diff --git a/imgsrc/srv/fts.svg b/imgsrc/srv/fts.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39f49bdc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imgsrc/srv/fts.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
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+   id="SVGRoot"
+   width="128"
+   height="128"
+   version="1.1"
+   viewBox="0 0 128 128"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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+     id="defs10" />
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+     id="layer1"
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diff --git a/src/pyj/book_list/fts.pyj b/src/pyj/book_list/fts.pyj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e5a0db2ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pyj/book_list/fts.pyj
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
+# License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2022, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+from __python__ import bound_methods, hash_literals
+
+
+from book_list.ui import set_panel_handler
+
+
+def init(container_id):
+    c = document.getElementById(container_id)
+    c.innerText = 'TODO: Implement me'
+
+
+set_panel_handler('fts', init)
diff --git a/src/pyj/book_list/main.pyj b/src/pyj/book_list/main.pyj
index 1a32478853..f336b49518 100644
--- a/src/pyj/book_list/main.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/book_list/main.pyj
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import book_list.local_books # noqa: unused-import
 import book_list.book_details # noqa: unused-import
 import book_list.edit_metadata # noqa: unused-import
 import book_list.convert_book # noqa: unused-import
+import book_list.fts # noqa: unused-import
 
 
 def remove_initial_progress_bar():
diff --git a/src/pyj/book_list/search.pyj b/src/pyj/book_list/search.pyj
index 981b740bc8..fff1b42c5c 100644
--- a/src/pyj/book_list/search.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/book_list/search.pyj
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ def create_search_panel(container):
     search_bar = create_search_bar(execute_search_interactive, 'search-books', tooltip=_('Search for books'), placeholder=_('Enter the search query'), button=search_button)
     set_css(search_bar, flex_grow='10', margin_right='0.5em')
     search_container.appendChild(E.div(style="display: flex; width: 100%;", search_bar, search_button))
+    search_container.appendChild(E.div(style="text-align: left; padding-top: 1ex", E.a(class_="blue-link", svgicon("fts"), '\xa0', _('Search the full text of books instead'), href='javascript: void(0)', onclick=show_panel.bind(None, "fts"))))
     search_container.appendChild(E.ul(class_='search-items', data_component='search_expression'))
 
     # Build loading panel