diff --git a/doc/rpc.txt b/doc/rpc.txt
index 3148ebea..eb97547d 100644
--- a/doc/rpc.txt
+++ b/doc/rpc.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ The _by_ parameter can be skipped and defaults to `name-desc`.
 If a maintainer search is performed and the search argument is left empty, a
 list of orphan packages is returned.
 
+The _search_type_ parameter can be skipped and defaults to `rpc`.
+
+_search_type_ is only ever used during a `name` or `name-desc` search and
+supports the following values: `rpc`, `web`.
+
 Package Details
 ---------------
 
@@ -39,6 +44,8 @@ Examples
   `/rpc/?v=5&type=search&by=makedepends&arg=boost`
 `search` with callback::
   `/rpc/?v=5&type=search&arg=foobar&callback=jsonp1192244621103`
+`search` with `web` _search_type_ for packages containing `cookie` AND `milk`::
+  `/rpc/?v=5&type=search&search_type=web&arg=cookie%20milk`
 `info`::
   `/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=foobar`
 `info` with multiple packages::
diff --git a/web/lib/aurjson.class.php b/web/lib/aurjson.class.php
index 0ac586fe..0e94b578 100644
--- a/web/lib/aurjson.class.php
+++ b/web/lib/aurjson.class.php
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ class AurJSON {
 	private static $exposed_depfields = array(
 		'depends', 'makedepends', 'checkdepends', 'optdepends'
 	);
+	private static $exposed_search_types = array(
+		'rpc', 'web'
+	);
 	private static $fields_v1 = array(
 		'Packages.ID', 'Packages.Name',
 		'PackageBases.ID AS PackageBaseID',
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ class AurJSON {
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Check if an IP needs to be  rate limited.
+	 * Check if an IP needs to be rate limited.
 	 *
 	 * @param $ip IP of the current request
 	 *
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@ class AurJSON {
 		$value = get_cache_value('ratelimit-ws:' . $ip, $status);
 		if (!$status || ($status && $value < $deletion_time)) {
 			if (set_cache_value('ratelimit-ws:' . $ip, $time, $window_length) &&
-			    set_cache_value('ratelimit:' . $ip, 1, $window_length)) {
+				set_cache_value('ratelimit:' . $ip, 1, $window_length)) {
 				return;
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -472,6 +475,33 @@ class AurJSON {
 		return array('ids' => $id_args, 'names' => $name_args);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Prepare a WHERE statement for each keyword: append $func($keyword)
+	 * separated by $delim. Each keyword is sanitized as wildcards before
+	 * it's passed to $func.
+	 *
+	 * @param $delim Delimiter to use in the middle of two keywords.
+	 * @param $keywords Array of keywords to prepare.
+	 * @param $func A function that returns a string. This value is concatenated.
+	 *
+	 * @return A WHERE condition statement of keywords separated by $delim.
+	 */
+	private function join_where($delim, $keywords, $func) {
+		// Applied to each item to concatenate our entire statement.
+		$reduce_func = function($carry, $item) use(&$func) {
+			array_push($carry, $func($item));
+			return $carry;
+		};
+
+		// Manual array_reduce with a local lambda.
+		$acc = array(); // Initial
+		foreach ($keywords as &$keyword) {
+			$acc += $reduce_func($acc, $keyword);
+		}
+
+		return join(" $delim ", $acc);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Performs a fulltext mysql search of the package database.
 	 *
@@ -480,6 +510,7 @@ class AurJSON {
 	 * @return mixed Returns an array of package matches.
 	 */
 	private function search($http_data) {
+
 		$keyword_string = $http_data['arg'];
 
 		if (isset($http_data['by'])) {
@@ -488,17 +519,49 @@ class AurJSON {
 			$search_by = 'name-desc';
 		}
 
+		if (isset($http_data['search_type'])) {
+			$search_type = $http_data['search_type'];
+		} else {
+			// Default search_type: rpc
+			$search_type = 'rpc';
+		}
+
+		if (!in_array($search_type, self::$exposed_search_types)) {
+			return $this->json_error('Unsupported search type.');
+		}
+
 		if ($search_by === 'name' || $search_by === 'name-desc') {
 			if (strlen($keyword_string) < 2) {
 				return $this->json_error('Query arg too small.');
 			}
-			$keyword_string = $this->dbh->quote("%" . addcslashes($keyword_string, '%_') . "%");
 
 			if ($search_by === 'name') {
-				$where_condition = "(Packages.Name LIKE $keyword_string)";
+				if ($search_type === 'rpc') {
+					$keyword_string = $this->dbh->quote(
+						"%" . addcslashes($keyword_string, '%_') . "%");
+					$where_condition = "(Packages.Name LIKE $keyword_string)";
+				} else {
+					$keywords = explode(' ', $keyword_string);
+					$func = function($keyword) {
+						$str = $this->dbh->quote("%" . addcslashes($keyword, '%_') . "%");
+						return "(Packages.Name LIKE $str)";
+					};
+					$where_condition = $this->join_where("AND", $keywords, $func);
+				}
 			} else if ($search_by === 'name-desc') {
-				$where_condition = "(Packages.Name LIKE $keyword_string OR ";
-				$where_condition .= "Description LIKE $keyword_string)";
+				if ($search_type === 'rpc') {
+					$keyword_string = $this->dbh->quote(
+						"%" . addcslashes($keyword_string, '%_') . "%");
+					$where_condition = "(Packages.Name LIKE $keyword_string ";
+					$where_condition .= "OR Description LIKE $keyword_string)";
+				} else {
+					$keywords = explode(' ', $keyword_string);
+					$func = function($keyword) {
+						$str = $this->dbh->quote("%" . addcslashes($keyword, '%_') . "%");
+						return "(Packages.Name LIKE $str OR Description LIKE $str)";
+					};
+					$where_condition = $this->join_where("AND", $keywords, $func);
+				}
 			}
 		} else if ($search_by === 'maintainer') {
 			if (empty($keyword_string)) {