diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
index 27049f4c89e..a13764e8733 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@
                             <field name="auto_refresh"/>
                             <newline/>
                             <field name="view_mode"/>
-                            <field name="filter"/>                    
+                            <field name="filter"/>
+                            <field name="auto_search"/>
                             <field name="view_id"/>
                             <field name="search_view_id"/>
                         </page>
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
index abbc4877f0c..849d1b5064b 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ class act_window(osv.osv):
             'act_id', 'gid', 'Groups'),
         'search_view_id': fields.many2one('ir.ui.view', 'Search View Ref.'),
         'filter': fields.boolean('Filter'),
+        'auto_search':fields.boolean('Auto Search'),
         'default_user_ids': fields.many2many('res.users', 'ir_act_window_user_rel', 'act_id', 'uid', 'Users'),
         'search_view' : fields.function(_search_view, type='text', method=True, string='Search View'),
         'menus': fields.char('Menus', size=4096)
@@ -257,6 +258,7 @@ class act_window(osv.osv):
         'limit': lambda *a: 80,
         'target': lambda *a: 'current',
         'auto_refresh': lambda *a: 0,
+        'auto_search':lambda *a: True
     }
 act_window()