diff --git a/trunk/opensearch.xml b/trunk/opensearch.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a9869e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trunk/opensearch.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+
+<!-- hardcoded urls are BAAAD. perhaps provide this document in perl ? -->
+<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
+
+	<Contact>admin@example.com</Contact>
+
+	<Description>lol description</Description>
+
+	<Image
+		height="16"
+		width="16"
+		type="image/x-icon"
+	>
+		http:/localhost/images/favicon.ico
+	</Image>
+
+	<Query
+		role="example"
+		searchTerms="example"
+	/>
+
+	<ShortName>Yolanda</ShortName>
+
+	<Tags>lol tags</Tags>
+
+	<Url
+		type="text/html"
+		template="http://localhost/search.pl?query={searchTerms}"
+	/>
+
+</OpenSearchDescription>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/trunk/xsl/xhtml.xsl b/trunk/xsl/xhtml.xsl
index a891b3b..0bcd8d9 100755
--- a/trunk/xsl/xhtml.xsl
+++ b/trunk/xsl/xhtml.xsl
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@
 
 			</xsl:if>
 
+			<link
+				rel="search"
+				type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
+				href="/opensearch.xml"
+				title="Yolanda"
+			/>
+
 			<title>
 				<xsl:choose>
 					<xsl:when test="boolean(//frontpage)">