diff --git a/modoboa/admin/api.py b/modoboa/admin/api.py
index 451422482..9e493ae43 100644
--- a/modoboa/admin/api.py
+++ b/modoboa/admin/api.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django import http
 
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 
-from rest_framework import status, viewsets
+from rest_framework import filters, status, viewsets
 from rest_framework.decorators import detail_route, list_route
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated, DjangoModelPermissions
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ class DomainAliasViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
 class AccountViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     """ViewSet for User/Mailbox."""
 
-    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated, DjangoModelPermissions, ]
+    filter_backends = [filters.SearchFilter]
     http_method_names = ["get", "post", "put", "delete"]
+    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated, DjangoModelPermissions, ]
+    search_fields = ("^first_name", "^last_name", "^email")
 
     def get_serializer_class(self):
         """Return a serializer."""
diff --git a/modoboa/admin/tests/test_api.py b/modoboa/admin/tests/test_api.py
index 2260d4ab9..f1a7c5088 100644
--- a/modoboa/admin/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/modoboa/admin/tests/test_api.py
@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ class AccountAPITestCase(ModoAPITestCase):
         response = response.json()
         self.assertEqual(len(response), 0)
 
+        response = self.client.get("{}?search=user@test.com".format(url))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        response = response.json()
+        self.assertEqual(len(response), 1)
+
     def test_create_account(self):
         """Try to create a new account."""
         url = reverse("api:account-list")