diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency_view.xml b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency_view.xml
index dd2c83a630f..bf54887da0b 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency_view.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency_view.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 <openerp>
     <data>
 
+        <record id="view_currency_search" model="ir.ui.view">
+            <field name="name">res.currency.search</field>
+            <field name="model">res.currency</field>
+            <field name="type">search</field>
+            <field name="arch" type="xml">
+                <search string="Currencies">
+                    <field name="name"/>
+                    <field name="active"/>
+                </search>
+            </field>
+        </record>
+
         <record id="view_currency_tree" model="ir.ui.view">
             <field name="name">res.currency.tree</field>
             <field name="model">res.currency</field>
@@ -62,6 +74,7 @@
             <field name="res_model">res.currency</field>
             <field name="view_type">form</field>
             <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
+            <field name="search_view_id" ref="view_currency_search"/>
         </record>
 
         <menuitem action="action_currency_form" id="menu_action_currency_form" parent="menu_localisation" sequence="3"/>