diff --git a/media/css/seahub.css b/media/css/seahub.css
index e73b997ac1..a7d99ac23e 100644
--- a/media/css/seahub.css
+++ b/media/css/seahub.css
@@ -2884,6 +2884,7 @@ button.sf-dropdown-toggle:focus {
 }
 #search-form,
 #search-user-form,
+#search-group-form,
 #search-repo-form {
     padding:7px 5px;
     background:#f7f7f8;
@@ -2985,10 +2986,12 @@ button.sf-dropdown-toggle:focus {
     margin:10px 15px 20px 0;
 }
 #search-repo-form label,
+#search-group-form label,
 #search-user-form label {
     width:3.5em;
 }
 #search-repo-form .submit,
+#search-group-form .submit,
 #search-user-form .submit {
     margin-left:3.5em;
 }
diff --git a/seahub/api2/endpoints/admin/groups.py b/seahub/api2/endpoints/admin/groups.py
index fd4d7cd143..2e7a2c66f7 100644
--- a/seahub/api2/endpoints/admin/groups.py
+++ b/seahub/api2/endpoints/admin/groups.py
@@ -42,12 +42,25 @@ class AdminGroups(APIView):
     permission_classes = (IsAdminUser,)
 
     def get(self, request):
-        """ List all groups
+        """ List all groups / search group by name
 
         Permission checking:
         1. Admin user;
         """
 
+        # search groups by name
+        group_name = request.GET.get('name', '')
+        group_name = group_name.strip()
+        return_results = []
+        if group_name:
+            # search by name(keyword in name)
+            groups_all = ccnet_api.search_groups(group_name, -1, -1)
+            for group in groups_all:
+                group_info = get_group_info(group.id)
+                return_results.append(group_info)
+
+            return Response({"name": group_name, "groups": return_results})
+
         try:
             current_page = int(request.GET.get('page', '1'))
             per_page = int(request.GET.get('per_page', '100'))
diff --git a/seahub/templates/js/sysadmin-templates.html b/seahub/templates/js/sysadmin-templates.html
index b439566af2..3cbac5d3aa 100644
--- a/seahub/templates/js/sysadmin-templates.html
+++ b/seahub/templates/js/sysadmin-templates.html
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
             </form>
         <% } %>
     <% } %>
+    <% if (cur_tab == 'groups') { %>
+        <form action="{% url 'sys_group_search' %}" method="get" class="side-search-form" id="groups-search-form">
+            <input type="text" name="name" class="input" value="" placeholder="{% trans "Search groups by name..." %}" />
+        </form>
+    <% } %>
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/template" id="sysinfo-header-tmpl">
@@ -553,6 +558,32 @@
     <p class="error error-tip hide"></p>
 </script>
 
