diff --git a/src/pyj/read_book/prefs/selection.pyj b/src/pyj/read_book/prefs/selection.pyj
index 977dabf771..6789b8145a 100644
--- a/src/pyj/read_book/prefs/selection.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/read_book/prefs/selection.pyj
@@ -40,8 +40,15 @@ def create_selection_panel(container, apply_func, cancel_func):
             ans.checked = True
         return E.div(style='margin-top:1ex', E.label(ans, '\xa0' + text))
 
+    def url(name, text, title):
+        ans = E.input(type='url', name=name, value=sd.get(name), size='50', title=title or '')
+        return E.div(style='margin-top:1ex', E.label(text, E.br(), ans))
+
     container.appendChild(cb(
         'show_selection_bar', _('Show a popup bar with common actions next to selected text')))
+    container.appendChild(url(
+        'net_search_url', _('URL to query when searching the internet'),
+    _('The {q} in the URL is replaced by the selected text')))
 
     container.appendChild(create_button_box(restore_defaults, apply_func, cancel_func))
 
diff --git a/src/pyj/read_book/selection_bar.pyj b/src/pyj/read_book/selection_bar.pyj
index d391778865..214880af72 100644
--- a/src/pyj/read_book/selection_bar.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/read_book/selection_bar.pyj
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class SelectionBar:
         text = self.view.currently_showing.selection.text
         if text:
             q = encodeURIComponent(text)
-            url = f'https://google.com/search?q={q}'
+            url = get_session_data().get('net_search_url').format(q=q)
             ui_operations.open_url(url)
 
     def clear_selection(self):
diff --git a/src/pyj/session.pyj b/src/pyj/session.pyj
index e3704e0439..2a1e75706e 100644
--- a/src/pyj/session.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/session.pyj
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ defaults = {
     'highlight_style': None,
     'custom_highlight_colors': v'[]',
     'show_selection_bar': True,
+    'net_search_url': 'https://google.com/search?q={q}',
 }
 
 is_local_setting = {