diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/dynamicTable.js b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/dynamicTable.js
index 78d0d5baf..3ad61d130 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/dynamicTable.js
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/dynamicTable.js
@@ -1268,12 +1268,9 @@ const TorrentsTable = new Class({
             }
         }
 
-        if (filterTerms) {
-            for (let i = 0; i < filterTerms.length; ++i) {
-                if (name.indexOf(filterTerms[i]) === -1)
-                    return false;
-            }
-        }
+        if ((filterTerms !== undefined) && (filterTerms !== null)
+            && (filterTerms.length > 0) && !containsAllTerms(name, filterTerms))
+            return false;
 
         return true;
     },
@@ -1517,16 +1514,6 @@ const SearchResultsTable = new Class({
     },
 
     getFilteredAndSortedRows: function() {
-        const containsAll = function(text, searchTerms) {
-            text = text.toLowerCase();
-            for (let i = 0; i < searchTerms.length; ++i) {
-                if (text.indexOf(searchTerms[i].toLowerCase()) === -1)
-                    return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        };
-
         const getSizeFilters = function() {
             let minSize = (searchSizeFilter.min > 0.00) ? (searchSizeFilter.min * Math.pow(1024, searchSizeFilter.minUnit)) : 0.00;
             let maxSize = (searchSizeFilter.max > 0.00) ? (searchSizeFilter.max * Math.pow(1024, searchSizeFilter.maxUnit)) : 0.00;
@@ -1571,8 +1558,8 @@ const SearchResultsTable = new Class({
             for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; ++i) {
                 const row = rows[i];
 
-                if (searchInTorrentName && !containsAll(row.full_data.fileName, searchTerms)) continue;
-                if ((filterTerms.length > 0) && !containsAll(row.full_data.fileName, filterTerms)) continue;
+                if (searchInTorrentName && !containsAllTerms(row.full_data.fileName, searchTerms)) continue;
+                if ((filterTerms.length > 0) && !containsAllTerms(row.full_data.fileName, filterTerms)) continue;
                 if ((sizeFilters.min > 0.00) && (row.full_data.fileSize < sizeFilters.min)) continue;
                 if ((sizeFilters.max > 0.00) && (row.full_data.fileSize > sizeFilters.max)) continue;
                 if ((seedsFilters.min > 0) && (row.full_data.nbSeeders < seedsFilters.min)) continue;
@@ -1907,12 +1894,7 @@ const TorrentFilesTable = new Class({
             }
         }
 
-        const lowercaseName = node.name.toLowerCase();
-        const matchesFilter = filterTerms.every(function(term) {
-            return (lowercaseName.indexOf(term) !== -1);
-        });
-
-        if (matchesFilter) {
+        if (containsAllTerms(node.name, filterTerms)) {
             const row = this.getRow(node);
             filteredRows.push(row);
             return true;
diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/misc.js b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/misc.js
index 589bb8548..b2b9e8b3c 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/misc.js
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/misc.js
@@ -167,3 +167,37 @@ function toFixedPointString(number, digits) {
     const power = Math.pow(10, digits);
     return (Math.floor(power * number) / power).toFixed(digits);
 }
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {String} text the text to search
+ * @param {Array<String>} terms terms to search for within the text
+ * @returns {Boolean} true if all terms match the text, false otherwise
+ */
+function containsAllTerms(text, terms) {
+    const textToSearch = text.toLowerCase();
+    for (let i = 0; i < terms.length; ++i) {
+        const term = terms[i].trim().toLowerCase();
+        if ((term[0] === '-')) {
+            // ignore lonely -
+            if (term.length === 1)
+                continue;
+            // disallow any text after -
+            if (textToSearch.indexOf(term.substring(1)) !== -1)
+                return false;
+        }
+        else if ((term[0] === '+')) {
+            // ignore lonely +
+            if (term.length === 1)
+                continue;
+            // require any text after +
+            if (textToSearch.indexOf(term.substring(1)) === -1)
+                return false;
+        }
+        else if (textToSearch.indexOf(term) === -1){
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}