diff --git a/libs/gtkmm2ext/gtkmm2ext/string_completion.h b/libs/gtkmm2ext/gtkmm2ext/string_completion.h
index 2e8a81c4c5..93d93ab53a 100644
--- a/libs/gtkmm2ext/gtkmm2ext/string_completion.h
+++ b/libs/gtkmm2ext/gtkmm2ext/string_completion.h
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ class LIBGTKMM2EXT_API StringCompletion : public Gtk::EntryCompletion
 	void delete_string (Glib::ustring str);
 	void insert_vector (std::vector<Glib::ustring> strVector, bool norepeat = true);
 
+	void set_match_anywhere ();
+
 	static Glib::RefPtr<StringCompletion> create();
 	static Glib::RefPtr<StringCompletion> create (std::vector<Glib::ustring> strVector, bool norepeat = true);
 
   protected:
-	Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::ListStore> m_refCompletionModel; 
+	Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::ListStore> m_refCompletionModel;
 
 	class CompletionRecord : public Gtk::TreeModel::ColumnRecord
 	{
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ class LIBGTKMM2EXT_API StringCompletion : public Gtk::EntryCompletion
 	CompletionRecord m_completionRecord;
 	bool _delete_string (const Gtk::TreeModel::iterator &iter, const Glib::ustring &str);
 	bool _string_exists (const Glib::ustring &str);
+	bool match_anywhere (Glib::ustring const & str,  Gtk::TreeModel::const_iterator const & iter);
+
 	void init();
 };
 
diff --git a/libs/gtkmm2ext/string_completion.cc b/libs/gtkmm2ext/string_completion.cc
index 78ffc841dc..c43be57598 100644
--- a/libs/gtkmm2ext/string_completion.cc
+++ b/libs/gtkmm2ext/string_completion.cc
@@ -105,3 +105,16 @@ StringCompletion::insert_vector (std::vector<Glib::ustring> strVector, bool nore
 		this->add_string (s, norepeat);
 	}
 }
+
+bool
+StringCompletion::match_anywhere (Glib::ustring const & str,  Gtk::TreeModel::const_iterator const & iter)
+{
+	Glib::ustring r = Gtk::TreeModel::Row (*iter)[m_completionRecord.col_text];
+	return r.find (str) != Glib::ustring::npos;
+}
+
+void
+StringCompletion::set_match_anywhere ()
+{
+	set_match_func (sigc::mem_fun (this, &StringCompletion::match_anywhere));
+}