diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index f8c5b6a8b..a0c6a9b23 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -5400,7 +5400,9 @@ sub git_project_list_rows {
 			print "</td>\n";
 		}
 		print "<td>" . $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>$pr->{'path'}, action=>"summary"),
-		                        -class => "list"}, esc_html($pr->{'path'})) . "</td>\n" .
+		                        -class => "list"},
+		                       esc_html_match_hl($pr->{'path'}, $search_regexp)) .
+		      "</td>\n" .
 		      "<td>" . $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>$pr->{'path'}, action=>"summary"),
 		                        -class => "list", -title => $pr->{'descr_long'}},
 		                        esc_html($pr->{'descr'})) . "</td>\n" .