diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/features_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/features_controller.rb
index b71dafe..4bbe006 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/features_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/features_controller.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class FeaturesController < AdminController
 
   def search_members
     arg = params[:q].downcase
-    result = environment.people.find(:all, :conditions => ['LOWER(name) LIKE ?', "%#{arg}%"])
+    result = environment.people.find(:all, :conditions => ['LOWER(name) LIKE ? OR identifier LIKE ?', "%#{arg}%", "%#{arg}%"])
     render :text => prepare_to_token_input(result).to_json
   end
 
diff --git a/test/functional/features_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/features_controller_test.rb
index ab78a9d..47d9276 100644
--- a/test/functional/features_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/features_controller_test.rb
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class FeaturesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_equal true, e.custom_community_fields['contact_person']['required']
   end
 
-  should 'search members' do
+  should 'search members by name' do
     uses_host 'anhetegua.net'
     person = fast_create(Person, :environment_id => Environment.find(2).id)
     xhr :get, :search_members, :q => person.name[0..2]
@@ -154,4 +154,12 @@ class FeaturesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_includes json_response, {"id"=>person.id, "name"=>person.name}
   end
 
+  should 'search members by identifier' do
+    uses_host 'anhetegua.net'
+    person = fast_create(Person, :name => 'Some Name', :identifier => 'person-identifier', :environment_id => Environment.find(2).id)
+    xhr :get, :search_members, :q => person.identifier
+    json_response = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(@response.body)
+    assert_includes json_response, {"id"=>person.id, "name"=>person.name}
+  end
+
 end
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