diff --git a/gitlab/cli.py b/gitlab/cli.py
index fc4c029d0..cbd0d7c06 100644
--- a/gitlab/cli.py
+++ b/gitlab/cli.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
                      'owned': {},
                      'all': {}},
     gitlab.User: {'block': {'required': ['id']},
-                  'unblock': {'required': ['id']}},
+                  'unblock': {'required': ['id']},
+                  'search': {'required': ['query']}},
 }
 
 
@@ -222,6 +223,12 @@ def do_project_milestone_issues(self, cls, gl, what, args):
         except Exception as e:
             _die("Impossible to get milestone issues (%s)" % str(e))
 
+    def do_user_search(self, cls, gl, what, args):
+        try:
+            return gl.users.search(args['query'])
+        except Exception as e:
+            _die("Impossible to search users (%s)" % str(e))
+
 
 def _populate_sub_parser_by_class(cls, sub_parser):
     for action_name in ['list', 'get', 'create', 'update', 'delete']: