diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Jobs/PastWeekBacklogSearchJob.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Jobs/PastWeekBacklogSearchJob.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..885dd8656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Jobs/PastWeekBacklogSearchJob.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using NLog;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Model;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Model.Notification;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Providers;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Core;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Repository;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Jobs
+{
+    public class PastWeekBacklogSearchJob : IJob
+    {
+        private readonly EpisodeProvider _episodeProvider;
+        private readonly EpisodeSearchJob _episodeSearchJob;
+        private readonly ConfigProvider _configProvider;
+
+        private static readonly Logger Logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
+
+        public PastWeekBacklogSearchJob(EpisodeProvider episodeProvider, EpisodeSearchJob episodeSearchJob,
+                                            ConfigProvider configProvider)
+        {
+            _episodeProvider = episodeProvider;
+            _episodeSearchJob = episodeSearchJob;
+            _configProvider = configProvider;
+        }
+
+        public string Name
+        {
+            get { return "Past Week Backlog Search"; }
+        }
+
+        public TimeSpan DefaultInterval
+        {
+            get { return TimeSpan.FromTicks(0); }
+        }
+
+        public void Start(ProgressNotification notification, int targetId, int secondaryTargetId)
+        {
+            var missingEpisodes = GetMissingForEnabledSeries();
+
+            Logger.Debug("Processing missing episodes from the past week, count: {0}", missingEpisodes.Count);
+            foreach (var episode in missingEpisodes)
+            {
+                _episodeSearchJob.Start(notification, episode.EpisodeId, 0);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public List<Episode> GetMissingForEnabledSeries()
+        {
+            return _episodeProvider.EpisodesWithoutFiles(true).Where(e =>
+                                                                                e.AirDate >= DateTime.Today.AddDays(-7) &&
+                                                                                e.Series.Monitored
+                                                                            ).ToList();
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index b51d80ed1..bf58918d0 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Helpers\SortHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\SabnzbdPriorityTypeConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Jobs\CheckpointJob.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Jobs\PastWeekBacklogSearchJob.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Jobs\SearchHistoryCleanupJob.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\DownloadClientType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Instrumentation\LogDbContext.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/CommandController.cs b/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/CommandController.cs
index 959780f05..5521a7999 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/CommandController.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/CommandController.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Web.Controllers
             return JsonNotificationResult.Queued("Recent backlog search");
         }
 
+        public JsonResult PastWeekBacklogSearch()
+        {
+            _jobProvider.QueueJob(typeof(PastWeekBacklogSearchJob));
+            return JsonNotificationResult.Queued("Past Week backlog search");
+        }
+
         public JsonResult ForceRefresh(int seriesId)
         {
             _jobProvider.QueueJob(typeof(UpdateInfoJob), seriesId);
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Missing/Index.cshtml b/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Missing/Index.cshtml
index 646ce7b85..4af88a37e 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Missing/Index.cshtml
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Missing/Index.cshtml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         <li>@Ajax.ActionLink("Start RSS Sync", "RssSync", "Command", null, null, new { Title = "Check for newly released downloads" })</li>
         <li>@Ajax.ActionLink("Start Backlog Search", "BacklogSearch", "Command",null, null, new { title = "Search and download all missing episodes"})</li>
         <li>@Ajax.ActionLink("Start Recent Backlog Search", "RecentBacklogSearch", "Command", null, null, new { title = "Search and download missing episodes that aired in the last 30 days" })</li>
+        <li>@Ajax.ActionLink("Force Past Week Backlog Search", "PastWeekBacklogSearch", "Command", null, null, new { title = "Search and download missing episodes that aired in the last 7 days (Ignores backlog search settings)" })</li>
     </ul>
 }