diff --git a/src/components/search-box/core-search-box.html b/src/components/search-box/core-search-box.html
index 260d45215..84a8e4b74 100644
--- a/src/components/search-box/core-search-box.html
+++ b/src/components/search-box/core-search-box.html
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
     <form #f="ngForm" (ngSubmit)="submitForm($event)" role="search">
         <ion-item>
             <ion-input type="search" name="search" [(ngModel)]="searchText" [placeholder]="placeholder" [autocorrect]="autocorrect" [spellcheck]="spellcheck" [core-auto-focus]="autoFocus" [disabled]="disabled" role="searchbox"></ion-input>
-            <button item-end ion-button clear icon-only type="submit" class="button-small" [attr.aria-label]="searchLabel" [disabled]="!searchText || (searchText.length < lengthCheck)" [disabled]="disabled">
+            <button item-end ion-button clear icon-only type="submit" class="button-small" [attr.aria-label]="searchLabel" [disabled]="disabled || !searchText || (searchText.length < lengthCheck)">
                 <ion-icon name="search"></ion-icon>
             </button>
-            <button *ngIf="showClear" item-end ion-button clear icon-only class="button-small" [attr.aria-label]="'core.clearsearch' | translate" [disabled]="!searched" (click)="clearForm()" [disabled]="disabled">
+            <button *ngIf="showClear" item-end ion-button clear icon-only class="button-small" [attr.aria-label]="'core.clearsearch' | translate" [disabled]="!searched || disabled" (click)="clearForm()">
                 <ion-icon name="close"></ion-icon>
             </button>
         </ion-item>
diff --git a/src/core/user/components/participants/core-user-participants.html b/src/core/user/components/participants/core-user-participants.html
index 269eee659..78b894138 100644
--- a/src/core/user/components/participants/core-user-participants.html
+++ b/src/core/user/components/participants/core-user-participants.html
@@ -1,21 +1,37 @@
+<core-navbar-buttons>
+    <button [hidden]="!canSearch" ion-button icon-only (click)="toggleSearch()" [attr.aria-label]="'core.search' | translate">
+        <ion-icon name="search"></ion-icon>
+    </button>
+</core-navbar-buttons>
+
 <core-split-view>
     <ion-content>
-        <ion-refresher [enabled]="participantsLoaded" (ionRefresh)="refreshParticipants($event)">
+        <ion-refresher [enabled]="participantsLoaded && !displaySearchResult" (ionRefresh)="refreshParticipants($event)">
             <ion-refresher-content pullingText="{{ 'core.pulltorefresh' | translate }}"></ion-refresher-content>
         </ion-refresher>
+
+        <core-search-box *ngIf="showSearchBox" (onSubmit)="search($event)" (onClear)="clearSearch($event)" [disabled]="disableSearch" autocorrect="off" [spellcheck]="false" [autoFocus]="true" [lengthCheck]="1"></core-search-box>
+
         <core-loading [hideUntil]="participantsLoaded">
-            <core-empty-box *ngIf="participants && participants.length == 0" icon="person" [message]="'core.user.noparticipants' | translate">
+            <core-empty-box *ngIf="!displaySearchResults && !participants.length" icon="person" [message]="'core.user.noparticipants' | translate">
             </core-empty-box>
 
+            <core-empty-box *ngIf="displaySearchResults && !participants.length" icon="search" [message]="'core.noresults' | translate"></core-empty-box>
+
             <ion-list *ngIf="participants && participants.length > 0" no-margin>
                 <a ion-item text-wrap *ngFor="let participant of participants" [title]="participant.fullname" (click)="gotoParticipant(participant.id)" [class.core-split-item-selected]="participant.id == participantId">
                     <ion-avatar core-user-avatar [user]="participant" item-start [userId]="participant.id" [checkOnline]="true"></ion-avatar>
-                    <h2>{{ participant.fullname }}</h2>
-                    <p *ngIf="participant.lastcourseaccess"><strong>{{ 'core.lastaccess' | translate }}: </strong>{{ participant.lastcourseaccess | coreTimeAgo }}</p>
-                    <p *ngIf="participant.lastcourseaccess == null && participant.lastaccess"><strong>{{ 'core.lastaccess' | translate }}: </strong>{{ participant.lastaccess | coreTimeAgo }}</p>
+                    <ng-container *ngIf="!displaySearchResults">
+                        <h2>{{ participant.fullname }}</h2>
+                        <p *ngIf="participant.lastcourseaccess"><strong>{{ 'core.lastaccess' | translate }}: </strong>{{ participant.lastcourseaccess | coreTimeAgo }}</p>
+                        <p *ngIf="participant.lastcourseaccess == null && participant.lastaccess"><strong>{{ 'core.lastaccess' | translate }}: </strong>{{ participant.lastaccess | coreTimeAgo }}</p>
+                    </ng-container>
+                    <ng-container *ngIf="displaySearchResults">
+                        <h2><core-format-text [text]="participant.fullname" [highlight]="searchQuery" [filter]="false"></core-format-text></h2>
+                    </ng-container>
                 </a>
             </ion-list>
-            <core-infinite-loading [enabled]="canLoadMore" (action)="loadMoreData($event)" [error]="loadMoreError"></core-infinite-loading>
+            <core-infinite-loading [enabled]="canLoadMore && participantsLoaded" (action)="loadMoreData($event)" [error]="loadMoreError"></core-infinite-loading>
         </core-loading>
     </ion-content>
 </core-split-view>
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diff --git a/src/core/user/components/participants/participants.ts b/src/core/user/components/participants/participants.ts
index ccc1b0b83..330daf791 100644
--- a/src/core/user/components/participants/participants.ts
+++ b/src/core/user/components/participants/participants.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { Content } from 'ionic-angular';
 import { CoreUserProvider } from '../../providers/user';
 import { CoreDomUtilsProvider } from '@providers/utils/dom';
 import { CoreSplitViewComponent } from '@components/split-view/split-view';
+import { CoreAppProvider } from '@providers/app';
 
 /**
  * Component that displays the list of course participants.
@@ -36,13 +37,24 @@ export class CoreUserParticipantsComponent implements OnInit {
     canLoadMore = false;
     loadMoreError = false;
     participantsLoaded = false;
+    canSearch = false;
+    showSearchBox = false;
+    disableSearch = false;
+    displaySearchResults = false;
+    searchQuery = '';
 
-    constructor(private userProvider: CoreUserProvider, private domUtils: CoreDomUtilsProvider) { }
+    protected searchPage = 0;
+
+    constructor(private userProvider: CoreUserProvider,
+            private domUtils: CoreDomUtilsProvider,
+            private appProvider: CoreAppProvider) { }
 
     /**
      * View loaded.
      */
     ngOnInit(): void {
+        this.canSearch = this.userProvider.canSearchParticipantsInSite();
+
         // Get first participants.
         this.fetchData(true).then(() => {
             if (!this.participantId && this.splitviewCtrl.isOn() && this.participants.length > 0) {
@@ -54,8 +66,6 @@ export class CoreUserParticipantsComponent implements OnInit {
                 // Ignore errors.
             });
         }).finally(() => {
-            this.participantsLoaded = true;
-
             // Call resize to make infinite loading work, in some cases the content dimensions aren't read.
             this.content && this.content.resize();
         });
@@ -81,6 +91,8 @@ export class CoreUserParticipantsComponent implements OnInit {
         }).catch((error) => {
             this.domUtils.showErrorModalDefault(error, 'Error loading participants');
             this.loadMoreError = true; // Set to prevent infinite calls with infinite-loading.
+        }).finally(() => {
+            this.participantsLoaded = true;
         });
     }
 
@@ -91,9 +103,15 @@ export class CoreUserParticipantsComponent implements OnInit {
      * @return Resolved when done.
      */
     loadMoreData(infiniteComplete?: any): Promise<any> {
-        return this.fetchData().finally(() => {
-            infiniteComplete && infiniteComplete();
-        });
+        if (this.displaySearchResults) {
+            return this.search(this.searchQuery, true).finally(() => {
+                infiniteComplete && infiniteComplete();
+            });
+        } else {
+            return this.fetchData().finally(() => {
+                infiniteComplete && infiniteComplete();
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -111,10 +129,83 @@ export class CoreUserParticipantsComponent implements OnInit {
 
     /**
      * Navigate to a particular user profile.
+     *
      * @param userId User Id where to navigate.
      */
     gotoParticipant(userId: number): void {
         this.participantId = userId;
         this.splitviewCtrl.push('CoreUserProfilePage', {userId: userId, courseId: this.courseId});
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Show or hide search box.
+     */
+    toggleSearch(): void {
+        this.showSearchBox = !this.showSearchBox;
+
+        if (!this.showSearchBox && this.displaySearchResults) {
+            this.clearSearch();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clear search.
+     */
+    clearSearch(): void {
+        if (!this.displaySearchResults) {
+            // Nothing to clear.
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.searchQuery = '';
+        this.displaySearchResults = false;
+        this.participants = [];
+        this.searchPage = 0;
+        this.splitviewCtrl.emptyDetails();
+
+        // Remove search results and display all participants.
+        this.participantsLoaded = false;
+        this.fetchData(true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Start a new search or load more results.
+     *
+     * @param query Text to search for.
+     * @param loadMore Whether it's loading more or doing a new search.
+     * @return Resolved when done.
+     */
+    search(query: string, loadMore?: boolean): Promise<any> {
+        this.appProvider.closeKeyboard();
+
+        this.disableSearch = true;
+        this.participantsLoaded = loadMore;
+        this.loadMoreError = false;
+
+        if (!loadMore) {
+            this.participantsLoaded = false;
+            this.searchQuery = query;
+            this.searchPage = 0;
+            this.participants = [];
+        }
+
+        return this.userProvider.searchParticipants(this.courseId, query, true, this.searchPage).then((result) => {
+
+            this.participants.push(...result.participants);
+            this.canLoadMore = result.canLoadMore;
+            this.searchPage++;
+
+            if (!loadMore && this.participants.length) {
+                this.gotoParticipant(this.participants[0].id);
+            }
+        }).catch((error) => {
+            this.domUtils.showErrorModalDefault(error, 'Error searching users.');
+            this.loadMoreError = true;
+
+        }).finally(() => {
+            this.disableSearch = false;
+            this.participantsLoaded = true;
+            this.displaySearchResults = true;
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/user/providers/user.ts b/src/core/user/providers/user.ts
index e42a974be..fc685dadb 100644
--- a/src/core/user/providers/user.ts
+++ b/src/core/user/providers/user.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,32 @@ export class CoreUserProvider {
         this.sitesProvider.registerSiteSchema(this.siteSchema);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if WS to search participants is available in site.
+     *
+     * @param siteId Site ID. If not defined, current site.
+     * @return Promise resolved with boolean: whether it's available.
+     * @since 3.8
+     */
+    canSearchParticipants(siteId?: string): Promise<boolean> {
+        return this.sitesProvider.getSite(siteId).then((site) => {
+            return this.canSearchParticipantsInSite(site);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if WS to search participants is available in site.
+     *
+     * @param site Site. If not defined, current site.
+     * @return Whether it's available.
+     * @since 3.8
+     */
+    canSearchParticipantsInSite(site?: CoreSite): boolean {
+        site = site || this.sitesProvider.getCurrentSite();
+
+        return site.wsAvailable('core_enrol_search_users');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Change the given user profile picture.
      *
@@ -505,6 +531,43 @@ export class CoreUserProvider {
         return Promise.all(promises);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Search participants in a certain course.
+     *
+     * @param courseId ID of the course.
+     * @param search The string to search.
+     * @param searchAnywhere Whether to find a match anywhere or only at the beginning.
+     * @param page Page to get.
+     * @param limitNumber Number of participants to get.
+     * @param siteId Site Id. If not defined, use current site.
+     * @return Promise resolved when the participants are retrieved.
+     * @since 3.8
+     */
+    searchParticipants(courseId: number, search: string, searchAnywhere: boolean = true, page: number = 0,
+            perPage: number = CoreUserProvider.PARTICIPANTS_LIST_LIMIT, siteId?: string)
+            : Promise<{participants: any[], canLoadMore: boolean}> {
+
+        return this.sitesProvider.getSite(siteId).then((site) => {
+
+            const data = {
+                    courseid: courseId,
+                    search: search,
+                    searchanywhere: searchAnywhere ? 1 : 0,
+                    page: page,
+                    perpage: perPage,
+                }, preSets: any = {
+                    getFromCache: false // Always try to get updated data. If it fails, it will get it from cache.
+                };
+
+            return site.read('core_enrol_search_users', data, preSets).then((users) => {
+                const canLoadMore = users.length >= perPage;
+                this.storeUsers(users, siteId);
+
+                return { participants: users, canLoadMore: canLoadMore };
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Store user basic information in local DB to be retrieved if the WS call fails.
      *