diff --git a/schema/plugin.json b/schema/plugin.json
index fe053ad..8a4b9e4 100644
--- a/schema/plugin.json
+++ b/schema/plugin.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   "jupyter.lab.toolbars": {
     "FileSystemAccess": [
       { "name": "open-folder", "rank": 0 },
-      { "name": "uploader", "rank": 10 }
+      { "name": "uploader", "rank": 10 },
+      { "name": "filename-searcher", "rank": 20 }
     ]
   },
   "jupyter.lab.transform": true,
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d6fff6f..6613bc5 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ import { ISettingRegistry } from '@jupyterlab/settingregistry';
 
 import { ITranslator, nullTranslator } from '@jupyterlab/translation';
 
-import { listIcon, folderIcon } from '@jupyterlab/ui-components';
+import {
+  listIcon,
+  folderIcon,
+  IScore,
+  FilenameSearcher
+} from '@jupyterlab/ui-components';
 
 import { FileSystemDrive } from './drive';
 
@@ -29,6 +34,11 @@ import { FileSystemDrive } from './drive';
  */
 const FILE_SYSTEM_ACCESS_FACTORY = 'FileSystemAccess';
 
+/**
+ * The class name added to the filebrowser filterbox node.
+ */
+const FILTERBOX_CLASS = 'jp-FileBrowser-filterBox';
+
 /**
  * Initialization data for the jupyterlab-filesystem-access extension.
  */
@@ -120,6 +130,28 @@ const plugin: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
             translator
           })
       );
+
+      toolbarRegistry.addFactory(
+        FILE_SYSTEM_ACCESS_FACTORY,
+        'filename-searcher',
+        (browser: FileBrowser) => {
+          const searcher = FilenameSearcher({
+            updateFilter: (
+              filterFn: (item: string) => Partial<IScore> | null,
+              query?: string
+            ) => {
+              widget.model.setFilter(value => {
+                return filterFn(value.name.toLowerCase());
+              });
+            },
+            useFuzzyFilter: true,
+            placeholder: trans.__('Filter files by name'),
+            forceRefresh: true
+          });
+          searcher.addClass(FILTERBOX_CLASS);
+          return searcher;
+        }
+      );
     }
 
     app.shell.add(widget, 'left', { type: 'FileSystemAccess' });