diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
index 4519ed9bd5..9236d7e384 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "../mwworld/class.hpp"
 #include "../mwworld/esmstore.hpp"
 
+#include <MyGUI_Button.h>
+
 namespace MWGui
 {
     class ConsoleInterpreterContext : public MWScript::InterpreterContext
@@ -145,13 +147,17 @@ namespace MWGui
         getWidget(mCommandLine, "edit_Command");
         getWidget(mHistory, "list_History");
         getWidget(mSearchTerm, "edit_SearchTerm");
+        getWidget(mNextButton, "button_Next");
+        getWidget(mPreviousButton, "button_Previous");
 
         // Set up the command line box
         mCommandLine->eventEditSelectAccept += newDelegate(this, &Console::acceptCommand);
         mCommandLine->eventKeyButtonPressed += newDelegate(this, &Console::commandBoxKeyPress);
 
         // Set up the search term box
-        mSearchTerm->eventKeyButtonReleased += newDelegate(this, &Console::searchTermBoxKeyRelease);
+        mSearchTerm->eventEditSelectAccept += newDelegate(this, &Console::acceptSearchTerm);
+        mNextButton->eventMouseButtonClick += newDelegate(this, &Console::findNextOccurrence);
+        mPreviousButton->eventMouseButtonClick += newDelegate(this, &Console::findPreviousOccurence);
         
         // Set up the log window
         mHistory->setOverflowToTheLeft(true);
@@ -347,13 +353,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         }
     }
 
-    void Console::searchTermBoxKeyRelease(MyGUI::Widget* _sender, MyGUI::KeyCode key)
-    {
-        const std::string& searchTerm = mSearchTerm->getOnlyText();
-        if (searchTerm.empty())
-            return;
-    }
-
     void Console::acceptCommand(MyGUI::EditBox* _sender)
     {
         const std::string& cm = mCommandLine->getOnlyText();
@@ -381,6 +380,31 @@ namespace MWGui
         execute(cm);
     }
 
+    void Console::acceptSearchTerm(MyGUI::EditBox* _sender)
+    {
+        const std::string& searchTerm = mSearchTerm->getOnlyText();
+        if (searchTerm.length() <= 3)
+            return;
+
+        auto result = mHistory->getOnlyText().find(searchTerm);
+
+        // result ist nur der Index des Chars
+        // gescrollt wird aber mit Pixelwerten
+        // also muss man irgendwie umrechnen, welche Zeile welchem Pixelwert entspricht
+        mHistory->setTextSelection(result, result + searchTerm.length());
+        mHistory->setVScrollPosition(result);
+    }
+
+    void Console::findNextOccurrence(MyGUI::Widget* _sender)
+    {
+        print("Next");
+    }
+
+    void Console::findPreviousOccurence(MyGUI::Widget* _sender)
+    {
+        print("Prev");
+    }
+
     std::string Console::complete(std::string input, std::vector<std::string>& matches)
     {
         std::string output = input;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp
index 8e86ae7bd2..562a5f3200 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ namespace MWGui
         MyGUI::EditBox* mCommandLine;
         MyGUI::EditBox* mHistory;
         MyGUI::EditBox* mSearchTerm;
+        MyGUI::Button* mNextButton;
+        MyGUI::Button* mPreviousButton;
 
         typedef std::list<std::string> StringList;
 
@@ -79,10 +81,12 @@ namespace MWGui
         void updateConsoleTitle();
 
         void commandBoxKeyPress(MyGUI::Widget* _sender, MyGUI::KeyCode key, MyGUI::Char _char);
-        void searchTermBoxKeyRelease(MyGUI::Widget* _sender, MyGUI::KeyCode key);
-
         void acceptCommand(MyGUI::EditBox* _sender);
 
+        void acceptSearchTerm(MyGUI::EditBox* _sender);
+        void findNextOccurrence(MyGUI::Widget* _sender);
+        void findPreviousOccurence(MyGUI::Widget* _sender);
+
         std::string complete(std::string input, std::vector<std::string>& matches);
 
         Compiler::Extensions mExtensions;
diff --git a/files/data/mygui/openmw_console.layout b/files/data/mygui/openmw_console.layout
index 6af10ec3a0..ccb18e1ba6 100644
--- a/files/data/mygui/openmw_console.layout
+++ b/files/data/mygui/openmw_console.layout
@@ -24,9 +24,19 @@
     </Widget>
 
     <!-- Search box -->
-    <Widget type="EditBox" skin="MW_ConsoleCommand" position="264 0 120 28" align="Top Right" name="edit_SearchTerm">
+    <Widget type="EditBox" skin="MW_ConsoleCommand" position="250 1 115 28" align="Top Right" name="edit_SearchTerm">
         <Property key="InvertSelected" value="false"/>
     </Widget>
 
+    <!-- "Next" button -->
+    <Widget type="Button" skin="MW_Button" position="220 0 28 28" name="button_Next" align="Top Right">
+        <Property key="Caption" value=">"/>
+    </Widget>
+
+    <!-- "Previous" button -->
+    <Widget type="Button" skin="MW_Button" position="190 0 28 28" name="button_Previous" align="Top Right">
+        <Property key="Caption" value="<"/>
+    </Widget>
+
   </Widget>
 </MyGUI>