+<script type="text/template" id="search-groups-tmpl">
+    <h3>{% trans "Search Group"%}</h3>
+    <form id="search-group-form" method="get" action="">
+        <p class="tip">{% trans "Tip: you can search by keyword in name." %}</p>
+        <label>{% trans "Name" %}</label><input type="text" name="name" class="input" value=""/><br />
+        <input type="submit" value="{% trans "Submit" %}" class="submit" />
+    </form>
+    <h3>{% trans "Result"%}</h3>
+    <span class="loading-icon loading-tip"></span>
+    <table class="hide">
+        <thead>
+            <tr>
+                <th width="35%">{% trans "Name" %}</th>
+                <th width="30%">{% trans "Owner" %}</th>
+                <th width="25%">{% trans "Created At" %}</th>
+                <th width="10%"><!--Operations--></th>
+            </tr>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody>
+        </tbody>
+    </table>
+    <div class="empty-tips hide">
+        <h2 class="alc">{% trans "No groups" %}</h2>
+    </div>
+</script>
+
 <script type="text/template" id="group-add-form-tmpl">
     <form id="group-add-form" action="" method="post" class="hide">{% csrf_token %}
         <h3 id="dialogTitle">{% trans "New Group" %}</h3>
diff --git a/seahub/urls.py b/seahub/urls.py
index 2213e1b281..6f7802651d 100644
--- a/seahub/urls.py
+++ b/seahub/urls.py
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(
     url(r'^sysadmin/#trash-libs/$', fake_view, name='sys_repo_trash'),
     url(r'^sysadmin/#search-libs/$', fake_view, name='sys_repo_search'),
     url(r'^sysadmin/#search-trash-libs/$', fake_view, name='sys_trash_repo_search'),
+    url(r'^sysadmin/#search-groups/$', fake_view, name='sys_group_search'),
     url(r'^sys/seafadmin/transfer/$', sys_repo_transfer, name='sys_repo_transfer'),
     url(r'^sys/seafadmin/delete/(?P<repo_id>[-0-9a-f]{36})/$', sys_repo_delete, name='sys_repo_delete'),
     url(r'^sys/useradmin/$', sys_user_admin, name='sys_useradmin'),
diff --git a/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/collection/search-groups.js b/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/collection/search-groups.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72fd0a6a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/collection/search-groups.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+define([
+    'underscore',
+    'backbone',
+    'common',
+    'sysadmin-app/models/group'
+], function(_, Backbone, Common, GroupModel) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    var GroupCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
+
+        model: GroupModel,
+
+        url: function () {
+            return Common.getUrl({name: 'admin-groups'});
+        },
+
+        parse: function(data) {
+            this.search_name = data.name;
+            return data.groups;
+        }
+    });
+
+    return GroupCollection;
+});
diff --git a/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/router.js b/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/router.js
index 3f554cc6c2..2d93c5c33e 100644
--- a/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/router.js
+++ b/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/router.js
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ define([
     'sysadmin-app/views/search-trash-repos',
     'sysadmin-app/views/dir',
     'sysadmin-app/views/groups',
+    'sysadmin-app/views/search-groups',
     'app/views/account'
 ], function($, Backbone, Common, SideNavView, DashboardView,
     DesktopDevicesView, MobileDevicesView, DeviceErrorsView,
     ReposView, SearchReposView, SystemReposView, TrashReposView,
-    SearchTrashReposView, DirView, GroupsView, AccountView) {
+    SearchTrashReposView, DirView, GroupsView, SearchGroupsView,
+    AccountView) {
 
     "use strict";
 
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ define([
             'search-trash-libs/': 'showSearchTrashLibraries',
             'libs/:repo_id(/*path)': 'showLibraryDir',
             'groups/': 'showGroups',
+            'search-groups/': 'showSearchGroups',
             // Default
             '*actions': 'showDashboard'
         },
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ define([
             this.dirView = new DirView();
 
             this.groupsView = new GroupsView();
+            this.searchGroupsView = new SearchGroupsView();
 
             app.ui.accountView = this.accountView = new AccountView();
 
@@ -189,6 +193,18 @@ define([
             this.switchCurrentView(this.groupsView);
             this.sideNavView.setCurTab('groups');
             this.groupsView.show({'page': page});
+        },
+
+        showSearchGroups: function() {
+            // url_match: null or an array
+            var url_match = location.href.match(/.*?name=(.*)/); // search by group_name
+            var group_name = url_match ? url_match[1] : '';
+
+            this.switchCurrentView(this.searchGroupsView);
+            this.sideNavView.setCurTab('groups', {'option': 'search'});
+            this.searchGroupsView.show({
+                'name': decodeURIComponent(group_name)
+            });
         }
 
