diff --git a/src/searchEngine.cpp b/src/searchEngine.cpp
index b47692a05..c1eff8c4a 100644
--- a/src/searchEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/searchEngine.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <QSystemTrayIcon>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <QTimer>
 
 #include "SearchListDelegate.h"
 #include "searchEngine.h"
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ SearchEngine::SearchEngine(bittorrent *BTSession, QSystemTrayIcon *myTrayIcon, b
   connect(searchProcess, SIGNAL(started()), this, SLOT(searchStarted()));
   connect(searchProcess, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardOutput()), this, SLOT(readSearchOutput()));
   connect(searchProcess, SIGNAL(finished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)), this, SLOT(searchFinished(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)));
+  searchTimeout = new QTimer(this);
+  searchTimeout->setSingleShot(true);
+  connect(searchTimeout, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(on_stop_search_button_clicked()));
   // Check last enabled search engines
   loadEngineSettings();
   // Update nova.py search plugin if necessary
@@ -92,6 +96,7 @@ SearchEngine::~SearchEngine(){
   saveColWidthSearchList();
   searchProcess->kill();
   searchProcess->waitForFinished();
+  delete searchTimeout;
   delete searchProcess;
   delete searchCompleter;
   delete SearchListModel;
@@ -245,6 +250,9 @@ void SearchEngine::on_search_button_clicked(){
     searchProcess->kill();
     searchProcess->waitForFinished();
   }
+  if(searchTimeout->isActive()) {
+    searchTimeout->stop();
+  }
   QString pattern = search_pattern->text().trimmed();
   // No search pattern entered
   if(pattern.isEmpty()){
@@ -279,6 +287,7 @@ void SearchEngine::on_search_button_clicked(){
   results_lbl->setText(tr("Results")+" <i>(0)</i>:");
   // Launch search
   searchProcess->start(misc::qBittorrentPath()+"search_engine"+QDir::separator()+"nova2.py", params, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+  searchTimeout->start(180000); // 3min
 }
 
 void SearchEngine::searchStarted(){
@@ -448,6 +457,7 @@ void SearchEngine::on_stop_search_button_clicked(){
   // Kill process
   searchProcess->terminate();
   search_stopped = true;
+  searchTimeout->stop();
 }
 
 // Clear search results list
diff --git a/src/searchEngine.h b/src/searchEngine.h
index 024e2a6e6..0da77d136 100644
--- a/src/searchEngine.h
+++ b/src/searchEngine.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class SearchListDelegate;
 class bittorrent;
 class QSystemTrayIcon;
 class downloadThread;
+class QTimer;
 
 class SearchEngine : public QWidget, public Ui::search_engine{
   Q_OBJECT
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class SearchEngine : public QWidget, public Ui::search_engine{
     bool systrayIntegration;
     downloadThread *downloader;
     QStringList enabled_engines;
+    QTimer *searchTimeout;
 
   public:
     SearchEngine(bittorrent *BTSession, QSystemTrayIcon *myTrayIcon, bool systrayIntegration);