diff --git a/apps/communications/contacts/test/unit/views/list_test.js b/apps/communications/contacts/test/unit/views/list_test.js
index 6b8d5eb3b194..df6bc9103684 100755
--- a/apps/communications/contacts/test/unit/views/list_test.js
+++ b/apps/communications/contacts/test/unit/views/list_test.js
@@ -1270,6 +1270,27 @@ suite('Render contacts list', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    test('Search for contacts with middle names', function(done) {
+      mockContacts = new MockContactsList();
+      var contactIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * mockContacts.length);
+      var contact = mockContacts[contactIndex];
+      mockContacts[contactIndex].givenName[0] = contact.givenName[0] + ' Juan';
+
+      doLoad(subject, mockContacts, function() {
+        contacts.List.initSearch(function onInit() {
+          searchBox.value = contact.givenName[0][0] + ' ' +
+              contact.familyName[0][0];
+          contacts.Search.search(function search_finished() {
+            contacts.Search.invalidateCache();
+            done(function() {
+              assert.isTrue(noResults.classList.contains('hide'));
+              assertContactFound(contact);
+            });
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
     test('Search phrase highlightded correctly for first letter',
         function(done) {
       mockContacts = new MockContactsList();
diff --git a/shared/js/contacts/search.js b/shared/js/contacts/search.js
index 48e412b33468..e73ae440c6f6 100644
--- a/shared/js/contacts/search.js
+++ b/shared/js/contacts/search.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ contacts.Search = (function() {
       // On the steady state holds the list result of the current search
       searchableNodes = null,
       currentTextToSearch = '',
+      currentSearchTerms = [],
       prevTextToSearch = '',
       // Pointer to the nodes which are currently on the result list
       currentSet = {},
@@ -153,11 +154,14 @@ contacts.Search = (function() {
     // This regexp match against everything except HTML tags
     // 'currentTextToSearch' should be relatively safe from
     // regex symbols getting passed through since it was previously normalized
-    var hRegEx = new RegExp('(' + currentTextToSearch + ')(?=[^>]*<)', 'gi');
-    node.innerHTML = node.innerHTML.replace(
-      hRegEx,
-      '<span class="' + highlightClass + '">$1</span>'
-    );
+    for (var i=0, l=currentSearchTerms.length; i<l; i++) {
+      var hRegEx = new RegExp('(' + currentSearchTerms[i] + ')(?=[^>]*<)',
+                                                                          'gi');
+      node.innerHTML = node.innerHTML.replace(
+        hRegEx,
+        '<span class="' + highlightClass + '">$1</span>'
+      );
+    }
   };
 
   var updateSearchList = function updateSearchList(cb) {
@@ -216,6 +220,7 @@ contacts.Search = (function() {
   function resetState() {
     prevTextToSearch = '';
     currentTextToSearch = '';
+    currentSearchTerms = [];
     searchableNodes = null;
     canReuseSearchables = false;
     currentSet = {};
@@ -365,10 +370,11 @@ contacts.Search = (function() {
 
     // Search the next chunk of contacts
     var end = from + CHUNK_SIZE;
+    currentSearchTerms = pattern.source.split(/\s+/);
     for (var c = from; c < end && c < contacts.length; c++) {
       var contact = contacts[c].node || contacts[c];
       var contactText = contacts[c].text || getSearchText(contacts[c]);
-      if (!pattern.test(contactText)) {
+      if (!checkContactMatch(currentSearchTerms, contactText)) {
         if (contact.dataset.uuid in currentSet) {
           searchList.removeChild(currentSet[contact.dataset.uuid]);
           delete currentSet[contact.dataset.uuid];
@@ -475,11 +481,10 @@ contacts.Search = (function() {
 
     // If we have a current search then we need to determine whether the
     // new nodes should show up in that search.
-    var pattern = new RegExp(currentTextToSearch, 'i');
     for (var i = 0, n = nodes.length; i < n; ++i) {
       var node = nodes[i];
       var nodeText = getSearchText(node);
-      if (pattern.test(nodeText)) {
+      if (!checkContactMatch(currentSearchTerms, nodeText)) {
         searchableNodes.push({
           node: node,
           text: nodeText
@@ -488,6 +493,15 @@ contacts.Search = (function() {
     }
   };
 
+  var checkContactMatch = function checkContactMatch(searchTerms, text) {
+    for (var i=0, m=searchTerms.length; i < m; i++){
+      if (!RegExp(searchTerms[i], 'i').test(text)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  };
+
   var search = function performSearch(searchDoneCb) {
     prevTextToSearch = currentTextToSearch;