     });
diff --git a/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/search-groups.js b/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/search-groups.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..142dda7cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/search-groups.js
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+define([
+    'jquery',
+    'underscore',
+    'backbone',
+    'common',
+    'sysadmin-app/views/group',
+    'sysadmin-app/collection/search-groups'
+], function($, _, Backbone, Common, GroupView, GroupCollection) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    var GroupsView = Backbone.View.extend({
+
+        id: 'search-groups',
+
+        template: _.template($("#search-groups-tmpl").html()),
+
+        initialize: function() {
+            this.groupCollection = new GroupCollection();
+            this.listenTo(this.groupCollection, 'add', this.addOne);
+            this.listenTo(this.groupCollection, 'reset', this.reset);
+            this.render();
+        },
+
+        render: function() {
+            this.$el.append(this.template());
+
+            this.$form = this.$('#search-group-form');
+            this.$name = $('[name="name"]', this.$form);
+
+            this.$table = this.$('table');
+            this.$tableBody = $('tbody', this.$table);
+            this.$loadingTip = this.$('.loading-tip');
+            this.$emptyTip = this.$('.empty-tips');
+        },
+
+        events: {
+            'submit #search-group-form': 'formSubmit'
+        },
+
+        initPage: function() {
+            this.$table.hide();
+            this.$tableBody.empty();
+            this.$loadingTip.show();
+            this.$emptyTip.hide();
+        },
+
+        hide: function() {
+            this.$el.detach();
+            this.attached = false;
+        },
+
+        show: function(option) {
+            if (!this.attached) {
+                this.attached = true;
+                $("#right-panel").html(this.$el);
+            }
+            this.getContent(option);
+        },
+
+        getContent: function(obj) {
+            this.initPage();
+            var _this = this;
+            this.groupCollection.fetch({
+                data: obj,
+                cache: false,
+                reset: true,
+                error: function(collection, response, opts) {
+                    var err_msg;
+                    if (response.responseText) {
+                        if (response['status'] == 401 || response['status'] == 403) {
+                            err_msg = gettext("Permission error");
+                        } else {
+                            err_msg = $.parseJSON(response.responseText).error_msg;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        err_msg = gettext("Failed. Please check the network.");
+                    }
+                    Common.feedback(err_msg, 'error');
+                },
+                complete:function() {
+                    _this.$loadingTip.hide();
+                }
+            });
+        },
+
+        reset: function() {
+            var name = this.groupCollection.search_name;
+            app.router.navigate('#search-groups/?name=' + encodeURIComponent(name));
+            this.$name.val(name);
+
+            this.$loadingTip.hide();
+            if (this.groupCollection.length > 0) {
+                this.groupCollection.each(this.addOne, this);
+                this.$table.show();
+            } else {
+                this.$emptyTip.show();
+            }
+        },
+
+        addOne: function(group) {
+            var view = new GroupView({model: group});
+            this.$tableBody.append(view.render().el);
+        },
+
+        formSubmit: function() {
+            var name = $.trim(this.$name.val());
+
+            if (!name) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            this.getContent({'name': name});
+            return false;
+        }
+    });
+
+    return GroupsView;
+
+});
diff --git a/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/side-nav.js b/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/side-nav.js
index f898531537..6eb6888ca4 100644
--- a/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/side-nav.js
+++ b/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/side-nav.js
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ define([
 
         events: {
             'submit #libs-search-form': 'searchLibs', // for 'all' libs
-            'submit #trash-libs-search-form': 'searchTrashLibs'
+            'submit #trash-libs-search-form': 'searchTrashLibs',
+            'submit #groups-search-form': 'searchGroups'
         },
 
         // search libs by repo_name
         searchLibs: function() {
             var $form = this.$('#libs-search-form');
-            var name = $.trim($('[name="name"]', $form).val()); 
+            var name = $.trim($('[name="name"]', $form).val());
             if (!name) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ define([
         // search trash libs by owner
         searchTrashLibs: function() {
             var $form = this.$('#trash-libs-search-form');
-            var owner = $.trim($('[name="name"]', $form).val()); 
+            var owner = $.trim($('[name="name"]', $form).val());
             if (!owner) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -62,6 +63,18 @@ define([
             var url = $form.attr('action') + '?name=' + encodeURIComponent(owner);
             location.href = url;
             return false; // necessary
+        },
+
+        searchGroups: function() {
+            var $form = this.$('#groups-search-form');
+            var name = $.trim($('[name="name"]', $form).val());
+            if (!name) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var url = $form.attr('action') + '?name=' + encodeURIComponent(name);
+            location.href = url;
+            return false; // necessary
         }
 
     });
diff --git a/tests/api/endpoints/admin/test_groups.py b/tests/api/endpoints/admin/test_groups.py
index 9106fc1471..92cf71d5f0 100644
--- a/tests/api/endpoints/admin/test_groups.py
+++ b/tests/api/endpoints/admin/test_groups.py
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ class GroupsTest(BaseTestCase):
         json_resp = json.loads(resp.content)
         assert len(json_resp['groups']) > 0
 
+    def test_can_search_by_name(self):
+        self.login_as(self.admin)
+        group_name =  self.group.group_name
+        searched_args = group_name[0:1]
+        url = reverse('api-v2.1-admin-groups') + '?name=%s' % searched_args
+        resp = self.client.get(url)
+
+        json_resp = json.loads(resp.content)
+        assert json_resp['name'] == searched_args
+        assert searched_args in json_resp['groups'][0]['name']
+
     def test_get_with_invalid_user_permission(self):
         self.login_as(self.user)
         url = reverse('api-v2.1-admin-groups')