 ) {
-						if( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) $item["fileperms"] = substr( decoct( fileperms( $result ) ), -3 );
-						elseif( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 2 ) $item["fileperms"] = $this->filePermsDecode( fileperms( $result ) );
-						if( $item["fileperms"] == "" ) $item["fileperms"] = " ";
-						$item["filepermmode"] = ( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) ? "short" : "long";
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showowner'] == 1  ) {
-						if ( function_exists( "posix_getpwuid" ) && fileowner($result) !== false ) {
-							$ownerarr = posix_getpwuid( fileowner( $result ) );
-							$item["owner"] = $ownerarr['name'];
-						} else $item["owner"] = false;
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showgroup'] == 1 ) {
-						if( function_exists( "posix_getgrgid" ) && filegroup( $result ) !== false ) {
-							$grouparr = posix_getgrgid( filegroup( $result ) );
-							$item["group"] = $grouparr['name'];
-						} else $item["group"] = false;
-					}
-					if( is_dir( $result ) ) $dirs[] = $item;
+					$item = $this->getItemInformation( $result );
+					if( $item['type'] == "dir" ) $dirs[] = $item;
 					else $files[] = $item;
 				}
 			}
@@ -2309,6 +2266,55 @@ function IFM( params ) {
 		echo json_encode( array_merge( $dirs, $files ) );
 	}
 
+	private function getItemInformation( $name ) {
+		$item = array();
+		$item["name"] = $name;
+		if( is_dir( $name ) ) {
+			$item["type"] = "dir";
+			if( $name == ".." )
+				$item["icon"] = "icon icon-up-open";
+			else 
+				$item["icon"] = "icon icon-folder-empty";
+		} else {
+			$item["type"] = "file";
+			if( in_array( substr( $name, -7 ), array( ".tar.gz", ".tar.xz" ) ) )
+				$type = substr( $name, -6 );
+			elseif( substr( $name, -8 ) == ".tar.bz2" )
+				$type = "tar.bz2";
+			else
+				$type = substr( strrchr( $name, "." ), 1 );
+			$item["icon"] = $this->getTypeIcon( $type );
+			$item["ext"] = strtolower($type);
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showlastmodified'] == 1 ) { $item["lastmodified"] = date( "d.m.Y, G:i e", filemtime( $name ) ); }
+		if( $this->config['showfilesize'] == 1 ) {
+			$item["size"] = filesize( $name );
+			if( $item["size"] > 1073741824 ) $item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1073741824 ), 2 ) . " GB";
+			elseif($item["size"]>1048576)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1048576 ), 2 ) . " MB";
+			elseif($item["size"]>1024)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1024 ), 2 ) . " KB";
+			else $item["size"] = $item["size"] . " Byte";
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showpermissions'] > 0 ) {
+			if( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) $item["fileperms"] = substr( decoct( fileperms( $name ) ), -3 );
+			elseif( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 2 ) $item["fileperms"] = $this->filePermsDecode( fileperms( $name ) );
+			if( $item["fileperms"] == "" ) $item["fileperms"] = " ";
+			$item["filepermmode"] = ( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) ? "short" : "long";
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showowner'] == 1  ) {
+			if ( function_exists( "posix_getpwuid" ) && fileowner($name) !== false ) {
+				$ownerarr = posix_getpwuid( fileowner( $name ) );
+				$item["owner"] = $ownerarr['name'];
+			} else $item["owner"] = false;
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showgroup'] == 1 ) {
+			if( function_exists( "posix_getgrgid" ) && filegroup( $name ) !== false ) {
+				$grouparr = posix_getgrgid( filegroup( $name ) );
+				$item["group"] = $grouparr['name'];
+			} else $item["group"] = false;
+		}
+		return $item;
+	}
+
 	private function getConfig() {
