diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj
index 32c1bfaf5..5f846a417 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     <Compile Include="ScheduledTasks\ScheduledTaskService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ScheduledTasks\ScheduledTasksWebSocketListener.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ApiEntryPoint.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="SearchService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SystemService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UserLibrary\ArtistsService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UserLibrary\BaseItemsByNameService.cs" />
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/SearchService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/SearchService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3d228529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/SearchService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+using System.Collections;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Search;
+using ServiceStack.ServiceHost;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Api
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Class GetSearchHints
+    /// </summary>
+    [Route("/Search/Hints", "GET")]
+    [Api(Description = "Gets search hints based on a search term")]
+    public class GetSearchHints : IReturn<List<SearchHintResult>>
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Skips over a given number of items within the results. Use for paging.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The start index.</value>
+        [ApiMember(Name = "StartIndex", Description = "Optional. The record index to start at. All items with a lower index will be dropped from the results.", IsRequired = false, DataType = "int", ParameterType = "query", Verb = "GET")]
+        public int? StartIndex { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The maximum number of items to return
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The limit.</value>
+        [ApiMember(Name = "Limit", Description = "Optional. The maximum number of records to return", IsRequired = false, DataType = "int", ParameterType = "query", Verb = "GET")]
+        public int? Limit { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the user id.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The user id.</value>
+        [ApiMember(Name = "UserId", Description = "Optional. Supply a user id to search within a user's library or omit to search all.", IsRequired = false, DataType = "string", ParameterType = "query", Verb = "GET")]
+        public Guid? UserId { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Search characters used to find items
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The index by.</value>
+        [ApiMember(Name = "SearchTerm", Description = "The search term to filter on", IsRequired = true, DataType = "string", ParameterType = "query", Verb = "GET")]
+        public string SearchTerm { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Class SearchService
+    /// </summary>
+    public class SearchService : BaseApiService
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _user manager
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly IUserManager _userManager;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _search engine
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly ILibrarySearchEngine _searchEngine;
+        private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SearchService" /> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="userManager">The user manager.</param>
+        /// <param name="searchEngine">The search engine.</param>
+        /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
+        public SearchService(IUserManager userManager, ILibrarySearchEngine searchEngine, ILibraryManager libraryManager)
+        {
+            _userManager = userManager;
+            _searchEngine = searchEngine;
+            _libraryManager = libraryManager;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the specified request.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="request">The request.</param>
+        /// <returns>System.Object.</returns>
+        public object Get(GetSearchHints request)
+        {
+            var result = GetSearchHintsAsync(request).Result;
+
+            return ToOptimizedResult(result);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the search hints async.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="request">The request.</param>
+        /// <returns>Task{IEnumerable{SearchHintResult}}.</returns>
+        private async Task<IEnumerable<SearchHintResult>> GetSearchHintsAsync(GetSearchHints request)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<BaseItem> inputItems;
+
+            if (request.UserId.HasValue)
+            {
+                var user = _userManager.GetUserById(request.UserId.Value);
+
+                inputItems = user.RootFolder.GetRecursiveChildren(user);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                inputItems = _libraryManager.RootFolder.RecursiveChildren;
+            }
+
+            var results = await _searchEngine.GetSearchHints(inputItems, request.SearchTerm).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            if (request.StartIndex.HasValue)
+            {
+                results = results.Skip(request.StartIndex.Value);
+            }
+
+            if (request.Limit.HasValue)
+            {
+                results = results.Take(request.Limit.Value);
+            }
+
+            return results.Select(GetSearchHintResult);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the search hint result.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
+        /// <returns>SearchHintResult.</returns>
+        private SearchHintResult GetSearchHintResult(BaseItem item)
+        {
+            var result = new SearchHintResult
+            {
+                Name = item.Name,
+                IndexNumber = item.IndexNumber,
+                ParentIndexNumber = item.ParentIndexNumber,
+                ItemId = DtoBuilder.GetClientItemId(item),
+                Type = item.GetType().Name,
+                MediaType = item.MediaType
+            };
+
+            if (item.HasImage(ImageType.Primary))
+            {
+                result.PrimaryImageTag = Kernel.Instance.ImageManager.GetImageCacheTag(item, ImageType.Primary, item.GetImage(ImageType.Primary));
+            }
+
+            var episode = item as Episode;
+
+            if (episode != null)
+            {
+                result.Series = episode.Series.Name;
+            }
+
+            var season = item as Season;
+
+            if (season != null)
+            {
+                result.Series = season.Series.Name;
+            }
+
+            var album = item as MusicAlbum;
+
+            if (album != null)
+            {
+                var songs = album.Children.OfType<Audio>().ToList();
+
+                result.Artists = songs
+                    .Select(i => i.Artist)
+                    .Where(i => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(i))
+                    .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    .ToArray();
+
+                result.AlbumArtist = songs.Select(i => i.AlbumArtist).FirstOrDefault(i => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(i));
+            }
+
+            var song = item as Audio;
+
+            if (song != null)
+            {
+                result.Album = song.Album;
+                result.AlbumArtist = song.AlbumArtist;
+                result.Artists = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(song.Artist) ? new[] { song.Artist } : new string[] { };
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/BaseItemsRequest.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/BaseItemsRequest.cs
index 27f124e47..a69fedf25 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/BaseItemsRequest.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/BaseItemsRequest.cs
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.UserLibrary
         [ApiMember(Name = "MediaTypes", Description = "Optional filter by MediaType. Allows multiple, comma delimited.", IsRequired = false, DataType = "string", ParameterType = "query", Verb = "GET", AllowMultiple = true)]
         public string MediaTypes { get; set; }
 
