diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/Newznab.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/Newznab.cs
index bd75f0382..7a26587cd 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/Newznab.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/Newznab.cs
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
                 }
 
                 if (capabilities.SupportedTvSearchParameters != null &&
-                    new[] { "q", "tvdbid", "rid" }.Any(v => capabilities.SupportedTvSearchParameters.Contains(v)) &&
-                    new[] { "season", "ep" }.All(v => capabilities.SupportedTvSearchParameters.Contains(v)))
+                    new[] { "q", "imdb" }.Any(v => capabilities.SupportedMovieSearchParamters.Contains(v)) &&
+                    new[] { "imdbtitle", "imdbyear" }.All(v => capabilities.SupportedMovieSearchParamters.Contains(v)))
                 {
                     return null;
                 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabCapabilities.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabCapabilities.cs
index 11e73da34..1385eaa1a 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabCapabilities.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabCapabilities.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
         public int MaxPageSize { get; set; }
         public string[] SupportedSearchParameters { get; set; }
         public string[] SupportedTvSearchParameters { get; set; }
+        public string[] SupportedMovieSearchParamters { get; set; }
         public bool SupportsAggregateIdSearch { get; set; }
         public List<NewznabCategory> Categories { get; set; }
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
             DefaultPageSize = 100;
             MaxPageSize = 100;
             SupportedSearchParameters = new[] { "q" };
+            SupportedMovieSearchParamters = new[] { "q", "imdb", "imdbtitle", "imdbyear" };
             SupportedTvSearchParameters = new[] { "q", "rid", "season", "ep" }; // This should remain 'rid' for older newznab installs.
             SupportsAggregateIdSearch = false;
             Categories = new List<NewznabCategory>();
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
index 59fec15cc..76030a2ec 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
@@ -85,6 +85,19 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
             }
         }
 
+        private bool SupportsMovieSearch
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var capabilities = _capabilitiesProvider.GetCapabilities(Settings);
+
+                return capabilities.SupportedMovieSearchParamters != null &&
+                       capabilities.SupportedMovieSearchParamters.Contains("imdb") &&
+                       capabilities.SupportedMovieSearchParamters.Contains("imdbtitle") &&
+                       capabilities.SupportedMovieSearchParamters.Contains("imdbyear");
+            }
+        }
+
         private bool SupportsAggregatedIdSearch
         {
             get
@@ -109,6 +122,19 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
             return pageableRequests;
         }
 
+        public IndexerPageableRequestChain GetSearchRequests(MovieSearchCriteria searchCriteria)
+        {
+            var pageableRequests = new IndexerPageableRequestChain();
+
+            if(SupportsMovieSearch)
+            {
+                pageableRequests.Add(GetPagedRequests(MaxPages, Settings.Categories, "movie",
+                        string.Format("&imdbid={0}", searchCriteria.Movie.ImdbId.Substring(2)))); //strip off the "tt" - VERY HACKY
+            }
+
+            return pageableRequests;
+        }
+
         public virtual IndexerPageableRequestChain GetSearchRequests(SingleEpisodeSearchCriteria searchCriteria)
         {
             var pageableRequests = new IndexerPageableRequestChain();
@@ -274,10 +300,5 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
         {
             return title.Replace("+", "%20");
         }
-
-        public IndexerPageableRequestChain GetSearchRequests(MovieSearchCriteria searchCriteria)
-        {
-            return new IndexerPageableRequestChain();
-        }
     }
 }