diff --git a/surf.c b/surf.c
index f2170a4..8803c64 100644
--- a/surf.c
+++ b/surf.c
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ 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;
@@ -178,6 +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,
@@ -838,8 +845,7 @@ loaduri(Client *c, const Arg *arg)
 		u = g_strdup_printf("file://%s", rp);
 		free(rp);
 	} else {
-		u = g_strrstr(uri, "://") ? g_strdup(uri)
-		    : g_strdup_printf("http://%s", uri);
+        u = parseuri(uri);
 	}
 
 	setatom(c, AtomUri, uri);
@@ -1172,6 +1178,21 @@ menuactivate(GtkMenuItem *item, Client *c)
 	}
 }
 
+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)
 {