-        
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the filters.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibrarySearchEngine.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibrarySearchEngine.cs
index 0aff451d9..315e75208 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibrarySearchEngine.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibrarySearchEngine.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library
 {
@@ -16,5 +17,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library
         /// <returns>IEnumerable{BaseItem}.</returns>
         /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">searchTerm</exception>
         IEnumerable<BaseItem> Search(IEnumerable<BaseItem> items, string searchTerm);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the search hints.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="inputItems">The input items.</param>
+        /// <param name="searchTerm">The search term.</param>
+        /// <returns>Task{IEnumerable{BaseItem}}.</returns>
+        Task<IEnumerable<BaseItem>> GetSearchHints(IEnumerable<BaseItem> inputItems, string searchTerm);
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/MediaBrowser.Model.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Model/MediaBrowser.Model.csproj
index 99e34aaf6..cd54ec7c8 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/MediaBrowser.Model.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/MediaBrowser.Model.csproj
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Net\NetworkShareType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Querying\PersonsQuery.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Querying\ThemeSongsResult.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Search\SearchHintResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Serialization\IJsonSerializer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Serialization\IXmlSerializer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Updates\CheckForUpdateResult.cs" />
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Search/SearchHintResult.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Search/SearchHintResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2142ac3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Search/SearchHintResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Search
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Class SearchHintResult
+    /// </summary>
+    public class SearchHintResult
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the item id.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The item id.</value>
+        public string ItemId { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The name.</value>
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the index number.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The index number.</value>
+        public int? IndexNumber { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the parent index number.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The parent index number.</value>
+        public int? ParentIndexNumber { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the image tag.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The image tag.</value>
+        public Guid? PrimaryImageTag { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the type.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The type.</value>
+        public string Type { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the type of the media.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The type of the media.</value>
+        public string MediaType { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the series.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The series.</value>
+        public string Series { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the album.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The album.</value>
+        public string Album { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the album artist.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The album artist.</value>
+        public string AlbumArtist { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the artists.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The artists.</value>
+        public string[] Artists { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/LuceneSearchEngine.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/LuceneSearchEngine.cs
index ed085c777..79ca1f554 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/LuceneSearchEngine.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/LuceneSearchEngine.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Lucene.Net.Analysis.Standard;
+using Lucene.Net.Analysis.Standard;
 using Lucene.Net.Documents;
 using Lucene.Net.Index;
 using Lucene.Net.QueryParsers;
@@ -11,8 +6,13 @@ using Lucene.Net.Search;
 using Lucene.Net.Store;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Library
 {
@@ -22,15 +22,22 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Library
     /// </summary>
     public class LuceneSearchEngine : ILibrarySearchEngine, IDisposable
     {
-        public LuceneSearchEngine(IServerApplicationPaths serverPaths, ILogManager logManager)
+        private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
+        private readonly ILogger _logger;
+
+        public LuceneSearchEngine(IServerApplicationPaths serverPaths, ILogManager logManager, ILibraryManager libraryManager)
         {
+            _libraryManager = libraryManager;
+
+            _logger = logManager.GetLogger("Lucene");
+
             //string luceneDbPath = serverPaths.DataPath + "\\SearchIndexDB";
             //if (!System.IO.Directory.Exists(luceneDbPath))
             //    System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(luceneDbPath);
             //else if(File.Exists(luceneDbPath + "\\write.lock"))
             //        File.Delete(luceneDbPath + "\\write.lock");
 
-            //LuceneSearch.Init(luceneDbPath, logManager.GetLogger("Lucene"));
+            //LuceneSearch.Init(luceneDbPath, _logger);
 
             //BaseItem.LibraryManager.LibraryChanged += LibraryChanged;
         }
@@ -82,6 +89,164 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Library
 
