diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/search_autocomplete.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/search_autocomplete.js.es6
index 437f5dbbf7d60dd605279b06d904b8db5dc4a5cc..cec8856d4e758142e24d358fda4ccdf1c1181534 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/search_autocomplete.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/search_autocomplete.js.es6
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@
     }
 
     getCategoryContents() {
-      var dashboardOptions, groupOptions, issuesPath, items, mrPath, name, options, projectOptions, userId, utils;
+      var dashboardOptions, groupOptions, issuesPath, items, mrPath, name, options, projectOptions, userId, userName, utils;
       userId = gon.current_user_id;
+      userName = gon.current_username;
       utils = gl.utils, projectOptions = gl.projectOptions, groupOptions = gl.groupOptions, dashboardOptions = gl.dashboardOptions;
       if (utils.isInGroupsPage() && groupOptions) {
         options = groupOptions[utils.getGroupSlug()];
@@ -158,10 +159,10 @@
           header: "" + name
         }, {
           text: 'Issues assigned to me',
-          url: issuesPath + "/?assignee_id=" + userId
+          url: issuesPath + "/?assignee_username=" + userName
         }, {
           text: "Issues I've created",
-          url: issuesPath + "/?author_id=" + userId
+          url: issuesPath + "/?author_username=" + userName
         }, 'separator', {
           text: 'Merge requests assigned to me',
           url: mrPath + "/?assignee_id=" + userId
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb b/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb
index 4d4e04e9e35a37570e619cbd49c493d55a6c3aab..b8a5ac907a44f9356d385fa7ed88e661e3235afa 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
       if current_user
         gon.current_user_id = current_user.id
+        gon.current_username = current_user.username
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/features/search_spec.rb b/spec/features/search_spec.rb
index caecd027aaa4bda68c48387b3f3a5aa1e437e295..9a7079848a5eb478aa55bca623c8077d383953c7 100644
--- a/spec/features/search_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/search_spec.rb
@@ -169,16 +169,16 @@ describe "Search", feature: true  do
           find('.dropdown-menu').click_link 'Issues assigned to me'
           sleep 2
 
-          expect(page).to have_selector('.issues-holder')
-          expect(find('.js-assignee-search .dropdown-toggle-text')).to have_content(user.name)
+          expect(page).to have_selector('.filtered-search')
+          expect(find('.filtered-search').value).to eq("assignee:#{user.username}")
         end
 
         it 'takes user to her issues page when issues authored is clicked' do
           find('.dropdown-menu').click_link "Issues I've created"
           sleep 2
 
-          expect(page).to have_selector('.issues-holder')
-          expect(find('.js-author-search .dropdown-toggle-text')).to have_content(user.name)
+          expect(page).to have_selector('.filtered-search')
+          expect(find('.filtered-search').value).to eq("author:#{user.username}")
         end
 
         it 'takes user to her MR page when MR assigned is clicked' do