diff --git a/abilian/web/forms/widgets.py b/abilian/web/forms/widgets.py
index 21c0c390..b16e119b 100644
--- a/abilian/web/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/abilian/web/forms/widgets.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def render(self, entities, **kwargs):
       'aoColumns': aoColumns,
       'bFilter': self.show_search,
       'oLanguage': {
-        'sSearch': _("Filter records:"),
+        'sSearch': self.options.get('search_label', _("Filter records:")),
       },
       'bStateSave': False,
       'bPaginate': self.paginate,
@@ -244,13 +244,16 @@ class AjaxMainTableView(object):
   """
   show_controls = False
   paginate = True
+  options = {}
 
-  def __init__(self, columns, ajax_source, search_criterions=(), name=None):
+  def __init__(self, columns, ajax_source, search_criterions=(), name=None, options=None):
     self.init_columns(columns)
     self.ajax_source = ajax_source
     self.search_criterions = search_criterions
     self.name = name if name is not None else id(self)
     self.save_state = name is not None
+    if options is not None:
+      self.options = options
 
   def init_columns(self, columns):
     # TODO: compute the correct width for each column.
@@ -268,13 +271,12 @@ def render(self):
     aoColumns = [{'asSorting': []}] if self.show_controls else []
     aoColumns += [{'asSorting': ["asc", "desc"]}
                   for i in range(0, len(self.columns))]
-
     datatable_options = {
       'sDom': 'lfFrtip',
       'aoColumns': aoColumns,
       'bFilter': True,
       'oLanguage': {
-        'sSearch': _("Filter records:"),
+        'sSearch': self.options.get('search_label', _("Filter records:")),
         'sPrevious': _("Previous"),
         'sNext': _("Next"),
         'sInfo': _("Showing _START_ to _END_ of _TOTAL_ entries"),
@@ -563,7 +565,6 @@ def __init__(self, input_type=None, pre_icon=None, post_icon=None,
     if post_icon is not None:
       self.post_icon = post_icon
 
-
   def __call__(self, field, *args, **kwargs):
     if not any((self.pre_icon, self.post_icon)):
       return super(TextInput, self).__call__(field, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/abilian/web/frontend.py b/abilian/web/frontend.py
index fd595caf..0b2d38f2 100644
--- a/abilian/web/frontend.py
+++ b/abilian/web/frontend.py
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ class Module(object):
   blueprint = None
   search_criterions = (search.TextSearchCriterion("name",
                                                   attributes=('name', 'nom')),)
+  tableview_options = {}  # used mostly to change datatable search_label
   _urls = []
 
   def __init__(self):
@@ -454,7 +455,8 @@ def list_view(self):
       name=self.managed_class.__name__.lower(),
       columns=self.list_view_columns,
       ajax_source=url_for('.list_json'),
-      search_criterions=self.search_criterions,)
+      search_criterions=self.search_criterions,
+      options=self.tableview_options)
     rendered_table = table_view.render()
 
     ctx = dict(rendered_table=rendered_table,