diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/ui/HighlightingProjectsTable.java b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/ui/HighlightingProjectsTable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc60360f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/ui/HighlightingProjectsTable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.gerrit.client.ui;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.client.projects.ProjectInfo;
+import com.google.gerrit.client.projects.ProjectMap;
+import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.InlineHTML;
+
+public class HighlightingProjectsTable extends ProjectsTable {
+  private String toHighlight;
+
+  public void display(final ProjectMap projects, final String toHighlight) {
+    this.toHighlight = toHighlight;
+    super.display(projects);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void populate(final int row, final ProjectInfo k) {
+    table.setWidget(row, 1,
+        new InlineHTML(Util.highlight(k.name(), toHighlight)));
+    table.setText(row, 2, k.description());
+
+    setRowItem(row, k);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/ui/ProjectListPopup.java b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/ui/ProjectListPopup.java
index f4653a92dc..9f0d6afc9e 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/ui/ProjectListPopup.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtui/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/ui/ProjectListPopup.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import com.google.gwtexpui.user.client.PluginSafeDialogBox;
 
 /** It creates a popup containing all the projects. */
 public class ProjectListPopup {
-  private ProjectsTable projectsTab;
+  private HighlightingProjectsTable projectsTab;
   private PluginSafeDialogBox popup;
   private NpTextBox filterTxt;
   private HorizontalPanel filterPanel;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class ProjectListPopup {
     });
     filterPanel.add(filterTxt);
 
-    projectsTab = new ProjectsTable() {
+    projectsTab = new HighlightingProjectsTable() {
       @Override
       protected void movePointerTo(final int row, final boolean scroll) {
         super.movePointerTo(row, scroll);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class ProjectListPopup {
   }
 
   private void display(final ProjectMap result) {
-    projectsTab.display(result);
+    projectsTab.display(result, subname);
     if (firstPopupLoad) { // Display was delayed until table was loaded
       firstPopupLoad = false;
       displayPopup();