 		$ret = $this->config;
 		$ret['inline'] = ( $this->mode == "inline" ) ? true : false;
@@ -2345,6 +2351,28 @@ function IFM( params ) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private function searchItems( $d ) {
+		$this->chDirIfNecessary( $d['dir'] );
+		try {
+			$results = $this->searchItemsRecursive( $d['pattern'] );
+			echo json_encode( $results );
+		} catch( Exception $e ) {
+			echo json_encode( array( "status" => "ERROR", "message" => $e->getMessage() ) );
+		}
+	}
+
+	private function searchItemsRecursive( $pattern, $dir="" ) {
+		$items = array();
+		$dir = $dir ? $dir : '.';
+		foreach( glob( $this->pathCombine( $dir, $pattern ) ) as $result ) {
+			array_push( $items, $this->getItemInformation( $result ) );
+		}
+		foreach( glob( $this->pathCombine( $dir, '*') , GLOB_ONLYDIR ) as $subdir ) {
+			$items = array_merge( $items, $this->searchItemsRecursive( $pattern, $subdir ) );
+		}
+		return $items;
+	}
+
 	private function getFolderTree( $d ) {
 		echo json_encode(
 			array_merge(
diff --git a/ifm.php b/ifm.php
index fac3357..6d390d2 100644
--- a/ifm.php
+++ b/ifm.php
@@ -2206,6 +2206,7 @@ function IFM( params ) {
 					case "zipnload": $this->zipnload( $_REQUEST); break;
 					case "remoteUpload": $this->remoteUpload( $_REQUEST ); break;
 					case "multidelete": $this->deleteMultipleFiles( $_REQUEST ); break;
+					case "searchItems": $this->searchItems( $_REQUEST ); break;
 					case "getFolderTree": $this->getFolderTree( $_REQUEST ); break;
 					default:
 						echo json_encode( array( "status" => "ERROR", "message" => "Invalid api action given" ) );
@@ -2253,52 +2254,8 @@ function IFM( params ) {
 				elseif( $result == "." ) {}
 				elseif( $result != ".." && substr( $result, 0, 1 ) == "." && $this->config['showhiddenfiles'] != 1 ) {}
 				else {
-					$item = array();
-					$item["name"] = $result;
-					if( is_dir( $result ) ) {
-						$item["type"] = "dir";
-						if( $result == ".." )
-							$item["icon"] = "icon icon-up-open";
-						else 
-							$item["icon"] = "icon icon-folder-empty";
-					} else {
-						$item["type"] = "file";
-						if( in_array( substr( $result, -7 ), array( ".tar.gz", ".tar.xz" ) ) )
-							$type = substr( $result, -6 );
-						elseif( substr( $result, -8 ) == ".tar.bz2" )
-							$type = "tar.bz2";
-						else
-							$type = substr( strrchr( $result, "." ), 1 );
-						$item["icon"] = $this->getTypeIcon( $type );
-						$item["ext"] = strtolower($type);
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showlastmodified'] == 1 ) { $item["lastmodified"] = date( "d.m.Y, G:i e", filemtime( $result ) ); }
-					if( $this->config['showfilesize'] == 1 ) {
-						$item["size"] = filesize( $result );
-						if( $item["size"] > 1073741824 ) $item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1073741824 ), 2 ) . " GB";
-						elseif($item["size"]>1048576)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1048576 ), 2 ) . " MB";
-						elseif($item["size"]>1024)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1024 ), 2 ) . " KB";
-						else $item["size"] = $item["size"] . " Byte";
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showpermissions'] > 0 ) {
-						if( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) $item["fileperms"] = substr( decoct( fileperms( $result ) ), -3 );
-						elseif( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 2 ) $item["fileperms"] = $this->filePermsDecode( fileperms( $result ) );
-						if( $item["fileperms"] == "" ) $item["fileperms"] = " ";
-						$item["filepermmode"] = ( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) ? "short" : "long";
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showowner'] == 1  ) {
