diff --git a/src/Buffer.ts b/src/Buffer.ts
index 9487be4a..f872b485 100644
--- a/src/Buffer.ts
+++ b/src/Buffer.ts
@@ -265,6 +265,33 @@ export class Buffer implements IBuffer {
     return lineString.substring(startIndex, endIndex);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Translates a buffer line to a string, with optional start and end columns.
+   * Wide characters will count as two columns in the resulting string. This
+   * function is useful for getting the actual text underneath the raw selection
+   * position.
+   * @param line The line being translated.
+   * @param trimRight Whether to trim whitespace to the right.
+   */
+  public translateBufferLineToStringWithWrap(lineIndex: number, trimRight: boolean): string {
+    // Get full line
+    let lineString = '';
+    let lineWrapsToNext = true;
+    if (this.lines.get(lineIndex).isWrapped) {
+      // This terminal line is a continuation of the previous line.
+      return '';
+    }
+
+    do {
+      lineString += this.translateBufferLineToString(lineIndex, true);
+      lineIndex++;
+      const nextLine = this.lines.get(lineIndex);
+      lineWrapsToNext = nextLine ? this.lines.get(lineIndex).isWrapped : false;
+    } while (lineWrapsToNext);
+
+    return lineString;
+  }
+
   public getWrappedRangeForLine(y: number): { first: number, last: number } {
     let first = y;
     let last = y;
diff --git a/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts b/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts
index 63fd047b..61984543 100644
--- a/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts
+++ b/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class SearchHelper implements ISearchHelper {
    * @return The search result if it was found.
    */
   protected _findInLine(term: string, y: number, searchOptions: ISearchOptions = {}): ISearchResult {
-    const lowerStringLine = this._terminal._core.buffer.translateBufferLineToString(y, true).toLowerCase();
+    const lowerStringLine = this._terminal._core.buffer.translateBufferLineToStringWithWrap(y, true).toLowerCase();
     const lowerTerm = term.toLowerCase();
     let searchIndex = -1;
     if (searchOptions.regex) {
diff --git a/src/addons/search/search.test.ts b/src/addons/search/search.test.ts
index 8fcde950..261fae5b 100644
--- a/src/addons/search/search.test.ts
+++ b/src/addons/search/search.test.ts
@@ -40,45 +40,57 @@ describe('search addon', function(): void {
       assert.equal(typeof (<any>MockTerminalPlain).prototype.findPrevious, 'function');
     });
   });
-  it('Searchhelper - should find correct position', function(): void {
-    search.apply(<any>MockTerminal);
-    const term = new MockTerminal({cols: 20, rows: 3});
-    term.core.write('Hello World\r\ntest\n123....hello');
-    term.pushWriteData();
-    const hello0 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('Hello', 0);
-    const hello1 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('Hello', 1);
-    const hello2 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('Hello', 2);
-    expect(hello0).eql({col: 0, row: 0, term: 'Hello'});
-    expect(hello1).eql(undefined);
-    expect(hello2).eql({col: 11, row: 2, term: 'Hello'});
-  });
-  it('should respect search regex', function(): void {
-    search.apply(<any>MockTerminal);
-    const term = new MockTerminal({cols: 10, rows: 4});
-    term.core.write('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\r\n~/dev  ');
-    /*
-      abcdefghij
-      klmnopqrst
-      uvwxyz
-      ~/dev
-    */
-    term.pushWriteData();
-    const searchOptions = {
-      regex: true,
-      wholeWord: false,
-      caseSensitive: false
-    };
-    const hello0 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('dee*', 0, searchOptions);
-    term.searchHelper.findInLine('jkk*', 0, searchOptions);
-    term.searchHelper.findInLine('mnn*', 1, searchOptions);
-    const tilda0 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('^~', 3, searchOptions);
-    const tilda1 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('^[~]', 3, searchOptions);
-    const tilda2 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('^\\~', 3, searchOptions);
-    expect(hello0).eql({col: 3, row: 0, term: 'de'});
-    // TODO: uncomment this test when line wrap search is checked in expect(hello1).eql({col: 9, row: 0, term: 'jk'});
-    // TODO: uncomment this test when line wrap search is checked in expect(hello2).eql(undefined);
-    expect(tilda0).eql({col: 0, row: 3, term: '~'});
-    expect(tilda1).eql({col: 0, row: 3, term: '~'});
-    expect(tilda2).eql({col: 0, row: 3, term: '~'});
+  describe('find', () => {
+    it('Searchhelper - should find correct position', function(): void {
+      search.apply(<any>MockTerminal);
+      const term = new MockTerminal({cols: 20, rows: 3});
+      term.core.write('Hello World\r\ntest\n123....hello');
+      term.pushWriteData();
+      const hello0 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('Hello', 0);
+      const hello1 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('Hello', 1);
+      const hello2 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('Hello', 2);
+      expect(hello0).eql({col: 0, row: 0, term: 'Hello'});
+      expect(hello1).eql(undefined);
+      expect(hello2).eql({col: 11, row: 2, term: 'Hello'});
+    });
+    it('should find search term accross line wrap', function(): void {
+      search.apply(<any>MockTerminal);
+      const term = new MockTerminal({cols: 10, rows: 2});
+      term.core.write('texttextHellotext');
+      term.pushWriteData();
+      const hello0 = (term.searchHelper as any)._findInLine('Hello', 0);
+      const hello1 = (term.searchHelper as any)._findInLine('Hello', 1);
+      expect(hello0).eql({col: 8, row: 0, term: 'Hello'});
+      expect(hello1).eql(undefined);
+    });
+    it('should respect search regex', function(): void {
+      search.apply(<any>MockTerminal);
+      const term = new MockTerminal({cols: 10, rows: 4});
+      term.core.write('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\r\n~/dev  ');
+      /*
+        abcdefghij
+        klmnopqrst
+        uvwxyz
+        ~/dev
+      */
+      term.pushWriteData();
+      const searchOptions = {
+        regex: true,
+        wholeWord: false,
+        caseSensitive: false
+      };
+      const hello0 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('dee*', 0, searchOptions);
+      const hello1 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('jkk*', 0, searchOptions);
+      const hello2 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('mnn*', 1, searchOptions);
+      const tilda0 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('^~', 3, searchOptions);
+      const tilda1 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('^[~]', 3, searchOptions);
+      const tilda2 = term.searchHelper.findInLine('^\\~', 3, searchOptions);
+      expect(hello0).eql({col: 3, row: 0, term: 'de'});
+      expect(hello1).eql({col: 9, row: 0, term: 'jk'});
+      expect(hello2).eql(undefined);
+      expect(tilda0).eql({col: 0, row: 3, term: '~'});
+      expect(tilda1).eql({col: 0, row: 3, term: '~'});
+      expect(tilda2).eql({col: 0, row: 3, term: '~'});
+    });
   });
 });