diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index d62be6edc9d3..fa1fb749a556 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@
 
             android:parentActivityName=".views.MainActivity"
 
-
-            android:screenOrientation="portrait">
             android:screenOrientation="portrait">
 
             <meta-data
@@ -117,10 +115,18 @@
         </activity>
         <activity
             android:name=".views.category.activity.CategoryActivity"
+            android:launchMode="singleTop"
             android:parentActivityName=".views.MainActivity">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
+            </intent-filter>
+
             <meta-data
                 android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
                 android:value=".views.MainActivity" />
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.searchable"
+                android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
         </activity>
         <activity android:name=".views.PrefManager"></activity>
         <activity android:name=".views.WelcomeActivity"></activity>
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/category/activity/CategoryActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/category/activity/CategoryActivity.java
index dc144ec9e355..b70b32a3c7f8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/category/activity/CategoryActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/category/activity/CategoryActivity.java
@@ -1,27 +1,19 @@
 package openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood.views.category.activity;
 
-import android.Manifest;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.hardware.Sensor;
 import android.hardware.SensorManager;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
-import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
-import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
 import android.view.View;
 
-import com.afollestad.materialdialogs.MaterialDialog;
-
 import openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood.R;
 import openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood.utils.ShakeDetector;
 import openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood.utils.Utils;
 import openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood.views.BaseActivity;
-import openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood.views.MainActivity;
-import openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood.views.ScannerFragmentActivity;
 
 public class CategoryActivity extends BaseActivity {
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/category/fragment/CategoryListFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/category/fragment/CategoryListFragment.java
index 3a661c564064..63d94b4fb5a7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/category/fragment/CategoryListFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/category/fragment/CategoryListFragment.java
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 package openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood.views.category.fragment;
 
 
+import android.app.SearchManager;
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.databinding.DataBindingUtil;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.support.v7.widget.DividerItemDecoration;
 import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
+import android.support.v7.widget.SearchView;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
+import android.view.Menu;
+import android.view.MenuInflater;
+import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 
@@ -30,15 +36,21 @@ public class CategoryListFragment extends MvvmFragment<CategoryFragmentViewModel
     CategoryFragmentViewModel viewModel;
 
     private FragmentCategoryListBinding binding;
+    private MenuItem searchMenuItem;
 
     public CategoryListFragment() {
         // Required empty public constructor
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        setHasOptionsMenu(true);
+    }
 
     @Override
     public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-        View rootView =  inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_category_list, container, false);
+        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_category_list, container, false);
         fastScroller = rootView.findViewById(R.id.fast_scroller);
         return rootView;
     }
@@ -53,21 +65,46 @@ public void onActivityCreated(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         binding.setViewModel(getViewModel());
         fastScroller.setRecyclerView(binding.recycler);
         binding.recycler.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(() -> {
-            if(binding.getViewModel().getCategories().get().isEmpty()){
+            if (binding.getViewModel().getFilteredCategories().get().isEmpty()) {
                 fastScroller.setVisibility(View.GONE);
-            }
-            else {
+            } else {
                 fastScroller.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                 // check for an empty item in the start of the list
-                if(viewModel.getCategories().get().get(0).getName().isEmpty()){
-                    viewModel.getCategories().get().remove(0);
+                if (viewModel.getFilteredCategories().get().get(0).getName().isEmpty()) {
+                    viewModel.getFilteredCategories().get().remove(0);
                     binding.recycler.getAdapter().notifyItemRemoved(0);
-                    binding.recycler.getAdapter().notifyItemRangeChanged(0,binding.recycler.getAdapter().getItemCount());
+                    binding.recycler.getAdapter().notifyItemRangeChanged(0, binding.recycler.getAdapter().getItemCount());
                 }
             }
         });
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
+        inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
+
+        SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
+        searchMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
+        SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchMenuItem.getActionView();
+        if (searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getActivity().getComponentName()) != null) {
+            searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getActivity().getComponentName()));
+            searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
+                @Override
+                public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
+                    viewModel.searchCategories(newText.toLowerCase());
+                    return false;
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected CategoryFragmentViewModel getViewModel() {
         return viewModel;
@@ -76,7 +113,7 @@ protected CategoryFragmentViewModel getViewModel() {
     @NonNull
     @Override
     protected FragmentComponent createComponent() {
-        return ((BaseActivity)getActivity()).getActivityComponent().plusFragmentComponent();
+        return ((BaseActivity) getActivity()).getActivityComponent().plusFragmentComponent();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/viewmodel/category/CategoryFragmentViewModel.java b/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/viewmodel/category/CategoryFragmentViewModel.java
index fdda5f5fc076..d1530c00699b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/viewmodel/category/CategoryFragmentViewModel.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/openfoodfacts/github/scrachx/openfood/views/viewmodel/category/CategoryFragmentViewModel.java
@@ -28,19 +28,21 @@
 
 public class CategoryFragmentViewModel extends ViewModel {
     private final IProductRepository repository;
-    private final ObservableField<List<CategoryName>> categories;
+    private final List<CategoryName> categories;
+    private final ObservableField<List<CategoryName>> filteredCategories;
     private final ObservableInt showProgress;
     private final String languageCode;
 
     public CategoryFragmentViewModel() {
         this.repository = ProductRepository.getInstance();
-        this.categories = new ObservableField<>(Collections.emptyList());
+        this.categories = new ArrayList<>();
+        this.filteredCategories = new ObservableField<>(Collections.emptyList());
         this.showProgress = new ObservableInt(View.VISIBLE);
         this.languageCode = Locale.getDefault().getLanguage();
     }
 
-    public ObservableField<List<CategoryName>> getCategories() {
-        return categories;
+    public ObservableField<List<CategoryName>> getFilteredCategories() {
+        return filteredCategories;
     }
 
     public ObservableInt getShowProgress() {
@@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ protected void subscribe(@NonNull CompositeDisposable subscriptions) {
                 .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
                 .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                 .subscribe(categoryList -> {
-                            categories.set(categoryList);
+                            categories.addAll(categoryList);
+                            filteredCategories.set(categoryList);
                             showProgress.set(View.GONE);
                         },
                         throwable -> Log.e(CategoryFragmentViewModel.class.getCanonicalName(), "Error loading categories", throwable)));
@@ -97,4 +100,15 @@ public List<CategoryName> extractCategoriesNames(List<Category> categories) {
         Collections.sort(categoryNames, (o1, o2) -> o1.getName().compareTo(o2.getName()));
         return categoryNames;
     }
+
+    public void searchCategories(String query) {
+        List<CategoryName> newFilteredCategories = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (CategoryName categoryName : categories) {
+            if (categoryName.getName().toLowerCase().startsWith(query)) {
+                newFilteredCategories.add(categoryName);
+            }
+        }
+
+        filteredCategories.set(newFilteredCategories);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_category_list.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_category_list.xml
index 426c7a0a1b0f..be5e3906e44f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_category_list.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_category_list.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             android:id="@+id/recycler"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
-            app:categories="@{viewModel.categories}" />
+            app:categories="@{viewModel.filteredCategories}" />
 
 
         <openfoodfacts.github.scrachx.openfood.FastScroller