diff --git a/source/dub/packagesuppliers/maven.d b/source/dub/packagesuppliers/maven.d
index eaee689..40c88bb 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagesuppliers/maven.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagesuppliers/maven.d
@@ -119,7 +119,13 @@
 
 	SearchResult[] searchPackages(string query)
 	{
-		return [];
+		// Only exact search is supported
+		// This enables retrival of dub packages on dub run
+		auto md = getMetadata(query);
+		if (md.type == Json.Type.null_)
+			return [];
+		auto json = getBestPackage(md, query, Dependency(">=0.0.0"), true);
+		return [SearchResult(json["name"].opt!string, "", json["version"].opt!string)];
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/issue1416-maven-repo-pkg-supplier.sh b/test/issue1416-maven-repo-pkg-supplier.sh
index 4f106b4..636ef31 100755
--- a/test/issue1416-maven-repo-pkg-supplier.sh
+++ b/test/issue1416-maven-repo-pkg-supplier.sh
@@ -24,5 +24,8 @@
 "$DUB" fetch maven-dubpackage --skip-registry=all --registry=mvn+http://localhost:$PORT/maven/release/dubpackages
 
 if ! dub remove maven-dubpackage --non-interactive --version=1.0.6 2>/dev/null; then
-    die 'DUB did not install latest package from maven registry.'
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+    die 'DUB fetch did not install latest package from maven registry.'
+fi
+
+echo "Trying to search (exact) maven-dubpackage"
+"$DUB" search maven-dubpackage --skip-registry=all --registry=mvn+http://localhost:$PORT/maven/release/dubpackages | grep -c "maven-dubpackage (1.0.6)"