diff --git a/frappe/modules/full_text_search.py b/frappe/modules/full_text_search.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de0ee375b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frappe/modules/full_text_search.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020, Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Contributors
+# MIT License. See license.txt
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import frappe
+import os
+from whoosh.index import create_in, open_dir
+from whoosh.fields import TEXT, ID, Schema
+
+
+def build_index(index_name, documents):
+	schema = Schema(title=TEXT(stored=True), path=ID(stored=True), content=TEXT)
+
+	index_dir = os.path.join(frappe.utils.get_bench_path(), "indexes", index_name)
+	frappe.create_folder(index_dir)
+
+	ix = create_in(index_dir, schema)
+	writer = ix.writer()
+
+	for document in documents:
+		writer.add_document(
+			title=document.title, path=document.path, content=document.content
+		)
+
+	writer.commit()
+
+
+def search(index_name, text):
+	from whoosh.qparser import QueryParser
+
+	index_dir = os.path.join(frappe.utils.get_bench_path(), "indexes", index_name)
+	ix = open_dir(index_dir)
+
+	with ix.searcher() as searcher:
+		query = QueryParser("content", ix.schema).parse(text)
+		results = searcher.search(query)
+
+	return results
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 431f216afa..5d46f799be 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ watchdog==0.8.0
 Werkzeug==0.16.1
 xlrd==1.2.0
 zxcvbn-python==4.4.24
+Whoosh==2.7.4