diff --git a/akonadi/CMakeLists.txt b/akonadi/CMakeLists.txt
index fd15e6338..9bcae53a2 100644
--- a/akonadi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/akonadi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,260 +1,262 @@
 project(akonadi-kde)
 
 add_definitions( -DKDE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_AREA=5250 )
 
 set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${KDE4_ENABLE_EXCEPTIONS}" )
 if(CMAKE_COMPILE_GCOV)
   set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage")
 endif(CMAKE_COMPILE_GCOV)
 
 if (KDE4_BUILD_TESTS)
    # only with this macro the AKONADI_TESTS_EXPORT macro will do something
    add_definitions(-DCOMPILING_TESTS)
 add_subdirectory( tests )
 endif (KDE4_BUILD_TESTS)
 
 add_definitions( -DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII )
 add_definitions( -DQT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII )
 
 add_subdirectory( kabc )
 add_subdirectory( kmime )
 
 include_directories(
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
   ${QT_QTDBUS_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${KDE4_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${AKONADI_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${AKONADI_INCLUDE_DIR}/akonadi/private
 )
 
 # libakonadi-kde
 
 set( akonadikde_LIB_SRC
   entity.cpp # keep it at top to not break enable-final
   agentbase.cpp
   agentfilterproxymodel.cpp
   agentinstance.cpp
   agentinstancecreatejob.cpp
   agentinstancemodel.cpp
   agentinstancewidget.cpp
   agentmanager.cpp
   agenttype.cpp
   agenttypemodel.cpp
   agenttypewidget.cpp
   agenttypedialog.cpp
   attribute.cpp
   attributefactory.cpp
   cachepolicy.cpp
   cachepolicypage.cpp
   changerecorder.cpp
   collection.cpp
   collectioncopyjob.cpp
   collectioncreatejob.cpp
   collectiondeletejob.cpp
   collectiondialog.cpp
   collectionfilterproxymodel.cpp
   collectiongeneralpropertiespage.cpp
   collectionfetchjob.cpp
   collectionfetchscope.cpp
   collectionmodel.cpp
   collectionmodel_p.cpp
   collectionmodifyjob.cpp
   collectionmovejob.cpp
   collectionpathresolver.cpp
   collectionpropertiesdialog.cpp
   collectionpropertiespage.cpp
   collectionrequester.cpp
   collectionrightsattribute.cpp
   collectionselectjob.cpp
   collectionstatistics.cpp
   collectionstatisticsdelegate.cpp
   collectionstatisticsjob.cpp
   collectionstatisticsmodel.cpp
   collectionsync.cpp
   collectionview.cpp
   control.cpp
   descendantsproxymodel.cpp
   entitycache.cpp
   entitydisplayattribute.cpp
   entityhiddenattribute.cpp
   entitytreemodel.cpp
   entitytreemodel_p.cpp
   entityfilterproxymodel.cpp
   entitytreeviewstatesaver.cpp
   erroroverlay.cpp
   exception.cpp
   favoritecollectionsmodel.cpp
   firstrun.cpp
   flatcollectionproxymodel.cpp
   item.cpp
   itemcreatejob.cpp
   itemcopyjob.cpp
   itemdeletejob.cpp
   itemfetchjob.cpp
   itemfetchscope.cpp
   itemmodel.cpp
   itemmonitor.cpp
   itemmovejob.cpp
+  itemsearchjob.cpp
   itemserializer.cpp
   itemserializerplugin.cpp
   itemmodifyjob.cpp
   itemsync.cpp
   itemview.cpp
   job.cpp
   linkjob.cpp
   mimetypechecker.cpp
   monitor.cpp
   monitor_p.cpp
   pastehelper.cpp
   preprocessorbase.cpp
   protocolhelper.cpp
   resourcebase.cpp
   resourcescheduler.cpp
   resourceselectjob.cpp
   searchcreatejob.cpp
   selectionproxymodel.cpp
   selftestdialog.cpp
   session.cpp
   servermanager.cpp
   standardactionmanager.cpp
   statisticsproxymodel.cpp
   statisticstooltipproxymodel.cpp
   subscriptionjob.cpp
   subscriptionchangeproxymodel.cpp
   subscriptiondialog.cpp
   subscriptionmodel.cpp
   transactionjobs.cpp
   transactionsequence.cpp
   unlinkjob.cpp
 # Temporary until ported to Qt-plugin framework
   pluginloader.cpp
 )
 
