diff --git a/mod/search.php b/mod/search.php
index 790f577ba6..fd8a9eb64b 100644
--- a/mod/search.php
+++ b/mod/search.php
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 
 	nav_set_selected('search');
 
-
-	$o = '<h3>' . t('Search') . '</h3>';
-
 	if(x($a->data,'search'))
 		$search = notags(trim($a->data['search']));
 	else
@@ -146,8 +143,13 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 		$search = ((x($_GET,'tag')) ? notags(trim(rawurldecode($_GET['tag']))) : '');
 	}
 
-
-	$o .= search($search,'search-box','search',((local_user()) ? true : false), false);
+	// contruct a wrapper for the search header
+	$o .= replace_macros(get_markup_template("content_wrapper.tpl"),array(
+		'name' => "search-header",
+		'$title' => t("Search"),
+		'$title_size' => 3,
+		'$content' => search($search,'search-box','search',((local_user()) ? true : false), false)
+	));
 
 	if(strpos($search,'#') === 0) {
 		$tag = true;
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 		return dirfind_content($a);
 	}
 
-        if(x($_GET,'search-option'))
+	if(x($_GET,'search-option'))
 		switch($_GET['search-option']) {
 			case 'fulltext':
 				break;
diff --git a/view/templates/content_wrapper.tpl b/view/templates/content_wrapper.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b418715603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/templates/content_wrapper.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+<div {{if $name}}id="{{$name}}-wrapper"{{/if}} class="general-content-wrapper">
+	{{* give different possibilities for the size of the heading *}}
+	{{if $title_size}}
+		<h{{$title_size}} {{if $name}}id="{{$name}}-heading"{{/if}}>{{$title}}</h{{$title_size}}>
+	{{else}}
+	{{include file="section_title.tpl"}}
+	{{/if}}
+
+	{{* output the content *}}
+	{{$content}}
+</div>
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/css/style.css b/view/theme/frio/css/style.css
index e6b51be298..34b56efff8 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/css/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/frio/css/style.css
@@ -1655,7 +1655,22 @@ ul.dropdown-menu li:hover {
     color: $link_color;
     font-size: 20px;
 }
-
+/* Section-Content-Wrapper */
+#search-header-wrapper {
+    padding: 15px;
+    padding-bottom: 20px;
+    margin-bottom: 20px;
+    border: none;
+    /*background-color: #fff;*/
+    background-color: rgba(255,255,255,$contentbg_transp);
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    position: relative;
+    /*overflow: hidden;*/
+    color: #555;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 3px #dadada;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px #dadada;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px #dadada;
+}
 
 /* PAGES */
 
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/saved_searches_aside.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/saved_searches_aside.tpl
index ed32c79751..da4cd1541a 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/saved_searches_aside.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/saved_searches_aside.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {{if $saved}}
 <div class="widget" id="saved-search-list">
 	<h3 id="search">{{$title}}</h3>
-	
+
 	<ul role="menu" id="saved-search-ul">
 		{{foreach $saved as $search}}
 		<li role="menuitem" class="saved-search-li clear">