diff --git a/lib/import_functions.js b/lib/import_functions.js
index 7bc9d78..f9f561c 100644
--- a/lib/import_functions.js
+++ b/lib/import_functions.js
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ var MBReleaseImportHelper = (function() {
         return '<a class="musicbrainz_import" href="//musicbrainz.org/search?' + params.join('&') + '">Search in MusicBrainz</a>';
     }
 
+    function fnSearchUrlFor(type, what) {
+      type = type.replace('-', '_');
+
+      var params = [
+          'query=' + luceneEscape(what),
+          'type=' + type,
+          'indexed=1'
+        ];
+        return '//musicbrainz.org/search?' + params.join('&');
+    }
+
     // compute HTML of import form
     function fnBuildFormHTML(parameters) {
 
@@ -345,6 +356,7 @@ var MBReleaseImportHelper = (function() {
        guessReleaseType: fnGuessReleaseType,
        hmsToMilliSeconds: hmsToMilliSeconds,
        ISO8601toMilliSeconds: fnISO8601toMilliSeconds,
+       searchUrlFor: fnSearchUrlFor,
        URL_TYPES: url_types
     };
 })();