diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index c567533c18..7d96eac9f7 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -2106,10 +2106,10 @@ function micropro($contact, $redirect = false, $class = '', $textmode = false) {
 
 
 if(! function_exists('search')) {
-function search($s) {
+function search($s,$id='search-box',$url='/search') {
 	$a = get_app();
-	$o  = '<div id="search-box">';
-	$o .= '<form action="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/search' . '" method="get" >';
+	$o  = '<div id="' . $id . '">';
+	$o .= '<form action="' . $a->get_baseurl() . $url . '" method="get" >';
 	$o .= '<input type="text" name="search" id="search-text" value="' . $s .'" />';
 	$o .= '<input type="submit" name="submit" id="search-submit" value="' . t('Search') . '" />'; 
 	$o .= '</form></div>';
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index f38fb8c213..75775ba502 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -12,10 +12,18 @@ function network_init(&$a) {
 	if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
 		$a->page['aside'] = '';
 
+	$search = ((x($_GET,'search')) ? escape_tags($_GET['search']) : '');
+	$srchurl = '/network' . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '?cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '');
+
+
+	$a->page['aside'] .= search($search,'netsearch-box',$srchurl);
+
 	$a->page['aside'] .= '<div id="network-new-link">';
 
-	if(($a->argc > 1 && $a->argv[1] === 'new') || ($a->argc > 2 && $a->argv[2] === 'new'))
-		$a->page['aside'] .= '<a href="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/' . str_replace('/new', '', $a->cmd) . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '') . '">' . t('Normal View') . '</a>';
+
+
+	if(($a->argc > 1 && $a->argv[1] === 'new') || ($a->argc > 2 && $a->argv[2] === 'new') || x($_GET,'search'))
+		$a->page['aside'] .= '<a href="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/' . str_replace('/new', '', $a->cmd) . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '?cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '') . '">' . t('Normal View') . '</a>';
 	else 
 		$a->page['aside'] .= '<a href="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/' . $a->cmd . '/new' . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '') . '">' . t('New Item View') . '</a>';
 
@@ -55,6 +63,8 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if(x($_GET,'search'))
+		$nouveau = true;
 	if($cid)
 		$def_acl = array('allow_cid' => '<' . intval($cid) . '>');
 
@@ -96,7 +106,8 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 			$o .= '<div id="live-network"></div>' . "\r\n";
 			$o .= "<script> var profile_uid = " . $_SESSION['uid'] 
 				. "; var netargs = '" . substr($a->cmd,8) 
-				. ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '')
+				. ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '?cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '')
+				. ((x($_GET,'search')) ? '?search=' . $_GET['search'] : '') 
 				. "'; var profile_page = " . $a->pager['page'] . "; </script>\r\n";
 
 	}
@@ -169,6 +180,10 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 
 	$sql_extra2 = (($nouveau) ? '' : " AND `item`.`parent` = `item`.`id` ");
 
+	if(x($_GET,'search'))
+		$sql_extra .= " AND `item`.`body` REGEXP '" . dbesc(escape_tags($_GET['search'])) . "' ";
+
+
 	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total`
 		FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
 		WHERE `item`.`uid` = %d AND `item`.`visible` = 1 AND `item`.`deleted` = 0
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
index 2bac4238ea..58cf8646c8 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
@@ -2394,6 +2394,16 @@ a.mail-list-link {
 	margin: 0px 3px 0px 3px;
 }
 
+
+#netsearch-box {
+	margin-top: 20px;	
+}
+
+#netsearch-box #search-submit {
+	margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * ICONS
  */
diff --git a/view/theme/loozah/style.css b/view/theme/loozah/style.css
index 9c6c0120b8..7c9697b4d4 100644
--- a/view/theme/loozah/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/loozah/style.css
@@ -2411,6 +2411,14 @@ a.mail-list-link {
 	width: 300px;
 }
 
+#netsearch-box {
+	margin-top: 20px;	
+}
+
+#netsearch-box #search-submit {
+	margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
+}
+
 /**
  * ICONS
  */