diff --git a/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
index a6df49dc..777c31d7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
@@ -29,16 +29,20 @@ class AdminController < ApplicationController
     sort_init 'name', 'asc'
     sort_update
     
-    @status = params[:status] ? params[:status].to_i : 0
-    conditions = nil
-    conditions = ["status=?", @status] unless @status == 0
+    @status = params[:status] ? params[:status].to_i : 1
+    c = ARCondition.new(@status == 0 ? "status <> 0" : ["status = ?", @status])
     
-    @project_count = Project.count(:conditions => conditions)
+    unless params[:name].blank?
+      name = "%#{params[:name].strip.downcase}%"
+      c << ["LOWER(identifier) LIKE ? OR LOWER(name) LIKE ?", name, name]
+    end
+    
+    @project_count = Project.count(:conditions => c.conditions)
     @project_pages = Paginator.new self, @project_count,
 								per_page_option,
 								params['page']								
     @projects = Project.find :all, :order => sort_clause,
-                        :conditions => conditions,
+                        :conditions => c.conditions,
 						:limit  =>  @project_pages.items_per_page,
 						:offset =>  @project_pages.current.offset
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/admin_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin_helper.rb
index 1b41d837..8f81f66b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/admin_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/admin_helper.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 module AdminHelper
   def project_status_options_for_select(selected)
-    options_for_select([[l(:label_all), "*"], 
+    options_for_select([[l(:label_all), ''], 
                         [l(:status_active), 1]], selected)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/projects.rhtml b/app/views/admin/projects.rhtml
index c4284562..6c7a21fb 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/projects.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/admin/projects.rhtml
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 
 <h2><%=l(:label_project_plural)%></h2>
 
-<% form_tag() do %>
+<% form_tag({}, :method => :get) do %>
 <fieldset><legend><%= l(:label_filter_plural) %></legend>
 <label><%= l(:field_status) %> :</label>
 <%= select_tag 'status', project_status_options_for_select(@status), :class => "small", :onchange => "this.form.submit(); return false;"  %>
-<%= submit_tag l(:button_apply), :class => "small" %>
+<label><%= l(:label_project) %>:</label>
+<%= text_field_tag 'name', params[:name], :size => 30 %>
+<%= submit_tag l(:button_apply), :class => "small", :name => nil %>
 </fieldset>
 <% end %>
 &nbsp;
diff --git a/test/functional/admin_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/admin_controller_test.rb
index 05205b39..7c262608 100644
--- a/test/functional/admin_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/admin_controller_test.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,25 @@ class AdminControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
                :attributes => { :class => /nodata/ }
   end
   
+  def test_projects
+    get :projects
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_template 'projects'
+    assert_not_nil assigns(:projects)
+    # active projects only
+    assert_nil assigns(:projects).detect {|u| !u.active?}
+  end
+  
+  def test_projects_with_name_filter
+    get :projects, :name => 'store', :status => ''
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_template 'projects'
+    projects = assigns(:projects)
+    assert_not_nil projects
+    assert_equal 1, projects.size
+    assert_equal 'OnlineStore', projects.first.name
+  end
+  
   def test_load_default_configuration_data
     delete_configuration_data
     post :default_configuration, :lang => 'fr'