-						if ( function_exists( "posix_getpwuid" ) && fileowner($result) !== false ) {
-							$ownerarr = posix_getpwuid( fileowner( $result ) );
-							$item["owner"] = $ownerarr['name'];
-						} else $item["owner"] = false;
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showgroup'] == 1 ) {
-						if( function_exists( "posix_getgrgid" ) && filegroup( $result ) !== false ) {
-							$grouparr = posix_getgrgid( filegroup( $result ) );
-							$item["group"] = $grouparr['name'];
-						} else $item["group"] = false;
-					}
-					if( is_dir( $result ) ) $dirs[] = $item;
+					$item = $this->getItemInformation( $result );
+					if( $item['type'] == "dir" ) $dirs[] = $item;
 					else $files[] = $item;
 				}
 			}
@@ -2309,6 +2266,55 @@ function IFM( params ) {
 		echo json_encode( array_merge( $dirs, $files ) );
 	}
 
+	private function getItemInformation( $name ) {
+		$item = array();
+		$item["name"] = $name;
+		if( is_dir( $name ) ) {
+			$item["type"] = "dir";
+			if( $name == ".." )
+				$item["icon"] = "icon icon-up-open";
+			else 
+				$item["icon"] = "icon icon-folder-empty";
+		} else {
+			$item["type"] = "file";
+			if( in_array( substr( $name, -7 ), array( ".tar.gz", ".tar.xz" ) ) )
+				$type = substr( $name, -6 );
+			elseif( substr( $name, -8 ) == ".tar.bz2" )
+				$type = "tar.bz2";
+			else
+				$type = substr( strrchr( $name, "." ), 1 );
+			$item["icon"] = $this->getTypeIcon( $type );
+			$item["ext"] = strtolower($type);
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showlastmodified'] == 1 ) { $item["lastmodified"] = date( "d.m.Y, G:i e", filemtime( $name ) ); }
+		if( $this->config['showfilesize'] == 1 ) {
+			$item["size"] = filesize( $name );
+			if( $item["size"] > 1073741824 ) $item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1073741824 ), 2 ) . " GB";
+			elseif($item["size"]>1048576)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1048576 ), 2 ) . " MB";
+			elseif($item["size"]>1024)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1024 ), 2 ) . " KB";
+			else $item["size"] = $item["size"] . " Byte";
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showpermissions'] > 0 ) {
+			if( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) $item["fileperms"] = substr( decoct( fileperms( $name ) ), -3 );
+			elseif( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 2 ) $item["fileperms"] = $this->filePermsDecode( fileperms( $name ) );
+			if( $item["fileperms"] == "" ) $item["fileperms"] = " ";
+			$item["filepermmode"] = ( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) ? "short" : "long";
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showowner'] == 1  ) {
+			if ( function_exists( "posix_getpwuid" ) && fileowner($name) !== false ) {
+				$ownerarr = posix_getpwuid( fileowner( $name ) );
+				$item["owner"] = $ownerarr['name'];
+			} else $item["owner"] = false;
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showgroup'] == 1 ) {
+			if( function_exists( "posix_getgrgid" ) && filegroup( $name ) !== false ) {
+				$grouparr = posix_getgrgid( filegroup( $name ) );
+				$item["group"] = $grouparr['name'];
+			} else $item["group"] = false;
+		}
+		return $item;
+	}
+
 	private function getConfig() {
 		$ret = $this->config;
 		$ret['inline'] = ( $this->mode == "inline" ) ? true : false;
@@ -2345,6 +2351,28 @@ function IFM( params ) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private function searchItems( $d ) {
+		$this->chDirIfNecessary( $d['dir'] );
+		try {
+			$results = $this->searchItemsRecursive( $d['pattern'] );
+			echo json_encode( $results );
+		} catch( Exception $e ) {
+			echo json_encode( array( "status" => "ERROR", "message" => $e->getMessage() ) );
+		}
+	}
+
