diff --git a/krusader/BookMan/krbookmarkhandler.h b/krusader/BookMan/krbookmarkhandler.h
--- a/krusader/BookMan/krbookmarkhandler.h
+++ b/krusader/BookMan/krbookmarkhandler.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 
     QPointer<QMenu>            _mainBookmarkPopup; // main bookmark popup menu
     QList<QAction *>           _specialBookmarks; // the action list of the special bookmarks
+    QString*                   _menuSearch; //Search as you type string for the bookmark menu
 };
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(KrBookmark *)
diff --git a/krusader/BookMan/krbookmarkhandler.cpp b/krusader/BookMan/krbookmarkhandler.cpp
--- a/krusader/BookMan/krbookmarkhandler.cpp
+++ b/krusader/BookMan/krbookmarkhandler.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
     _privateCollection = new KActionCollection(this);
     _collection = _mainWindow->actions();
 
+    _menuSearch = new QString();
+
     // create _root: father of all bookmarks. it is a dummy bookmark and never shown
     _root = new KrBookmark(i18n("Bookmarks"));
     _root->setParent(this);
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@
 {
     delete manager;
     delete _privateCollection;
+    delete _menuSearch;
 }
 
 void KrBookmarkHandler::bookmarkCurrent(QUrl url)
@@ -471,6 +474,51 @@
 
 bool KrBookmarkHandler::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *ev)
 {
+    if(ev->type() == QEvent::Show){
+        *_menuSearch = "";
+    }
+
+    //Having it occur on keypress is consistent with other shortcuts,
+    //such as ctrl+w and the '&' bookmark shortcut standard
+    //(&movies makes m a shortcut for said bookmark)
+    if(ev->type() == QEvent::KeyPress && obj->inherits("QMenu")){
+        QKeyEvent* kev = static_cast<QKeyEvent *>(ev);
+        if( kev->modifiers() != Qt::NoModifier ||
+            kev->text().isEmpty() ||
+            kev->key() == Qt::Key_Delete){
+            return QObject::eventFilter(obj, ev);
+        }
+        if (kev->key() == Qt::Key_Backspace){
+            _menuSearch->chop(1);
+        }
+        else {
+            _menuSearch->append(kev->text());
+        }
+
+        QMenu *menu = static_cast<QMenu *>(obj);
+        QList<QAction*> acts = menu->actions();
+        QAction* found = NULL;
+        int menuSearchLength = _menuSearch->length();
+        for (auto& act : acts){
+            if (_specialBookmarks.contains(act)  || act->isSeparator()) continue;
+            if(act->text().left(menuSearchLength).compare(_menuSearch, Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0){
+                if (!found){
+                    found = act;
+                } else {
+                    menu->setActiveAction(found);
+                    return QObject::eventFilter(obj, ev);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (found){
+            found->activate(QAction::Trigger);
+            menu->close();
+        } else {
+            *_menuSearch = "";
+        }
+        return QObject::eventFilter(obj, ev);
+    }
+
     if (ev->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonRelease) {
         switch (static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(ev)->button()) {
         case Qt::RightButton: