diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php b/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php
index c38c16b5d5293..0f30feab5947d 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/models/articles.php
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 				$search = $db->quote('%' . $db->escape(substr($search, 7), true) . '%');
 				$query->where('(ua.name LIKE ' . $search . ' OR ua.username LIKE ' . $search . ')');
 			}
+			elseif (stripos($search, 'content:') === 0)
+			{
+				$search = $db->quote('%' . $db->escape(substr($search, 8), true) . '%');
+				$query->where('(a.introtext LIKE ' . $search . ' OR a.fulltext LIKE ' . $search . ')');
+			}
 			else
 			{
 				$search = $db->quote('%' . str_replace(' ', '%', $db->escape(trim($search), true) . '%'));
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/models/featured.php b/administrator/components/com_content/models/featured.php
index 81af7d7f57f5d..cf87fc899512f 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/models/featured.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/models/featured.php
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ protected function getListQuery()
 				$search = $db->quote('%' . $db->escape(substr($search, 7), true) . '%');
 				$query->where('(ua.name LIKE ' . $search . ' OR ua.username LIKE ' . $search . ')');
 			}
+			elseif (stripos($search, 'content:') === 0)
+			{
+				$search = $db->quote('%' . $db->escape(substr($search, 8), true) . '%');
+				$query->where('(a.introtext LIKE ' . $search . ' OR a.fulltext LIKE ' . $search . ')');
+			}
 			else
 			{
 				$search = $db->quote('%' . str_replace(' ', '%', $db->escape(trim($search), true) . '%'));
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_content.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_content.ini
index deaddc6e90c9e..2569f592bbdc8 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_content.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_content.ini
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ COM_CONTENT_FIELDS_TYPE_MODAL_ARTICLE="Article"
 COM_CONTENT_FIELDSET_PUBLISHING="Publishing"
 COM_CONTENT_FIELDSET_RULES="Permissions"
 COM_CONTENT_FIELDSET_URLS_AND_IMAGES="Images and Links"
-COM_CONTENT_FILTER_SEARCH_DESC="Search in title and alias. Prefix with ID: or AUTHOR: to search for an article ID or article author."
+COM_CONTENT_FILTER_SEARCH_DESC="Search in title and alias. Prefix with ID: or AUTHOR: or CONTENT: to search for an article ID, article author or search in article content."
 COM_CONTENT_FILTER_SEARCH_LABEL="Search Articles"
 COM_CONTENT_FLOAT_DESC="Controls placement of the image."
 COM_CONTENT_FLOAT_FULLTEXT_LABEL="Full Text Image Float"