+	private function searchItemsRecursive( $pattern, $dir="" ) {
+		$items = array();
+		$dir = $dir ? $dir : '.';
+		foreach( glob( $this->pathCombine( $dir, $pattern ) ) as $result ) {
+			array_push( $items, $this->getItemInformation( $result ) );
+		}
+		foreach( glob( $this->pathCombine( $dir, '*') , GLOB_ONLYDIR ) as $subdir ) {
+			$items = array_merge( $items, $this->searchItemsRecursive( $pattern, $subdir ) );
+		}
+		return $items;
+	}
+
 	private function getFolderTree( $d ) {
 		echo json_encode(
 			array_merge(
diff --git a/src/main.php b/src/main.php
index 68e2f32..58b3c99 100644
--- a/src/main.php
+++ b/src/main.php
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ f00bar;
 					case "zipnload": $this->zipnload( $_REQUEST); break;
 					case "remoteUpload": $this->remoteUpload( $_REQUEST ); break;
 					case "multidelete": $this->deleteMultipleFiles( $_REQUEST ); break;
+					case "searchItems": $this->searchItems( $_REQUEST ); break;
 					case "getFolderTree": $this->getFolderTree( $_REQUEST ); break;
 					default:
 						echo json_encode( array( "status" => "ERROR", "message" => "Invalid api action given" ) );
@@ -290,52 +291,8 @@ f00bar;
 				elseif( $result == "." ) {}
 				elseif( $result != ".." && substr( $result, 0, 1 ) == "." && $this->config['showhiddenfiles'] != 1 ) {}
 				else {
-					$item = array();
-					$item["name"] = $result;
-					if( is_dir( $result ) ) {
-						$item["type"] = "dir";
-						if( $result == ".." )
-							$item["icon"] = "icon icon-up-open";
-						else 
-							$item["icon"] = "icon icon-folder-empty";
-					} else {
-						$item["type"] = "file";
-						if( in_array( substr( $result, -7 ), array( ".tar.gz", ".tar.xz" ) ) )
-							$type = substr( $result, -6 );
-						elseif( substr( $result, -8 ) == ".tar.bz2" )
-							$type = "tar.bz2";
-						else
-							$type = substr( strrchr( $result, "." ), 1 );
-						$item["icon"] = $this->getTypeIcon( $type );
-						$item["ext"] = strtolower($type);
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showlastmodified'] == 1 ) { $item["lastmodified"] = date( "d.m.Y, G:i e", filemtime( $result ) ); }
-					if( $this->config['showfilesize'] == 1 ) {
-						$item["size"] = filesize( $result );
-						if( $item["size"] > 1073741824 ) $item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1073741824 ), 2 ) . " GB";
-						elseif($item["size"]>1048576)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1048576 ), 2 ) . " MB";
-						elseif($item["size"]>1024)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1024 ), 2 ) . " KB";
-						else $item["size"] = $item["size"] . " Byte";
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showpermissions'] > 0 ) {
-						if( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) $item["fileperms"] = substr( decoct( fileperms( $result ) ), -3 );
-						elseif( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 2 ) $item["fileperms"] = $this->filePermsDecode( fileperms( $result ) );
-						if( $item["fileperms"] == "" ) $item["fileperms"] = " ";
-						$item["filepermmode"] = ( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) ? "short" : "long";
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showowner'] == 1  ) {
-						if ( function_exists( "posix_getpwuid" ) && fileowner($result) !== false ) {
-							$ownerarr = posix_getpwuid( fileowner( $result ) );
-							$item["owner"] = $ownerarr['name'];
-						} else $item["owner"] = false;
-					}
-					if( $this->config['showgroup'] == 1 ) {
-						if( function_exists( "posix_getgrgid" ) && filegroup( $result ) !== false ) {
-							$grouparr = posix_getgrgid( filegroup( $result ) );
-							$item["group"] = $grouparr['name'];
-						} else $item["group"] = false;
-					}
