diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index f09c162..5209654 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
         android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:theme="@style/MinimalBible">
+
+        <meta-data
+            android:name="android.app.searchable"
+            android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
+
         <activity
             android:name=".activity.downloader.DownloadActivity"
             android:label="@string/app_name" />
@@ -21,11 +26,30 @@
         <activity
             android:name=".activity.viewer.BibleViewer"
             android:label="@string/app_name">
-        <intent-filter>
-                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+            <intent-filter>
+            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
 
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
+
+            <!-- Searching is weird - make sure you add the right metadata for each activity.
+            http://stackoverflow.com/a/11704661 -->
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.default-searchable"
+                android:value=".activity.search.BasicSearch" />
+        </activity>
+
+        <!-- TODO: Launch basic search as singleTop? -->
+        <activity
+            android:name=".activity.search.BasicSearch"
+            android:label="@string/title_activity_search_results">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
+            </intent-filter>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.searchable"
+                android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
         </activity>
     </application>
+
 </manifest>
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/search/BasicSearch.java b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/search/BasicSearch.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7ac7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/search/BasicSearch.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.search;
+
+import android.app.SearchManager;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.widget.Toast;
+
+import org.bspeice.minimalbible.Injector;
+import org.bspeice.minimalbible.MinimalBible;
+import org.bspeice.minimalbible.OGHolder;
+import org.bspeice.minimalbible.R;
+import org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.BaseActivity;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+import dagger.ObjectGraph;
+
+
+public class BasicSearch extends BaseActivity
+        implements Injector {
+
+    @Inject
+    SearchProvider searchProvider;
+
+    private ObjectGraph searchObjGraph;
+
+    private void buildObjGraph() {
+        if (searchObjGraph == null) {
+            OGHolder holder = OGHolder.get(this);
+            searchObjGraph = holder.fetchGraph();
+            if (searchObjGraph == null) {
+                searchObjGraph = MinimalBible.get(this)
+                        .plus(new SearchModules());
+                holder.persistGraph(searchObjGraph);
+            }
+        }
+        searchObjGraph.inject(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void inject(Object o) {
+        buildObjGraph();
+        searchObjGraph.inject(o);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        setContentView(R.layout.activity_search_results);
+        inject(this);
+
+        handleSearch(getIntent());
+    }
+
+    // Used for launchMode="singleTop"
+    @Override
+    protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
+        super.onNewIntent(intent);
+        handleSearch(intent);
+    }
+
+    public void handleSearch(Intent intent) {
+        if (!Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction()))
+            return;
+
+        String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
+        Toast.makeText(this, "Searching for: " + query, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+        searchProvider.basicTextSearch(query);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/search/SearchModules.java b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/search/SearchModules.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ae5453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/search/SearchModules.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.search;
+
+import org.bspeice.minimalbible.MinimalBibleModules;
+
+import dagger.Module;
+import dagger.Provides;
+
+@Module(
+        injects = BasicSearch.class,
+        addsTo = MinimalBibleModules.class
+)
+public class SearchModules {
+
+    @Provides
+    SearchProvider searchProvider() {
+        return new SearchProvider();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewer.java
index 9df6bd2..817762b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewer.java
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 package org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.viewer;
 
+import android.app.SearchManager;
+import android.content.ComponentName;
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.support.v4.view.MenuItemCompat;
 import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
 import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
+import android.support.v7.widget.SearchView;
 import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
@@ -14,6 +19,7 @@ import org.bspeice.minimalbible.OGHolder;
 import org.bspeice.minimalbible.R;
 import org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.BaseActivity;
 import org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.downloader.DownloadActivity;
+import org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.search.BasicSearch;
 import org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.settings.MinimalBibleSettings;
 import org.crosswire.jsword.book.Book;
 
@@ -136,6 +142,21 @@ public class BibleViewer extends BaseActivity implements Injector {
     @Override
     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
         getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.viewer, menu);
+
+        // Set up search - most of it is handled by the SearchView itself, but
+        // we do have some work so that it knows which activity to start
+        SearchManager searchManager =
+                (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
+
+        // And we can't call getActionView() directly, because it needs API 11+
+        MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
+        SearchView searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(item);
+
+        // The Android docs instruct you to set up search in the current activity.
+        // We want the search to actually run elsewhere.
+        ComponentName cN = new ComponentName(this, BasicSearch.class);
+        searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(cN));
+
         return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/search/SearchProvider.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/search/SearchProvider.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a7373b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/search/SearchProvider.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.search
+
+import org.crosswire.jsword.passage.Verse
+
+/**
+ * This is the entry point for handling the actual bible search. Likely will support
+ * an "advanced" search in the future, but for now, basicTextSearch is what you get.
+ */
+class SearchProvider() {
+
+    public fun basicTextSearch(text: String): List<Verse> =
+            listOf()
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_search_results.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_search_results.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8bd3eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_search_results.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
+    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
+    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
+    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
+    tools:context="org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.search.BasicSearch">
+
+</RelativeLayout>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index d61f823..8af0513 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
     <string name="activity_downloader">Downloads</string>
     <string name="book_removal_failure">Could not remove, please restart application</string>
     <string name="action_download_title_categories">Categories</string>
-
     <string name="error_book_refresh">Error refreshing. Try again later</string>
-
     <string name="contact_developer_address">bspeice.nc@gmail.com</string>
     <string name="contact_developer_subject">MinimalBible Feedback</string>
     <string name="action_search_title">Search</string>
+    <string name="title_activity_search_results">SearchResults</string>
+    <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
+    <string name="action_search_hint">Verse Content</string>
 
 </resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 7cbbeff..a88410d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
         <item name="android:textColor">@color/textColor</item>
         <!-- Hamburger bar animation -->
         <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
+        <!-- SearchView hint text -->
+        <item name="android:textColorHint">@color/textColorPrimary</item>
     </style>
 
     <!-- Almost re-use style from Widget.Holo.Button.Borderless -->
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/searchable.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/searchable.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2aeabb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/searchable.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:hint="@string/action_search_hint"
+    android:label="@string/app_name" />