diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/BrowserHeader.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/BrowserHeader.qml
index 4a79f1638f..37188ae65e 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/BrowserHeader.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/BrowserHeader.qml
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@ Rectangle {
             Keys.onPressed: {
                 // TODO: disable browsing local files?  file://
                 if (event.key === Qt.Key_Enter || event.key === Qt.Key_Return){
+                    if (appSettings.browserSearchEngine !== Constants.browserSearchEngineNone && !Utils.isURL(text)) {
+                        switch (appSettings.browserSearchEngine) {
+                        case Constants.browserSearchEngineGoogle: currentWebView.url = "https://www.google.com/search?q=" + text; break;
+                        case Constants.browserSearchEngineYahoo: currentWebView.url = "https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=" + text; break;
+                        case Constants.browserSearchEngineDuckDuckGo: currentWebView.url = "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=" + text; break;
+                        }
+
+                        return
+                    }
+
                     currentWebView.url = determineRealURL(text);
                 }
             }