diff --git a/weboob/applications/qcookboob/main_window.py b/weboob/applications/qcookboob/main_window.py
index 7b8832b8..96a92b0c 100644
--- a/weboob/applications/qcookboob/main_window.py
+++ b/weboob/applications/qcookboob/main_window.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtMainWindow):
         self.ui.backButton.hide()
 
         self.connect(self.ui.searchEdit, SIGNAL("returnPressed()"), self.search)
+        self.connect(self.ui.idEdit, SIGNAL("returnPressed()"), self.searchId)
 
         self.connect(self.ui.actionBackends, SIGNAL("triggered()"), self.backendsConfig)
         self.connect(self.ui.actionQuit, SIGNAL("triggered()"), self.close)
@@ -190,6 +191,24 @@ class MainWindow(QtMainWindow):
         self.current_info_widget = wrecipe
         QApplication.restoreOverrideCursor()
 
+    def searchId(self):
+        QApplication.setOverrideCursor(Qt.WaitCursor)
+        id = unicode(self.ui.idEdit.text())
+        if '@' in id:
+            backend_name = id.split('@')[1]
+            id = id.split('@')[0]
+        else:
+            backend_name = None
+        fail = True
+        for backend in self.weboob.iter_backends():
+            if (backend_name != None and backend.name == backend_name) or backend_name == None:
+                recipe = backend.get_recipe(id)
+                if recipe:
+                    fail = False
+                    self.doAction('Details of recipe "%s"' %
+                                         recipe.title, self.displayRecipe, [recipe, backend])
+        QApplication.restoreOverrideCursor()
+
     def closeEvent(self, ev):
         self.config.set('settings', 'backend', str(self.ui.backendEdit.itemData(
             self.ui.backendEdit.currentIndex()).toString()))
diff --git a/weboob/applications/qcookboob/ui/main_window.ui b/weboob/applications/qcookboob/ui/main_window.ui
index 05f3f013..7c3a69da 100644
--- a/weboob/applications/qcookboob/ui/main_window.ui
+++ b/weboob/applications/qcookboob/ui/main_window.ui
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
              <x>0</x>
              <y>0</y>
              <width>708</width>
-             <height>292</height>
+             <height>261</height>
             </rect>
            </property>
            <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2"/>
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@
             <rect>
              <x>0</x>
              <y>0</y>
-             <width>96</width>
-             <height>26</height>
+             <width>63</width>
+             <height>18</height>
             </rect>
            </property>
            <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_8"/>
@@ -173,6 +173,20 @@
       </widget>
      </widget>
     </item>
+    <item>
+     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>search by ID:</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="idEdit"/>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </item>
    </layout>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menubar">