-					if( is_dir( $result ) ) $dirs[] = $item;
+					$item = $this->getItemInformation( $result );
+					if( $item['type'] == "dir" ) $dirs[] = $item;
 					else $files[] = $item;
 				}
 			}
@@ -346,6 +303,55 @@ f00bar;
 		echo json_encode( array_merge( $dirs, $files ) );
 	}
 
+	private function getItemInformation( $name ) {
+		$item = array();
+		$item["name"] = $name;
+		if( is_dir( $name ) ) {
+			$item["type"] = "dir";
+			if( $name == ".." )
+				$item["icon"] = "icon icon-up-open";
+			else 
+				$item["icon"] = "icon icon-folder-empty";
+		} else {
+			$item["type"] = "file";
+			if( in_array( substr( $name, -7 ), array( ".tar.gz", ".tar.xz" ) ) )
+				$type = substr( $name, -6 );
+			elseif( substr( $name, -8 ) == ".tar.bz2" )
+				$type = "tar.bz2";
+			else
+				$type = substr( strrchr( $name, "." ), 1 );
+			$item["icon"] = $this->getTypeIcon( $type );
+			$item["ext"] = strtolower($type);
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showlastmodified'] == 1 ) { $item["lastmodified"] = date( "d.m.Y, G:i e", filemtime( $name ) ); }
+		if( $this->config['showfilesize'] == 1 ) {
+			$item["size"] = filesize( $name );
+			if( $item["size"] > 1073741824 ) $item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1073741824 ), 2 ) . " GB";
+			elseif($item["size"]>1048576)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1048576 ), 2 ) . " MB";
+			elseif($item["size"]>1024)$item["size"] = round( ( $item["size"]/1024 ), 2 ) . " KB";
+			else $item["size"] = $item["size"] . " Byte";
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showpermissions'] > 0 ) {
+			if( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) $item["fileperms"] = substr( decoct( fileperms( $name ) ), -3 );
+			elseif( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 2 ) $item["fileperms"] = $this->filePermsDecode( fileperms( $name ) );
+			if( $item["fileperms"] == "" ) $item["fileperms"] = " ";
+			$item["filepermmode"] = ( $this->config['showpermissions'] == 1 ) ? "short" : "long";
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showowner'] == 1  ) {
+			if ( function_exists( "posix_getpwuid" ) && fileowner($name) !== false ) {
+				$ownerarr = posix_getpwuid( fileowner( $name ) );
+				$item["owner"] = $ownerarr['name'];
+			} else $item["owner"] = false;
+		}
+		if( $this->config['showgroup'] == 1 ) {
+			if( function_exists( "posix_getgrgid" ) && filegroup( $name ) !== false ) {
+				$grouparr = posix_getgrgid( filegroup( $name ) );
+				$item["group"] = $grouparr['name'];
+			} else $item["group"] = false;
+		}
+		return $item;
+	}
+
 	private function getConfig() {
 		$ret = $this->config;
 		$ret['inline'] = ( $this->mode == "inline" ) ? true : false;
@@ -382,6 +388,32 @@ f00bar;
 		}
 	}
 
+	private function searchItems( $d ) {
+		$this->chDirIfNecessary( $d['dir'] );
+		if( strpos( $d['pattern'], '/' ) !== false ) {
+			echo json_decode( array( "status" => "ERROR", "message" => "Pattern must not contain slashes" ) );
+			exit( 1 );
+		}
+		try {
+			$results = $this->searchItemsRecursive( $d['pattern'] );
+			echo json_encode( $results );
+		} catch( Exception $e ) {
+			echo json_encode( array( "status" => "ERROR", "message" => $e->getMessage() ) );
+		}
+	}
+
+	private function searchItemsRecursive( $pattern, $dir="" ) {
+		$items = array();
+		$dir = $dir ? $dir : '.';
+		foreach( glob( $this->pathCombine( $dir, $pattern ) ) as $result ) {
+			array_push( $items, $this->getItemInformation( $result ) );
+		}
+		foreach( glob( $this->pathCombine( $dir, '*') , GLOB_ONLYDIR ) as $subdir ) {
+			$items = array_merge( $items, $this->searchItemsRecursive( $pattern, $subdir ) );
+		}
+		return $items;
+	}
+
 	private function getFolderTree( $d ) {
 		echo json_encode(
 			array_merge(