diff --git a/src/tests/dolphinsearchboxtest.cpp b/src/tests/dolphinsearchboxtest.cpp
--- a/src/tests/dolphinsearchboxtest.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/dolphinsearchboxtest.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2011 by Peter Penz <peter.penz19@gmail.com>             *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2019 by Ismael Asensio <isma.af@gmail.com>              *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
@@ -18,9 +19,21 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "search/dolphinsearchbox.h"
+#include "search/dolphinquerymodel.h"
 
 #include <QTest>
 
+#include <config-baloo.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_BALOO
+#include <Baloo/IndexerConfig>
+#include <QDate>
+#include <QJsonDocument>
+#include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QStringList>
+#include <QUrl>
+#include <QUrlQuery>
+#endif
+
 class DolphinSearchBoxTest : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -30,14 +43,18 @@
     void cleanup();
 
     void testTextClearing();
-
+#ifdef HAVE_BALOO
+    void testBalooSearchParsing_data();
+    void testBalooSearchParsing();
+#endif
 private:
     DolphinSearchBox* m_searchBox;
 };
 
 void DolphinSearchBoxTest::init()
 {
     m_searchBox = new DolphinSearchBox();
+    m_searchBox->show();  //required to initialize the searchbox widgets
 }
 
 void DolphinSearchBoxTest::cleanup()
@@ -64,6 +81,120 @@
     QVERIFY(m_searchBox->text().isEmpty());
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_BALOO
+/**
+ * Defines the parameters for the test cases in testBalooSearchParsing()
+ */
+void DolphinSearchBoxTest::testBalooSearchParsing_data()
+{
+    const Baloo::IndexerConfig searchInfo;
+    if (!searchInfo.fileIndexingEnabled()) {
+        QSKIP("Baloo is not available. Not-indexed search is used instead");
+    }
+
+    const QString text = QStringLiteral("xyz");
+    const QString filename = QStringLiteral("filename:\"xyz\"");
+    const QString rating = QStringLiteral("rating>=2 ");
+    const QString modified = QString("modified>=%1 ").arg(QDate::currentDate().toString(Qt::DateFormat::ISODate));
+
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("searchString");
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("expectedText");
+    QTest::addColumn<QStringList>("expectedTerms");
+
+    // Test for "Content"
+    QTest::newRow("content")              << text    << text << QStringList();
+    QTest::newRow("content/empty")        << ""      << ""   << QStringList();
+    QTest::newRow("content/singleQuote")  << "\""    << ""   << QStringList();
+    QTest::newRow("content/doubleQuote")  << "\"\""  << ""   << QStringList();
+    // Test for empty `filename`
+    QTest::newRow("filename")             << filename         << text << QStringList();
+    QTest::newRow("filename/empty")       << "filename:"      << ""   << QStringList();
+    QTest::newRow("filename/singleQuote") << "filename:\""    << ""   << QStringList();
+    QTest::newRow("filename/doubleQuote") << "filename:\"\""  << ""   << QStringList();
+
+    // Test for rating
+    QTest::newRow("rating")          << rating            << ""   << QStringList({rating});
+    QTest::newRow("rating+content")  << rating + text     << text << QStringList({rating});
+    QTest::newRow("rating+filename") << rating + filename << text << QStringList({rating});
+    // Test for modified date
+    QTest::newRow("modified")          << modified            << ""   << QStringList({modified});
+    QTest::newRow("modified+content")  << modified + text     << text << QStringList({modified});
+    QTest::newRow("modified+filename") << modified + filename << text << QStringList({modified});
+    // Combined tests
+    QTest::newRow("rating+modified")          << rating + "AND " + modified            << ""   << QStringList({modified, rating});
+    QTest::newRow("rating+modified+content")  << rating + "AND " + modified + text     << text << QStringList({modified, rating});
+    QTest::newRow("rating+modified+filename") << rating + "AND " + modified + filename << text << QStringList({modified, rating});
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to compose the baloo query URL used for searching
+ */
+QUrl _composeQueryUrl(const QString searchString)
+{
+    QJsonObject jsonObject {
+        {"searchString", searchString}
+    };
+
+    QJsonDocument doc(jsonObject);
+    QByteArray docByteArray = doc.toJson(QJsonDocument::Compact);
+    QString queryString = QLatin1String(docByteArray);
+
+    QUrlQuery urlQuery;
+    urlQuery.addQueryItem(QStringLiteral("json"), queryString);
+
+    QUrl searchUrl;
+    searchUrl.setScheme(QLatin1String("baloosearch"));
+    searchUrl.setQuery(urlQuery);
+
+    return searchUrl;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The test verifies whether the different terms of a Baloo search URL ("baloosearch:") are
+ * properly handled by the searchbox, and only "user" or filename terms are added to the
+ * text bar of the searchbox.
+ */
+void DolphinSearchBoxTest::testBalooSearchParsing()
+{
+    QFETCH(QString, searchString);
+    QFETCH(QString, expectedText);
+    QFETCH(QStringList, expectedTerms);
+
+    QUrl testUrl = _composeQueryUrl(searchString);
+    DolphinQueryModel queryModel = DolphinQueryModel::fromBalooSearchUrl(testUrl);
+
+    QStringList searchTerms = queryModel.searchTerms();
+    searchTerms.sort();
+
+    // FIXME: Current parsing bugs
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("content/singleQuote", "Quotes around text are shown", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("content/doubleQuote", "Quotes around text are shown", Continue);
+
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("filename",             "Quotes around text are shown", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("filename/singleQuote", "Quotes around text are shown", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("filename/doubleQuote", "Quotes around text are shown", Continue);
+
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("rating"                  , "Text includes also search terms", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("rating+content"          , "Text includes also search terms", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("rating+filename"         , "Text includes also search terms", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("modified"                , "Text includes also search terms", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("modified+content"        , "Text includes also search terms", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("modified+filename"       , "Text includes also search terms", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("rating+modified"         , "Text includes also search terms", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("rating+modified+content" , "Text includes also search terms", Continue);
+    QEXPECT_FAIL("rating+modified+filename", "Text includes also search terms", Continue);
+
+    // Check for parsed text (would be displayed on the input search bar)
+    QCOMPARE(queryModel.text(), expectedText);
+
+    // Check for parsed search terms (would be displayed by the facetsWidget)
+    QCOMPARE(searchTerms.count(), expectedTerms.count());
+    for (int i=0; i < expectedTerms.count(); i++) {
+        QCOMPARE(searchTerms.at(i).trimmed(), expectedTerms.at(i).trimmed());
+    }
+}
+#endif //HAVE_BALOO
+
 QTEST_MAIN(DolphinSearchBoxTest)
 
 #include "dolphinsearchboxtest.moc"