diff --git a/u8-pacman b/u8-pacman
index 78348ed..ccb689f 100644
--- a/u8-pacman
+++ b/u8-pacman
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Options:
   -i PACKAGENAME   install package
   -l               list installed packages
   -r PACKAGENAME   remove packagename
+  -s PACKAGENAME   search the archlinux repositories for given package
   -u               update all installed packages
 
 EOF
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ while [ "$1" ]; do
       shift
       source="list"
       ;;
+    -s)
+      shift
+      source="search"
+      ;;
     -h)
       usage
       exit 0
@@ -83,6 +88,10 @@ function list() {
   ls ~/.local/var/pkglist/*.lst | awk -F "/" '{print $NF}' | sed 's/\.lst//g'
 }
 
+function search() {
+  pacman -Ss $1
+}
+
 if [[ "$source" == "install" ]]; then
     if [ -z "$PACKAGE" ]; then
         echo "see -h for usage"
@@ -100,6 +109,12 @@ elif [[ "$source" == "list" ]]; then
        exit 1
     fi
     list
+elif [[ "$source" == "search" ]]; then
+    if [ -z "$PACKAGE" ]; then
+        echo "see -h for usage"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    search $PACKAGE
 elif [[ "$source" == "update" ]]; then
     update
 elif [[ -z "$source" ]]; then