 # DBus interfaces and adaptors
 set(akonadi_xml ${AKONADI_DBUS_INTERFACES_DIR}/org.freedesktop.Akonadi.NotificationManager.xml)
 set_source_files_properties(${akonadi_xml} PROPERTIES INCLUDE "notificationmessage_p.h")
 qt4_add_dbus_interface( akonadikde_LIB_SRC ${akonadi_xml} notificationmanagerinterface )
 qt4_add_dbus_interfaces( akonadikde_LIB_SRC ${AKONADI_DBUS_INTERFACES_DIR}/org.freedesktop.Akonadi.AgentManager.xml )
 qt4_add_dbus_interfaces( akonadikde_LIB_SRC ${AKONADI_DBUS_INTERFACES_DIR}/org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Tracer.xml )
 qt4_add_dbus_adaptor( akonadikde_LIB_SRC ${AKONADI_DBUS_INTERFACES_DIR}/org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Resource.xml resourcebase.h Akonadi::ResourceBase )
 qt4_add_dbus_adaptor( akonadikde_LIB_SRC ${AKONADI_DBUS_INTERFACES_DIR}/org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Preprocessor.xml preprocessorbase.h Akonadi::PreprocessorBase )
 qt4_add_dbus_adaptor( akonadikde_LIB_SRC ${AKONADI_DBUS_INTERFACES_DIR}/org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Agent.Status.xml agentbase.h Akonadi::AgentBase )
 qt4_add_dbus_adaptor( akonadikde_LIB_SRC ${AKONADI_DBUS_INTERFACES_DIR}/org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Agent.Control.xml agentbase.h Akonadi::AgentBase )
 
 kde4_add_ui_files( akonadikde_LIB_SRC
   cachepolicypage.ui
   collectiongeneralpropertiespage.ui
   subscriptiondialog.ui
   controlprogressindicator.ui
   selftestdialog.ui
 )
 
 kde4_add_library( akonadi-kde SHARED ${akonadikde_LIB_SRC} )
 
 macro_ensure_version( "4.2.0" ${KDE_VERSION} KDE_IS_AT_LEAST_42 )
 
 target_link_libraries( akonadi-kde ${KDE4_SOLID_LIBS} ${QT_QTNETWORK_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTDBUS_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTSQL_LIBRARY} ${KDE4_KDEUI_LIBS} ${KDE4_KIO_LIBS} ${AKONADI_COMMON_LIBRARIES} )
 set( AKONADI_KDE_DEPS ${KDE4_KDEUI_LIBS} ${QT_QTDBUS_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY} )
 
 if(${KDE_IS_AT_LEAST_42})
 target_link_libraries( akonadi-kde LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES ${AKONADI_KDE_DEPS})
 else(${KDE_IS_AT_LEAST_42})
 target_link_libraries( akonadi-kde ${AKONADI_KDE_DEPS})
 endif(${KDE_IS_AT_LEAST_42})
 
 
 set_target_properties( akonadi-kde PROPERTIES VERSION ${GENERIC_LIB_VERSION} SOVERSION ${GENERIC_LIB_SOVERSION} )
 install( TARGETS akonadi-kde EXPORT kdepimlibsLibraryTargets  ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
 
 ########### install files ###############
 
 install( FILES
   akonadi_export.h
   agentbase.h
   agentfilterproxymodel.h
   agentinstance.h
   agentinstancecreatejob.h
   agentinstancemodel.h
   agentinstancewidget.h
   agentmanager.h
   agenttype.h
   agenttypemodel.h
   agenttypewidget.h
   agenttypedialog.h
   attribute.h
   attributefactory.h
   cachepolicy.h
   changerecorder.h
   collection.h
   collectioncopyjob.h
   collectioncreatejob.h
   collectiondeletejob.h
   collectiondialog.h
   collectionfilterproxymodel.h
   collectionfetchjob.h
   collectionfetchscope.h
   collectionmodel.h
   collectionmodifyjob.h
   collectionpropertiesdialog.h
   collectionpropertiespage.h
   collectionrequester.h
   collectionstatisticsdelegate.h
   collectionstatisticsmodel.h
   collectionstatistics.h
   collectionstatisticsjob.h
   collectionview.h
   control.h
   descendantsproxymodel.h
   entity.h
   entitydisplayattribute.h
   entityhiddenattribute.h
   entitytreemodel.h
   entityfilterproxymodel.h
   entitytreeviewstatesaver.h
   exception.h
   favoritecollectionsmodel.h
   item.h
   itemcreatejob.h
   itemcopyjob.h
   itemdeletejob.h
   itemfetchjob.h
   itemfetchscope.h
   itemmodel.h
   itemmodifyjob.h
   itemmonitor.h
   itemmovejob.h
   itempayloadinternals_p.h
+  itemsearchjob.h
   itemserializerplugin.h
   itemsync.h
   itemview.h
   job.h
   linkjob.h
   mimetypechecker.h
   monitor.h
   qtest_akonadi.h
   preprocessorbase.h
   resourcebase.h
   searchcreatejob.h
   selectionproxymodel.h
   session.h
   servermanager.h
   standardactionmanager.h
   statisticsproxymodel.h
   statisticstooltipproxymodel.h
   transactionjobs.h
   transactionsequence.h
   unlinkjob.h
   DESTINATION ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}/akonadi COMPONENT Devel
 )
 