             //LuceneSearch.CloseAll();
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the search hints.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="inputItems">The input items.</param>
+        /// <param name="searchTerm">The search term.</param>
+        /// <returns>IEnumerable{SearchHintResult}.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">searchTerm</exception>
+        public async Task<IEnumerable<BaseItem>> GetSearchHints(IEnumerable<BaseItem> inputItems, string searchTerm)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchTerm))
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("searchTerm");
+            }
+
+            var hints = new List<Tuple<BaseItem, int>>();
+
+            var items = inputItems.Where(i => !(i is MusicArtist)).ToList();
+
+            foreach (var item in items)
+            {
+                var index = IndexOf(item.Name, searchTerm);
+
+                if (index != -1)
+                {
+                    hints.Add(new Tuple<BaseItem, int>(item, index));
+                }
+            }
+
+            var artists = items.OfType<Audio>()
+                .SelectMany(i => new[] { i.Artist, i.AlbumArtist })
+                .Where(i => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(i))
+                .ToList();
+
+            foreach (var item in artists)
+            {
+                var index = IndexOf(item, searchTerm);
+
+                if (index != -1)
+                {
+                    var artist = await _libraryManager.GetArtist(item).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                    hints.Add(new Tuple<BaseItem, int>(artist, index));
+                }
+            }
+            
+            // Find genres
+            var genres = items.SelectMany(i => i.Genres)
+                .Where(i => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(i))
+                .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                .ToList();
+
+            foreach (var item in genres)
+            {
+                var index = IndexOf(item, searchTerm);
+
+                if (index != -1)
+                {
+                    var genre = await _libraryManager.GetGenre(item).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                    hints.Add(new Tuple<BaseItem, int>(genre, index));
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Find studios
+            var studios = items.SelectMany(i => i.Studios)
+                .Where(i => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(i))
+                .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                .ToList();
+
+            foreach (var item in studios)
+            {
+                var index = IndexOf(item, searchTerm);
+
+                if (index != -1)
+                {
+                    var studio = await _libraryManager.GetStudio(item).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                    hints.Add(new Tuple<BaseItem, int>(studio, index));
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Find persons
+            var persons = items.SelectMany(i => i.People)
+                .Select(i => i.Name)
+                .Where(i => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(i))
+                .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                .ToList();
+
+            foreach (var item in persons)
+            {
+                var index = IndexOf(item, searchTerm);
+
+                if (index != -1)
+                {
+                    var person = await _libraryManager.GetPerson(item).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                    hints.Add(new Tuple<BaseItem, int>(person, index));
+                }
+            }
+
+            return hints.OrderBy(i => i.Item2).Select(i => i.Item1);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the hints.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
+        /// <param name="searchTerm">The search term.</param>
+        /// <returns>IEnumerable{Tuple{SearchHintResultSystem.Int32}}.</returns>
+        private async Task<IEnumerable<Tuple<BaseItem, int>>> GetHints(BaseItem item, string searchTerm)
+        {
+            var hints = new List<Tuple<BaseItem, int>>();
+
+            var index = IndexOf(item.Name, searchTerm);
+
+            if (index != -1)
+            {
+                hints.Add(new Tuple<BaseItem, int>(item, index));
+            }
+
+            return hints;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the words.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="term">The term.</param>
+        /// <returns>System.String[][].</returns>
+        private string[] GetWords(string term)
+        {
+            // TODO: Improve this to be more accurate and respect culture
+            var words = term.Split(' ');
+
+            return words;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indexes the of.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="input">The input.</param>
+        /// <param name="term">The term.</param>
+        /// <returns>System.Int32.</returns>
+        private int IndexOf(string input, string term)
+        {
+            var index = 0;
+
+            foreach (var word in GetWords(input))
+            {
+                if (word.IndexOf(term, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1)
+                {
+                    return index;
+                }
+
+                index++;
+            }
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
 
     public static class LuceneSearch
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/ApplicationHost.cs b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/ApplicationHost.cs
index f857a876e..c3d4d3094 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/ApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/ApplicationHost.cs
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ServerApplication
             DisplayPreferencesManager = new DisplayPreferencesManager(LogManager.GetLogger("DisplayPreferencesManager"));
             RegisterSingleInstance(DisplayPreferencesManager);
 
-            RegisterSingleInstance<ILibrarySearchEngine>(() => new LuceneSearchEngine(ApplicationPaths, LogManager));
+            RegisterSingleInstance<ILibrarySearchEngine>(() => new LuceneSearchEngine(ApplicationPaths, LogManager, LibraryManager));
 
             MediaEncoder = new MediaEncoder(LogManager.GetLogger("MediaEncoder"), ZipClient, ApplicationPaths, JsonSerializer);
             RegisterSingleInstance(MediaEncoder);