diff --git a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApi.java b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApi.java
index c3328957c2..eccebf6c76 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApi.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApi.java
@@ -555,6 +555,19 @@ public interface ChefApi {
     */
    SearchResult<? extends Node> searchNodes();
 
+
+   /**
+    * search all nodes that match the query parameter.
+    * <p/>
+    * Note that without any request parameters this will return all of the data
+    * within the index.
+    * 
+    * @return The response contains the total number of rows that matched your
+    *         request, the position this result set returns (useful for paging)
+    *         and the rows themselves.
+    */
+   SearchResult<? extends Node> searchNodes(String qeury);
+
    /**
     * search all items in a databag.
     * <p/>
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefAsyncApi.java b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefAsyncApi.java
index 6458e724e1..e62e0fb367 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefAsyncApi.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefAsyncApi.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.GET;
 import javax.ws.rs.HEAD;
 import javax.ws.rs.POST;
 import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
@@ -432,6 +433,14 @@ public interface ChefAsyncApi {
    @ResponseParser(ParseSearchNodesFromJson.class)
    ListenableFuture<? extends SearchResult<? extends Node>> searchNodes();
 
+   /**
+    * @see ChefApi#searchNodes(String)
+    */
+   @GET
+   @Path("/search/node")
+   @ResponseParser(ParseSearchNodesFromJson.class)
+   ListenableFuture<? extends SearchResult<? extends Node>> searchNodes(@QueryParam("q") String query);
+
    /**
     * @see ChefApi#searchDatabag(String)
     */
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/test/TransientChefAsyncApi.java b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/test/TransientChefAsyncApi.java
index ab93825424..e5aaaecc72 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/test/TransientChefAsyncApi.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/test/TransientChefAsyncApi.java
@@ -297,6 +297,11 @@ public class TransientChefAsyncApi implements ChefAsyncApi {
       throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<? extends SearchResult<? extends Node>> searchNodes(String query) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+   }
+
    @Override
    public ListenableFuture<? extends SearchResult<? extends Role>> searchRoles() {
       throw new UnsupportedOperationException();