diff --git a/surf.c b/surf.c
index 9b4dbb9..bf54d84 100644
--- a/surf.c
+++ b/surf.c
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ typedef struct {
 } Button;
 
 typedef struct {
+       char *token;
+       char *uri;
+} SearchEngine;
+
+
+typedef struct {
 	char *regex;
 	char *style;
 	regex_t re;
@@ -124,6 +130,7 @@ static void newwindow(Client *c, const Arg *a, int noembed);
 static void spawn(Client *c, const Arg *a);
 static void destroyclient(Client *c);
 static void cleanup(void);
+static gchar *parseuri(const gchar *uri);
 
 /* GTK/WebKit */
 static WebKitWebView *newview(Client *c, WebKitWebView *rv);
@@ -350,13 +357,13 @@ loaduri(Client *c, const Arg *a)
 	if (g_strcmp0(uri, "") == 0)
 		return;
 
-	if (g_strrstr(uri, "://") || g_str_has_prefix(uri, "about:")) {
+	if (g_str_has_prefix(uri, "about:")) {
 		url = g_strdup(uri);
 	} else if (!stat(uri, &st) && (path = realpath(uri, NULL))) {
 		url = g_strdup_printf("file://%s", path);
 		free(path);
 	} else {
-		url = g_strdup_printf("http://%s", uri);
+		url = parseuri(uri);
 	}
 
 	setatom(c, AtomUri, url);
@@ -1205,6 +1212,21 @@ destroywin(GtkWidget* w, Client *c)
 		gtk_main_quit();
 }
 
+static 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_strdup(uri) : g_strdup_printf("http://%s", uri);
+}
+
 void
 pasteuri(GtkClipboard *clipboard, const char *text, gpointer d)
 {