diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.py
index af300565aa..7a7b27837d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class MobeReadStoreDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         self.setupUi(self)
 
         self.plugin = plugin
+        self.search_query.initialize('store_mobileread_search')
         
         self.adv_search_button.setIcon(QIcon(I('search.png')))
         
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.ui
index 6d31efab6d..b698352dfd 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/mobileread/store_dialog.ui
@@ -34,7 +34,14 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="search_query"/>
+      <widget class="HistoryLineEdit" name="search_query">
+       <property name="sizePolicy">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+        </sizepolicy>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="search_button">
@@ -107,6 +114,13 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>HistoryLineEdit</class>
+   <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
+   <header>widgets.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections>
   <connection>