diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 93a3d49..df96d15 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ static SiteStyle styles[] = {
 	{ ".*",                 "default.css" },
 };
 
+/* search engines */
+static SearchEngine searchengines[] = {
+       { "g",   "http://www.google.de/search?q=%s"   },
+       { "leo", "http://dict.leo.org/ende?search=%s" },
+       { "ddg", "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s"       },
+};
+
 #define MODKEY GDK_CONTROL_MASK
 
 /* hotkeys */
diff --git a/surf.c b/surf.c
index 23c49bd..579848d 100644
--- a/surf.c
+++ b/surf.c
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ typedef struct {
 G_DEFINE_TYPE(CookieJar, cookiejar, SOUP_TYPE_COOKIE_JAR_TEXT)
 
 typedef struct {
+	char *token;
+	char *uri;
+} SearchEngine;
+
+typedef struct {
 	char *regex;
 	char *style;
 	regex_t re;
@@ -179,6 +184,7 @@ static void loaduri(Client *c, const Arg *arg);
 static void navigate(Client *c, const Arg *arg);
 static Client *newclient(void);
 static void newwindow(Client *c, const Arg *arg, gboolean noembed);
+static gchar *parseuri(const gchar *uri);
 static void pasteuri(GtkClipboard *clipboard, const char *text, gpointer d);
 static gboolean contextmenu(WebKitWebView *view, GtkWidget *menu,
                             WebKitHitTestResult *target, gboolean keyboard,
@@ -840,8 +846,7 @@ loaduri(Client *c, const Arg *arg)
 		u = g_strdup_printf("file://%s", rp);
 		free(rp);
 	} else {
-		u = g_strrstr(uri, "://") || g_str_has_prefix(uri, "about:") ? g_strdup(uri)
-		    : g_strdup_printf("http://%s", uri);
+		u = parseuri(uri);
 	}
 
 	setatom(c, AtomUri, uri);
@@ -1173,6 +1178,21 @@ menuactivate(GtkMenuItem *item, Client *c)
 	}
 }
 
+gchar *
+parseuri(const gchar *uri) {
+	guint i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(searchengines); i++) {
+		if (searchengines[i].token == NULL || searchengines[i].uri == NULL
+		    || *(uri + strlen(searchengines[i].token)) != ' ')
+			continue;
+		if (g_str_has_prefix(uri, searchengines[i].token))
+			return g_strdup_printf(searchengines[i].uri, uri + strlen(searchengines[i].token) + 1);
+	}
+	return g_strrstr(uri, "://") || g_str_has_prefix(uri, "about:") ? g_strdup(uri)
+	                 : g_strdup_printf("http://%s", uri);
+}
+
 void
 pasteuri(GtkClipboard *clipboard, const char *text, gpointer d)
 {