diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/issuable_form.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/issuable_form.js.coffee
index 898506fde3221a778cccf06189b23d2271a47193..5b7a4831dfc8fe1449b6649f9b8aedd6ea928dee 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/issuable_form.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/issuable_form.js.coffee
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ class @IssuableForm
             return {
               results: data
             }
+          data: (query) ->
+            {
+              search: query
+            }
         formatResult: (project) ->
           project.name_with_namespace
         formatSelection: (project) ->
diff --git a/app/controllers/autocomplete_controller.rb b/app/controllers/autocomplete_controller.rb
index 3865b2d61fd1be6091d711c6a9f8b51139486403..c89678cf2d8350ddf3b12cd2fe994e5bd3e5c864 100644
--- a/app/controllers/autocomplete_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/autocomplete_controller.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class AutocompleteController < ApplicationController
     project = Project.find_by_id(params[:project_id])
 
     projects = current_user.authorized_projects
+    projects = projects.search(params[:search]) if params[:search].present?
     projects = projects.select do |project|
       current_user.can?(:admin_issue, project)
     end