diff --git a/taiga/base/filters.py b/taiga/base/filters.py
index cd802eee..a0b994a1 100644
--- a/taiga/base/filters.py
+++ b/taiga/base/filters.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
+import operator
+from functools import reduce
 
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.db.models.sql.where import ExtraWhere, OR
@@ -214,3 +215,28 @@ class TagsFilter(FilterBackend):
             queryset = tags.filter(queryset, contains=query_tags)
 
         return super().filter_queryset(request, queryset, view)
+
+
+class SearchFieldFilter(filters.SearchFilter):
+    """Search filter that looks up the search param in the parameter named after the search field,
+    that is: ?<search field>=... instead of looking for the search param: ?search=...
+    This way you can search in a field-specific way.
+    """
+    def get_search_terms(self, request, field):
+        params = request.QUERY_PARAMS.get(field, '')
+        return params.replace(',', ' ').split()
+
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        search_fields = getattr(view, "search_fields", None)
+        if not search_fields:
+            return queryset
+
+        lookups = dict((self.construct_search(field), self.get_search_terms(request, field))
+                       for field in search_fields)
+
+        for lookup, values in lookups.items():
+            or_queries = [Q(**{lookup: value}) for value in values]
+            if or_queries:
+                queryset = queryset.filter(reduce(operator.or_, or_queries))
+
+        return queryset
diff --git a/taiga/projects/userstories/api.py b/taiga/projects/userstories/api.py
index 667178df..78ef81ac 100644
--- a/taiga/projects/userstories/api.py
+++ b/taiga/projects/userstories/api.py
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ class UserStoryViewSet(OCCResourceMixin, HistoryResourceMixin, WatchedResourceMi
     list_serializer_class = serializers.UserStorySerializer
     permission_classes = (permissions.UserStoryPermission,)
 
-    filter_backends = (filters.CanViewUsFilterBackend, filters.TagsFilter)
+    filter_backends = (filters.CanViewUsFilterBackend, filters.TagsFilter,
+                       filters.SearchFieldFilter)
     retrieve_exclude_filters = (filters.TagsFilter,)
     filter_fields = ['project', 'milestone', 'milestone__isnull', 'status', 'is_archived']
+    search_fields = ('subject',)
 
     # Specific filter used for filtering neighbor user stories
     _neighbor_tags_filter = filters.TagsFilter('neighbor_tags')
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_userstories.py b/tests/integration/test_userstories.py
index 9a508261..a127b972 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_userstories.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_userstories.py
@@ -51,3 +51,16 @@ def test_api_delete_userstory(client):
     response = client.delete(url)
 
     assert response.status_code == 204
+
+
+def test_api_filter_by_subject(client):
+    f.create_userstory()
+    us = f.create_userstory(subject="some random subject")
+    url = reverse("userstories-list") + "?subject=some subject"
+
+    client.login(us.owner)
+    response = client.get(url)
+    number_of_stories = len(response.data)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert number_of_stories == 1, number_of_stories