diff --git a/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_name_search.js b/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_name_search.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b44f75705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/src/filesystem/hl_operations/hl_name_search.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+const { DB_READ } = require("../../services/database/consts");
+const { Context } = require("../../util/context");
+const { NodeUIDSelector } = require("../node/selectors");
+const { HLFilesystemOperation } = require("./definitions");
+
+class HLNameSearch extends HLFilesystemOperation {
+    async _run () {
+        let { actor, term } = this.values;
+        const services = Context.get('services');
+        const svc_fs = services.get('filesystem');
+        const db = services.get('database')
+            .get(DB_READ, 'fs.namesearch');
+
+        term = term.replace(/%/g, '');
+        term = '%' + term + '%';
+        
+        // Only user actors can do this, because the permission
+        // system would otherwise slow things down
+        if ( ! actor.type.user ) return [];
+
+        const results = await db.read(
+            `SELECT uuid FROM fsentries WHERE name LIKE ? AND ` +
+            `user_id = ?`,
+            [term, actor.type.user.id]
+        );
+        
+        const uuids = results.map(v => v.uuid);
+        
+        const fsnodes = await Promise.all(uuids.map(async uuid => {
+            return await svc_fs.node(new NodeUIDSelector(uuid));
+        }));
+
+        return Promise.all(fsnodes.map(async fsnode => {
+            return await fsnode.getSafeEntry();
+        }));
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    HLNameSearch,
+};
diff --git a/src/backend/src/routers/filesystem_api/search.js b/src/backend/src/routers/filesystem_api/search.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..379823b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/src/routers/filesystem_api/search.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const eggspress = require("../../api/eggspress");
+const { HLNameSearch } = require("../../filesystem/hl_operations/hl_name_search");
+const { subdomain } = require("../../helpers");
+const verified = require("../../middleware/verified");
+
+module.exports = eggspress('/search', {
+    subdomain: 'api',
+    auth2: true,
+    verified: true,
+    fs: true,
+    json: true,
+    allowedMethods: ['POST'],
+}, async (req, res, next) => {
+    const hl_name_search = new HLNameSearch();
+    const result = await hl_name_search.run({
+        actor: req.actor,
+        term: req.body.text,
+    });
+    res.send(result);
+});
diff --git a/src/backend/src/services/FilesystemAPIService.js b/src/backend/src/services/FilesystemAPIService.js
index 521a09344..b8872e527 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/services/FilesystemAPIService.js
+++ b/src/backend/src/services/FilesystemAPIService.js
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class FilesystemAPIService extends BaseService {
         app.use(require('../routers/filesystem_api/copy'))
         app.use(require('../routers/filesystem_api/move'))
         app.use(require('../routers/filesystem_api/rename'))
+        
+        app.use(require('../routers/filesystem_api/search'))
 
         // v1
         app.use(require('../routers/writeFile'))