diff --git a/advisor/advisor/settings.py b/advisor/advisor/settings.py
index 4781ba973939e943c559b906f560cd4e23e54f2a..a8ea38f149b8e2d4232d0889a8a45802dd65259b 100644
--- a/advisor/advisor/settings.py
+++ b/advisor/advisor/settings.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'south',
     'django_gravatar',
     'autocomplete_light',
+    'haystack',
 )
 
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
@@ -125,3 +126,11 @@ SWAGGER_SETTINGS = {
 LOGIN_URL = '/login/'
 LOGOUT_URL = '/logout/'
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
+
+HAYSTACK_CONNECTIONS = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'haystack.backends.whoosh_backend.WhooshEngine',
+        'PATH': os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'whoosh_index'),
+    },
+}
+
diff --git a/advisor/mainapp/urls.py b/advisor/mainapp/urls.py
index 56f1fe65b9a534accbd574a59f104e8f56f8efd9..04255187783af3f682d535301ea8b87ef0d6710c 100644
--- a/advisor/mainapp/urls.py
+++ b/advisor/mainapp/urls.py
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     #name='detail-student'),
     url(r'^profile/', profile, name='profile-detail'), 
     #name='profile'),
+    url(r'^search/', include('haystack.urls')),
 )