diff --git a/app/Models/Group.php b/app/Models/Group.php
index 1446d327e8..1938d6b965 100755
--- a/app/Models/Group.php
+++ b/app/Models/Group.php
@@ -36,4 +36,21 @@ class Group extends SnipeModel
     {
         return json_decode($this->permissions, true);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Query builder scope to search on text
+     *
+     * @param  Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder  $query  Query builder instance
+     * @param  text                              $search      Search term
+     *
+     * @return Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder          Modified query builder
+     */
+    public function scopeTextSearch($query, $search)
+    {
+
+        return $query->where(function ($query) use ($search) {
+
+            $query->where('name', 'LIKE', '%'.$search.'%');
+        });
+    }
 }