diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ee3ea8cc..fc662d8f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
    * Use 'osc ls /' if you really want to list all projects.
    * This is meant as a proof of concept. I intend to generalize this usage of '.'
      for all osc commands. Feedback welcome.
+ #
+ # Features which require OBS 1.7
+ #
+ - search: allow to limit results via existing attibutes
 
 0.123
  - IMPORTANT: ssl certificate checks are actually performed now to
diff --git a/osc/commandline.py b/osc/commandline.py
index 1a54efcc..943c0ca1 100755
--- a/osc/commandline.py
+++ b/osc/commandline.py
@@ -3064,6 +3064,8 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
                         help='search for matches in the \'title\' element')
     @cmdln.option('--description', action='store_true',
                         help='search for matches in the \'description\' element')
+    @cmdln.option('-a', '--limit-to-attribute', metavar='ATTRIBUTE',
+                        help='match only when given attribute exists in meta data')
     @cmdln.option('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true',
                         help='show more information')
     @cmdln.option('-i', '--involved', action='store_true',
@@ -3115,6 +3117,7 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
 
         search_list = []
         search_for = []
+        extra_limiter = ""
         if opts.title:
             search_list.append('title')
         if opts.description:
@@ -3125,6 +3128,9 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
         if opts.project:
             search_list.append('@name')
             search_for.append('project')
+        if opts.limit_to_attribute:
+            extra_limiter='attribute/@name="%s"' % (opts.limit_to_attribute)
+            
 
         role_filter=None
         if for_user:
@@ -3141,7 +3147,7 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
         if not search_for:
             search_for = [ 'project', 'package' ]
         for kind in search_for:
-            result = search(conf.config['apiurl'], set(search_list), kind, search_term, opts.verbose, opts.exact, opts.repos_baseurl, role_filter)
+            result = search(conf.config['apiurl'], set(search_list), kind, search_term, opts.verbose, opts.exact, opts.repos_baseurl, role_filter, extra_limiter)
 
             if not result:
                 print 'No matches found for \'%s\' in %ss' % (role_filter or search_term, kind)
diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index 8b5282ec..e34e792b 100755
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -3747,19 +3747,23 @@ def checkRevision(prj, pac, revision, apiurl=None):
     except (ValueError, TypeError):
         return False
 
-def build_xpath_predicate(search_list, search_term, exact_matches):
+def build_xpath_predicate(search_list, search_term, exact_matches, extra_limiter):
     """
     Builds and returns a xpath predicate
     """
 
     predicate = ['[']
     for i, elem in enumerate(search_list):
+        predicate.append('(')
         if i > 0 and i < len(search_list):
             predicate.append(' or ')
         if exact_matches:
             predicate.append('%s=\'%s\'' % (elem, search_term))
         else:
             predicate.append('contains(%s, \'%s\')' % (elem, search_term))
+        if extra_limiter:
+            predicate.append(' and %s' % (extra_limiter))
+        predicate.append(')')
     predicate.append(']')
     return predicate
 
@@ -3811,7 +3815,7 @@ def build_table(col_num, data = [], headline = [], width=1, csv = False):
         separator = ''
     return [separator.join(row) for row in table]
 
-def search(apiurl, search_list, kind, search_term, verbose = False, exact_matches = False, repos_baseurl = False, role_filter = None):
+def search(apiurl, search_list, kind, search_term, verbose = False, exact_matches = False, repos_baseurl = False, role_filter = None, extra_limiter = None):
     """
     Perform a search for 'search_term'. A list which contains the
     results will be returned on success otherwise 'None'. If 'verbose' is true
@@ -3822,7 +3826,7 @@ def search(apiurl, search_list, kind, search_term, verbose = False, exact_matche
     if role_filter:
         role_filter = role_filter.split(':')
 
-    predicate = build_xpath_predicate(search_list, search_term, exact_matches)
+    predicate = build_xpath_predicate(search_list, search_term, exact_matches, extra_limiter)
     u = makeurl(apiurl, ['search', kind], ['match=%s' % quote_plus(''.join(predicate))])
     f = http_GET(u)
     root = ET.parse(f).getroot()