diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/home/views.py b/rhodecode/apps/home/views.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/home/views.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/home/views.py
@@ -211,6 +211,39 @@ class HomeView(BaseAppView):
             }
             for obj in acl_iter]
 
+    def _get_user_groups_list(self, name_contains=None, limit=20):
+        org_query = name_contains
+        if not name_contains:
+            return []
+
+        name_contains = re.compile('(?:user_group:)(.+)').findall(name_contains)
+        if len(name_contains) != 1:
+            return []
+        name_contains = name_contains[0]
+
+        query = UserGroup.query()\
+            .order_by(func.length(UserGroup.users_group_name))\
+            .order_by(UserGroup.users_group_name)
+
+        if name_contains:
+            ilike_expression = u'%{}%'.format(safe_unicode(name_contains))
+            query = query.filter(
+                UserGroup.users_group_name.ilike(ilike_expression))
+            query = query.limit(limit)
+
+        acl_iter = query
+
+        return [
+            {
+                'id': obj.users_group_id,
+                'value': org_query,
+                'value_display': obj.users_group_name,
+                'type': 'user_group',
+                'url': h.route_path(
+                    'user_group_profile', user_group_name=obj.users_group_name)
+            }
+            for obj in acl_iter]
+
     def _get_hash_commit_list(self, auth_user, query):
         org_query = query
         if not query or len(query) < 3:
@@ -309,6 +342,10 @@ class HomeView(BaseAppView):
             for serialized_user in users:
                 res.append(serialized_user)
 
+            user_groups = self._get_user_groups_list(query)
+            for serialized_user_group in user_groups:
+                res.append(serialized_user_group)
+
         commits = self._get_hash_commit_list(c.auth_user, query)
         if commits:
             unique_repos = collections.OrderedDict()
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako b/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako
@@ -404,9 +404,11 @@ Enter name of repository, or repository 
 
 Prefix query to allow special search:
 
-For usernames, e.g user:admin
+user:admin, to search for usernames
 
-For commit hash/id, e.g commit:efced4
+user_group:devops, to search for user groups
+
+commit:efced4, to search for commits
 
         </div>
        </li>
@@ -544,6 +546,9 @@ For commit hash/id, e.g commit:efced4
             else if (searchType === 'repo_group') {
                 icon += '<i class="icon-folder-close"></i> ';
             }
+            else if (searchType === 'user_group') {
+                icon += '<i class="icon-group"></i> ';
+            }
             else if (searchType === 'user') {
                 icon += '<img class="gravatar" src="{0}"/>'.format(data['icon_link']);
             }