diff -aur nautilus-3.16.2/src/nautilus-list-view.c nautilus-3.16.2.new/src/nautilus-list-view.c
--- nautilus-3.16.2/src/nautilus-list-view.c	2015-05-13 12:24:43.000000000 -0500
+++ nautilus-3.16.2.new/src/nautilus-list-view.c	2015-09-10 18:54:11.942923502 -0500
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@
 							g_str_equal,
 							(GDestroyNotify) g_free,
 							NULL);
-	gtk_tree_view_set_enable_search (view->details->tree_view, FALSE);
+	gtk_tree_view_set_enable_search (view->details->tree_view, TRUE);
 
 	view->details->drag_dest = 
 		nautilus_tree_view_drag_dest_new (view->details->tree_view);