diff --git a/seafevent_server/request_handler.py b/seafevent_server/request_handler.py
index 65930919..80a5ba0c 100644
--- a/seafevent_server/request_handler.py
+++ b/seafevent_server/request_handler.py
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ def search():
     query = data.get('query').strip()
     repos = data.get('repos')
     suffixes = data.get('suffixes')
+    search_path = data.get('search_path')
 
     if not query:
         return {'error_msg': 'query invalid.'}, 400
@@ -153,6 +154,6 @@ def search():
     except:
         count = 20
 
-    results = index_task_manager.keyword_search(query, repos, count, suffixes)
+    results = index_task_manager.keyword_search(query, repos, count, suffixes, search_path)
 
     return {'results': results}, 200
diff --git a/seasearch/index_store/index_manager.py b/seasearch/index_store/index_manager.py
index b83c660f..3c8eef53 100644
--- a/seasearch/index_store/index_manager.py
+++ b/seasearch/index_store/index_manager.py
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ def delete_repo_filename_index(self, repo_id, repo_filename_index, repo_status_f
         repo_filename_index.delete_index_by_index_name(repo_filename_index_name)
         repo_status_filename_index.delete_documents_by_repo(repo_id)
 
-    def keyword_search(self, query, repos, repo_filename_index, count, suffixes=None):
-        return repo_filename_index.search_files(repos, query, 0, count, suffixes)
+    def keyword_search(self, query, repos, repo_filename_index, count, suffixes=None, search_path=None):
+        return repo_filename_index.search_files(repos, query, 0, count, suffixes, search_path)
diff --git a/seasearch/index_store/repo_file_name_index.py b/seasearch/index_store/repo_file_name_index.py
index 852d5d08..70417e8a 100644
--- a/seasearch/index_store/repo_file_name_index.py
+++ b/seasearch/index_store/repo_file_name_index.py
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ class RepoFileNameIndex(object):
         }
     }
 
-
     def __init__(self, seasearch_api, repo_data, shard_num):
         self.seasearch_api = seasearch_api
         self.repo_data = repo_data
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ def _add_suffix_filter(self, query_map, suffixes):
                 query_map['bool']['filter'].append({'term': {'suffix': suffixes.lower()}})
         return query_map
 
-    def search_files(self, repos, keyword, start=0, size=10, suffixes=None):
+    def search_files(self, repos, keyword, start=0, size=10, suffixes=None, search_path=None):
         bulk_search_params = []
         for repo in repos:
             repo_id = repo[0]
@@ -134,9 +133,13 @@ def search_files(self, repos, keyword, start=0, size=10, suffixes=None):
 
             if origin_repo_id:
                 repo_id = origin_repo_id
-                query_map = self._add_path_filter(query_map, origin_path)
-            query_map = self._add_suffix_filter(query_map, suffixes)
+                if search_path:
+                    search_path = os.path.join(origin_path, search_path.strip('/'))
+                else:
+                    search_path = origin_path
 
+            query_map = self._add_suffix_filter(query_map, suffixes)
+            query_map = self._add_path_filter(query_map, search_path)
             data = {
                 'query': query_map,
                 'from': start,
diff --git a/seasearch/index_task/index_task_manager.py b/seasearch/index_task/index_task_manager.py
index 567e5453..72316ce5 100644
--- a/seasearch/index_task/index_task_manager.py
+++ b/seasearch/index_task/index_task_manager.py
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ def _parse_config(self, config):
             int(SHARD_NUM),
         )
 
-    def keyword_search(self, query, repos, count, suffixes):
+    def keyword_search(self, query, repos, count, suffixes, search_path):
         return self.index_manager.keyword_search(
-            query, repos, self._repo_filename_index, count, suffixes
+            query, repos, self._repo_filename_index, count, suffixes, search_path
         )