diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 813571b13..cd98888a9 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1724,6 +1724,88 @@ sub chop_and_escape_str {
 	}
 }
 
+# Highlight selected fragments of string, using given CSS class,
+# and escape HTML.  It is assumed that fragments do not overlap.
+# Regions are passed as list of pairs (array references).
+#
+# Example: esc_html_hl_regions("foobar", "mark", [ 0, 3 ]) returns
+# '<span class="mark">foo</span>bar'
+sub esc_html_hl_regions {
+	my ($str, $css_class, @sel) = @_;
+	return esc_html($str) unless @sel;
+
+	my $out = '';
+	my $pos = 0;
+
+	for my $s (@sel) {
+		$out .= esc_html(substr($str, $pos, $s->[0] - $pos))
+			if ($s->[0] - $pos > 0);
+		$out .= $cgi->span({-class => $css_class},
+		                   esc_html(substr($str, $s->[0], $s->[1] - $s->[0])));
+
+		$pos = $s->[1];
+	}
+	$out .= esc_html(substr($str, $pos))
+		if ($pos < length($str));
+
+	return $out;
+}
+
+# return positions of beginning and end of each match
+sub matchpos_list {
+	my ($str, $regexp) = @_;
+	return unless (defined $str && defined $regexp);
+
+	my @matches;
+	while ($str =~ /$regexp/g) {
+		push @matches, [$-[0], $+[0]];
+	}
+	return @matches;
+}
+
+# highlight match (if any), and escape HTML
+sub esc_html_match_hl {
+	my ($str, $regexp) = @_;
+	return esc_html($str) unless defined $regexp;
+
+	my @matches = matchpos_list($str, $regexp);
+	return esc_html($str) unless @matches;
+
+	return esc_html_hl_regions($str, 'match', @matches);
+}
+
+
+# highlight match (if any) of shortened string, and escape HTML
+sub esc_html_match_hl_chopped {
+	my ($str, $chopped, $regexp) = @_;
+	return esc_html_match_hl($str, $regexp) unless defined $chopped;
+
+	my @matches = matchpos_list($str, $regexp);
+	return esc_html($chopped) unless @matches;
+
+	# filter matches so that we mark chopped string
+	my $tail = "... "; # see chop_str
+	unless ($chopped =~ s/\Q$tail\E$//) {
+		$tail = '';
+	}
+	my $chop_len = length($chopped);
+	my $tail_len = length($tail);
+	my @filtered;
+
+	for my $m (@matches) {
+		if ($m->[0] > $chop_len) {
+			push @filtered, [ $chop_len, $chop_len + $tail_len ] if ($tail_len > 0);
+			last;
+		} elsif ($m->[1] > $chop_len) {
+			push @filtered, [ $m->[0], $chop_len + $tail_len ];
+			last;
+		}
+		push @filtered, $m;
+	}
+
+	return esc_html_hl_regions($chopped . $tail, 'match', @filtered);
+}
+
 ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## functions returning short strings
 
@@ -5368,10 +5450,17 @@ 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" .
+		                        -class => "list",
+		                        -title => $pr->{'descr_long'}},
+		                        $search_regexp
+		                        ? esc_html_match_hl_chopped($pr->{'descr_long'},
+		                                                    $pr->{'descr'}, $search_regexp)
+		                        : esc_html($pr->{'descr'})) .
+		      "</td>\n" .
 		      "<td><i>" . chop_and_escape_str($pr->{'owner'}, 15) . "</i></td>\n";
 		print "<td class=\"". age_class($pr->{'age'}) . "\">" .
 		      (defined $pr->{'age_string'} ? $pr->{'age_string'} : "No commits") . "</td>\n" .