diff --git a/doc/api/resources/events.rst b/doc/api/resources/events.rst
index cc22588ca2..e7acc8a8a5 100644
--- a/doc/api/resources/events.rst
+++ b/doc/api/resources/events.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ Endpoints
 
     The ``with_availability_for`` parameter has been added.
 
+    The ``search`` query parameter has been added to filter events by their slug, name, or location in any language.
+
 .. http:get:: /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/
 
    Returns a list of all events within a given organizer the authenticated user/token has access to.
@@ -170,6 +172,7 @@ Endpoints
                                  attribute with values of 100 for "tickets available", values less than 100 for "tickets sold out or reserved",
                                  and ``null`` for "status unknown". These values might be served from a cache. This parameter can make the response
                                  slow.
+   :query search: Only return events matching a given search query.
    :param organizer: The ``slug`` field of a valid organizer
    :statuscode 200: no error
    :statuscode 401: Authentication failure
diff --git a/src/pretix/api/views/event.py b/src/pretix/api/views/event.py
index 155dd803bb..51d802983b 100644
--- a/src/pretix/api/views/event.py
+++ b/src/pretix/api/views/event.py
@@ -55,15 +55,18 @@ from pretix.base.models.event import SubEvent
 from pretix.base.services.quotas import QuotaAvailability
 from pretix.base.settings import SETTINGS_AFFECTING_CSS
 from pretix.helpers.dicts import merge_dicts
+from pretix.helpers.i18n import i18ncomp
 from pretix.presale.style import regenerate_css
 from pretix.presale.views.organizer import filter_qs_by_attr
 
 with scopes_disabled():
     class EventFilter(FilterSet):
+
         is_past = django_filters.rest_framework.BooleanFilter(method='is_past_qs')
         is_future = django_filters.rest_framework.BooleanFilter(method='is_future_qs')
         ends_after = django_filters.rest_framework.IsoDateTimeFilter(method='ends_after_qs')
         sales_channel = django_filters.rest_framework.CharFilter(method='sales_channel_qs')
+        search = django_filters.rest_framework.CharFilter(method='search_qs')
 
         class Meta:
             model = Event
@@ -108,6 +111,13 @@ with scopes_disabled():
         def sales_channel_qs(self, queryset, name, value):
             return queryset.filter(sales_channels__contains=value)
 
+        def search_qs(self, queryset, name, value):
+            return queryset.filter(
+                Q(name__icontains=i18ncomp(value))
+                | Q(slug__icontains=value)
+                | Q(location__icontains=i18ncomp(value))
+            )
+
 
 class EventViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     serializer_class = EventSerializer
diff --git a/src/tests/api/test_events.py b/src/tests/api/test_events.py
index 7f766a29a0..f9bca368c4 100644
--- a/src/tests/api/test_events.py
+++ b/src/tests/api/test_events.py
@@ -193,6 +193,17 @@ def test_event_list_filter(token_client, organizer, event):
     assert resp.data['count'] == 0
 
 
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_event_list_name_filter(token_client, organizer, event):
+    resp = token_client.get('/api/v1/organizers/{}/events/?search=Dummy'.format(organizer.slug))
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.data['count'] == 1
+
+    resp = token_client.get('/api/v1/organizers/{}/events/?search=notdummy'.format(organizer.slug))
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.data['count'] == 0
+
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_event_get(token_client, organizer, event):
     resp = token_client.get('/api/v1/organizers/{}/events/{}/'.format(organizer.slug, event.slug))