 install( FILES
    collectionpathresolver_p.h
    DESTINATION ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}/akonadi/private COMPONENT Devel
    )
 
 install( FILES
   kcfg2dbus.xsl
   DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/akonadi-kde
 )
diff --git a/akonadi/itemsearchjob.cpp b/akonadi/itemsearchjob.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d77ec0369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akonadi/itemsearchjob.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (c) 2009 Tobias Koenig <tokoe@kde.org>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+    option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Library General Public
+    License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to the
+    Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+    02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#include "itemsearchjob.h"
+
+#include "imapparser_p.h"
+#include "job_p.h"
+
+using namespace Akonadi;
+
+class Akonadi::ItemSearchJobPrivate : public JobPrivate
+{
+  public:
+    ItemSearchJobPrivate( ItemSearchJob *parent, const QString &query )
+      : JobPrivate( parent ), mQuery( query )
+    {
+    }
+
+    QString mQuery;
+    Item::List mItems;
+};
+
+ItemSearchJob::ItemSearchJob( const QString & query, QObject * parent )
+  : Job( new ItemSearchJobPrivate( this, query ), parent )
+{
+}
+
+ItemSearchJob::~ItemSearchJob()
+{
+}
+
+void ItemSearchJob::doStart()
+{
+  Q_D( ItemSearchJob );
+
+  QByteArray command = d->newTag() + " SEARCH ";
+  command += ImapParser::quote( d->mQuery.toUtf8() );
+  command += '\n';
+  d->writeData( command );
+}
+
+void ItemSearchJob::doHandleResponse( const QByteArray & tag, const QByteArray & data )
+{
+  Q_D( ItemSearchJob );
+
+  if ( tag == "*" ) {
+    int begin = data.indexOf( "SEARCH" );
+    if ( begin >= 0 ) {
+
+      // split search response into key/value pairs
+      QList<QByteArray> searchResponse;
+      ImapParser::parseParenthesizedList( data, searchResponse, begin + 7 );
+
+      // create a new item object
+      Item::Id uid = -1;
+
+      for ( int i = 0; i < searchResponse.count() - 1; i += 2 ) {
+        const QByteArray key = searchResponse.value( i );
+        const QByteArray value = searchResponse.value( i + 1 );
+
+        if ( key == "UID" )
+          uid = value.toLongLong();
+      }
+
+      if ( uid < 0 ) {
+        kWarning() << "Broken search response: UID missing!";
+        return;
+      }
+
+      Item item( uid );
+      if ( !item.isValid() )
+        return;
+
+      d->mItems.append( item );
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+Item::List ItemSearchJob::items() const
+{
+  Q_D( const ItemSearchJob );
+
+  return d->mItems;
+}
+
+#include "itemsearchjob.moc"
diff --git a/akonadi/itemsearchjob.h b/akonadi/itemsearchjob.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaba51f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akonadi/itemsearchjob.h
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (c) 2009 Tobias Koenig <tokoe@kde.org>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+    option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Library General Public
+    License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to the
+    Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+    02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef AKONADI_ITEMSEARCHJOB_H
+#define AKONADI_ITEMSEARCHJOB_H
+
+#include <akonadi/item.h>
+#include <akonadi/job.h>
+
+namespace Akonadi {
+
+class ItemSearchJobPrivate;
+
+/**
+ * @short Job that searches for items in the Akonadi storage.
+ *
+ * This job searches for items that match a given search query and returns
+ * the list of item ids.
+ *
+ * @code
+ *
+ * const QString query = "..."; // some sparql query
+ *
+ * Akonadi::ItemSearchJob *job = new Akonadi::ItemSearchJob( query );
+ * connect( job, SIGNAL( result( KJob* ) ), this, SLOT( searchResult( KJob* ) ) );
+ *
+ * ...
+ *
+ * MyClass::searchResult( KJob *job )
+ * {
+ *   Akonadi::ItemSearchJob *searchJob = qobject_cast<Akonadi::ItemSearchJob*>( job );
+ *   const Akonadi::Item::List items = searchJob->items();
+ *   foreach ( const Akonadi::Item &item, items ) {
+ *     // fetch the full payload of 'item'
+ *   }
+ * }
+ *
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @author Tobias Koenig <tokoe@kde.org>
+ */
+class AKONADI_EXPORT ItemSearchJob : public Job
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+  public:
+    /**
+     * Creates an item search job.
+     *
+     * @param query The search query in SPARQL format.
+     * @param parent The parent object.
+     */
+    ItemSearchJob( const QString &query, QObject *parent = 0 );
+
+    /**
+     * Destroys the item search job.
+     */
+    ~ItemSearchJob();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the items that matched the search query.
+     *
+     * @note The items only contain the uid but no payload.
+     */
+    Item::List items() const;
+
+  protected:
+    void doStart();
+    virtual void doHandleResponse( const QByteArray &tag, const QByteArray &data );
+
+  private:
+    Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE( ItemSearchJob )
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif