diff --git a/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.js b/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.js
index 868e0b7b..4d3212df 100644
--- a/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.js
+++ b/tailbone/static/js/tailbone.js
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ $(function() {
         disable_submit_button(this);
     });
 
+    // quickie button
+    $('#submit-quickie').button('option', 'icons', {primary: 'ui-icon-zoomin'});
+
     /*
      * enhance dropdowns
      */
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/base.mako b/tailbone/templates/base.mako
index 00e27a60..aea0c0e5 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/base.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/base.mako
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@
               </div>
           % endif
 
+          % if quickie is not Undefined and quickie and request.has_perm(quickie.perm):
+              <div class="after-feedback">
+                ${h.form(quickie.url, name="quickie", method="get")}
+                ${h.text('entry', placeholder=quickie.placeholder, autocomplete='off')}
+                <button type="submit" id="submit-quickie">Lookup</button>
+                ${h.end_form()}
+              </div>
+          % endif
+
         </div><!-- global -->
 
         <div class="page">
diff --git a/tailbone/views/master.py b/tailbone/views/master.py
index be0a9fc3..516009df 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/master.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/master.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import sqlalchemy_continuum as continuum
 
 from rattail.db import model, Session as RattailSession
 from rattail.db.continuum import model_transaction_query
+from rattail.core import Object
 from rattail.util import prettify
 from rattail.time import localtime
 from rattail.threads import Thread
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@ class MasterView(View):
     supports_prev_next = False
     supports_import_batch_from_file = False
 
+    # quickie (search)
+    supports_quickie_search = False
+    expose_quickie_search = False
+
     # set to True to declare model as "contact"
     is_contact = False
 
@@ -378,6 +383,20 @@ class MasterView(View):
         the given object, or ``None``.
         """
 
+    def quickie(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def get_quickie_url(self):
+        route_prefix = self.get_route_prefix()
+        return self.request.route_url('{}.quickie'.format(route_prefix))
+
+    def get_quickie_perm(self):
+        permission_prefix = self.get_permission_prefix()
+        return '{}.quickie'.format(permission_prefix)
+
+    def get_quickie_placeholder(self):
+        pass
+
     def make_row_grid(self, factory=None, key=None, data=None, columns=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Make and return a new (configured) rows grid instance.
@@ -2176,8 +2195,16 @@ class MasterView(View):
             'action_url': self.get_action_url,
             'grid_index': self.grid_index,
             'help_url': self.get_help_url(),
+            'quickie': None,
         }
 
+        if self.expose_quickie_search:
+            context['quickie'] = Object(
+                url=self.get_quickie_url(),
+                perm=self.get_quickie_perm(),
+                placeholder=self.get_quickie_placeholder(),
+            )
+
         if self.grid_index:
             context['grid_count'] = self.grid_count
 
@@ -3342,6 +3369,14 @@ class MasterView(View):
                 config.add_view(cls, attr='results_xlsx', route_name='{}.results_xlsx'.format(route_prefix),
                                 permission='{}.results_xlsx'.format(permission_prefix))
 
+        # quickie (search)
+        if cls.supports_quickie_search:
+            config.add_tailbone_permission(permission_prefix, '{}.quickie'.format(permission_prefix),
+                                           "Do a \"quickie search\" for {}".format(model_title_plural))
+            config.add_route('{}.quickie'.format(route_prefix), '{}/quickie'.format(route_prefix),
+                             request_method='GET')
+            config.add_view(cls, attr='quickie', route_name='{}.quickie'.format(route_prefix),
+                            permission='{}.quickie'.format(permission_prefix))
 
         # create
         if cls.creatable or cls.mobile_creatable: