diff --git a/app/contexts/search_context.rb b/app/contexts/search_context.rb
index 0817d52..48def07 100644
--- a/app/contexts/search_context.rb
+++ b/app/contexts/search_context.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class SearchContext
     projects = Project.where(id: project_ids)
     result[:projects] = projects.search(query).limit(20)
 
-    # Search inside singe project
+    # Search inside single project
     project = projects.first if projects.length == 1
 
     if params[:search_code].present?
diff --git a/lib/api/projects.rb b/lib/api/projects.rb
index c6ff524..d17b791 100644
--- a/lib/api/projects.rb
+++ b/lib/api/projects.rb
@@ -73,16 +73,16 @@ module API
       post do
         required_attributes! [:name]
         attrs = attributes_for_keys [:name,
-                                    :path,
-                                    :description,
-                                    :default_branch,
-                                    :issues_enabled,
-                                    :wall_enabled,
-                                    :merge_requests_enabled,
-                                    :wiki_enabled,
-                                    :snippets_enabled,
-                                    :namespace_id,
-                                    :public]
+                                     :path,
+                                     :description,
+                                     :default_branch,
+                                     :issues_enabled,
+                                     :wall_enabled,
+                                     :merge_requests_enabled,
+                                     :wiki_enabled,
+                                     :snippets_enabled,
+                                     :namespace_id,
+                                     :public]
         @project = ::Projects::CreateContext.new(current_user, attrs).execute
         if @project.saved?
           present @project, with: Entities::Project
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ module API
         authenticated_as_admin!
         user = User.find(params[:user_id])
         attrs = attributes_for_keys [:name,
-                                    :description,
-                                    :default_branch,
-                                    :issues_enabled,
-                                    :wall_enabled,
-                                    :merge_requests_enabled,
-                                    :wiki_enabled,
-                                    :snippets_enabled,
-                                    :public]
+                                     :description,
+                                     :default_branch,
+                                     :issues_enabled,
+                                     :wall_enabled,
+                                     :merge_requests_enabled,
+                                     :wiki_enabled,
+                                     :snippets_enabled,
+                                     :public]
         @project = ::Projects::CreateContext.new(user, attrs).execute
         if @project.saved?
           present @project, with: Entities::Project
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ module API
         end
       end
 
-
       # Get a project team members
       #
       # Parameters:
@@ -262,6 +261,22 @@ module API
           {message: "Access revoked", id: params[:user_id].to_i}
         end
       end
+
+      # search for projects current_user has access to
+      #
+      # Parameters:
+      #   query (required) - A string contained in the project name
+      #   per_page (optional) - number of projects to return per page, defaults to 20
+      #   offset (optional) - the offset in pages to retrieve
+      # Example Request:
+      #   GET /projects/search/:query
+      get "/search/:query" do
+        limit = (params[:per_page] || 20).to_i
+        offset = (params[:page] || 0).to_i * limit
+        ids = current_user.authorized_projects.map(&:id)
+        projects = Project.where("(id in (?) OR public = true) AND (name LIKE (?))", ids, "%#{params[:query]}%").limit(limit).offset(offset)
+        present projects, with: Entities::Project
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
index 2de3dc5..b8c0b6f 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
@@ -692,4 +692,42 @@ describe API::API do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "GET /projects/search/:query" do
+    let!(:query) { 'query'}
+    let!(:search) { create(:project, name: query, creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace) }
+    let!(:pre) { create(:project, name: "pre_#{query}", creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace) }
+    let!(:post) { create(:project, name: "#{query}_post", creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace) }
+    let!(:pre_post) { create(:project, name: "pre_#{query}_post", creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace) }
+    let!(:unfound) { create(:project, name: 'unfound', creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace) }
+    let!(:public) { create(:project, name: "another #{query}",public: true) }
+    let!(:unfound_public) { create(:project, name: 'unfound public', public: true) }
+
+    context "when unauthenticated" do
+      it "should return authentication error" do
+        get api("/projects/search/#{query}")
+        response.status.should == 401
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when authenticated" do
+      it "should return an array of projects" do
+        get api("/projects/search/#{query}",user)
+        response.status.should == 200
+        json_response.should be_an Array
+        json_response.size.should == 5
+        json_response.each {|project| project['name'].should =~ /.*query.*/}
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when authenticated as a different user" do
+      it "should return matching public projects" do
+        get api("/projects/search/#{query}", user2)
+        response.status.should == 200
+        json_response.should be_an Array
+        json_response.size.should == 1
+        json_response.first['name'].should == "another #{query}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
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