diff --git a/midori/midori-view.c b/midori/midori-view.c
index e985aec4..6d392f74 100644
--- a/midori/midori-view.c
+++ b/midori/midori-view.c
@@ -5593,6 +5593,15 @@ midori_view_search_text (MidoriView*  view,
 {
     g_return_if_fail (MIDORI_IS_VIEW (view));
 
+    #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION (3, 2, 0)
+    if (gtk_widget_get_visible (view->overlay_find))
+    {
+        text = midori_findbar_get_text (MIDORI_FINDBAR (view->overlay_find));
+        webkit_web_view_search_text (WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW (view->web_view),
+            text, case_sensitive, forward, TRUE);
+        return;
+    }
+    #endif
     g_signal_emit (view, signals[SEARCH_TEXT], 0,
         webkit_web_view_search_text (WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW (view->web_view),
             text, case_sensitive, forward, TRUE), NULL);
diff --git a/toolbars/midori-findbar.c b/toolbars/midori-findbar.c
index 22ab5da4..6ef47f21 100644
--- a/toolbars/midori-findbar.c
+++ b/toolbars/midori-findbar.c
@@ -145,6 +145,22 @@ midori_findbar_find_text (MidoriFindbar* findbar,
     midori_view_search_text (MIDORI_VIEW (view), text, case_sensitive, forward);
 }
 
+/**
+ * midori_findbar_get_text:
+ * @findbar: #MidoriFindbar
+ *
+ * Returns: the text typed in the entry
+ *
+ * Since: 0.4.5
+ **/
+const gchar*
+midori_findbar_get_text (MidoriFindbar* findbar)
+{
+    g_return_val_if_fail (MIDORI_IS_FINDBAR (findbar), NULL);
+
+    return gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (findbar->find_text));
+}
+
 void
 midori_findbar_find (MidoriFindbar* findbar,
                      gboolean       forward)
diff --git a/toolbars/midori-findbar.h b/toolbars/midori-findbar.h
index 5f1a54c5..7a7ea194 100644
--- a/toolbars/midori-findbar.h
+++ b/toolbars/midori-findbar.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- Copyright (C) 2010 Christian Dywan <christian@twotoasts.de>
+ Copyright (C) 2012 Christian Dywan <christian@twotoasts.de>
 
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ midori_findbar_find_text              (MidoriFindbar* findbar,
                                        const gchar*   text,
                                        gboolean       forward);
 
+const gchar*
+midori_findbar_get_text                (MidoriFindbar* findbar);
+
 void
 midori_findbar_set_can_find           (MidoriFindbar* findbar,
                                        gboolean       can_find);