diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 2ede07d..433ad7b 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 			new AddLocalCommand,
 			new RemoveLocalCommand,
 			new ListCommand,
+			new SearchCommand,
 			new ListInstalledCommand,
 			new AddOverrideCommand,
 			new RemoveOverrideCommand,
@@ -1273,6 +1274,42 @@
 	}
 }
 
+class SearchCommand : Command {
+	this()
+	{
+		this.name = "search";
+		this.argumentsPattern = "<query>";
+		this.description = "Seach for available packages.";
+		this.helpText = [
+			"Search all specified DUB registries for packages matching query."
+		];
+	}
+	override void prepare(scope CommandArgs args) {}
+	override int execute(Dub dub, string[] free_args, string[] app_args)
+	{
+		enforce(free_args.length == 1, "Expected one argument.");
+		auto res = dub.searchPackages(free_args[0]);
+		if (res.empty)
+		{
+			logError("No matches found.");
+			return 1;
+		}
+		auto justify = res
+			.map!((descNmatches) => descNmatches[1])
+			.joiner
+			.map!(m => m.name.length + m.version_.length)
+			.reduce!max + " ()".length;
+		justify += (~justify & 3) + 1; // round to next multiple of 4
+		foreach (desc, matches; res)
+		{
+			logInfo("==== %s ====", desc);
+			foreach (m; matches)
+				logInfo("%s%s", leftJustify(m.name ~ " (" ~ m.version_ ~ ")", justify), m.description);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 /* OVERRIDES                                                                  */
@@ -1754,4 +1791,3 @@
 {
 	logWarn("The '%s' Command was renamed to '%s'. Please update your scripts.", prev, curr);
 }
-
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index d06f888..7741e6a 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -683,6 +683,12 @@
 		m_packageManager.removeSearchPath(makeAbsolute(path), system ? LocalPackageType.system : LocalPackageType.user);
 	}
 
+	auto searchPackages(string query)
+	{
+		return m_packageSuppliers.map!(ps => tuple(ps.description, ps.searchPackages(query)))
+			.filter!(t => t[1].length);
+	}
+
 	void createEmptyPackage(Path path, string[] deps, string type, PackageFormat format = PackageFormat.sdl)
 	{
 		if (!path.absolute) path = m_rootPath ~ path;
diff --git a/source/dub/packagesupplier.d b/source/dub/packagesupplier.d
index 782fd65..64096c3 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagesupplier.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagesupplier.d
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 
 	/// perform cache operation
 	void cacheOp(Path cacheDir, CacheOp op);
+
+	static struct SearchResult { string name, description, version_; }
+	SearchResult[] searchPackages(string query);
 }
 
 /// operations on package supplier cache
@@ -92,6 +95,10 @@
 	void cacheOp(Path cacheDir, CacheOp op) {
 	}
 
+	SearchResult[] searchPackages(string query) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	private Path bestPackageFile(string packageId, Dependency dep, bool pre_release)
 	{
 		Path toPath(Version ver) {
@@ -216,6 +223,21 @@
 		return json;
 	}
 
+	SearchResult[] searchPackages(string query) {
+		import std.uri : encodeComponent;
+		auto url = m_registryUrl;
+		url.localURI = "/api/packages/search?q="~encodeComponent(query);
+		string data;
+		try
+			data = cast(string)download(url);
+		catch (Exception)
+			return null;
+		import std.algorithm : map;
+		return data.parseJson.opt!(Json[])
+			.map!(j => SearchResult(j["name"].opt!string, j["description"].opt!string, j["version"].opt!string))
+			.array;
+	}
+
 	private Json getBestPackage(string packageId, Dependency dep, bool pre_release)
 	{
 		Json md = getMetadata(packageId);
diff --git a/test/feat663-search.sh b/test/feat663-search.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1f6f3a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/feat663-search.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+${DUB} search 2>/dev/null && exit 1
+${DUB} search nonexistent123456789package 2>/dev/null && exit 1
+${DUB} search dub | grep -q '^dub' || exit 1