diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b28d495..2c5bbdc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "html2text 0.1.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "kuchiki 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pager 0.15.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.114 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_json 1.0.56 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_tuple 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "structopt 0.3.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "termion 1.5.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -510,6 +513,9 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.114"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive 1.0.114 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
@@ -531,6 +537,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde 1.0.114 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_tuple"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde 1.0.114 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_tuple_macros 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_tuple_macros"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.18 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "quote 1.0.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "syn 1.0.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "servo_arc"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -787,6 +812,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum serde 1.0.114 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5317f7588f0a5078ee60ef675ef96735a1442132dc645eb1d12c018620ed8cd3"
 "checksum serde_derive 1.0.114 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2a0be94b04690fbaed37cddffc5c134bf537c8e3329d53e982fe04c374978f8e"
 "checksum serde_json 1.0.56 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3433e879a558dde8b5e8feb2a04899cf34fdde1fafb894687e52105fc1162ac3"
+"checksum serde_tuple 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f4f025b91216f15a2a32aa39669329a475733590a015835d1783549a56d09427"
+"checksum serde_tuple_macros 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4076151d1a2b688e25aaf236997933c66e18b870d0369f8b248b8ab2be630d7e"
 "checksum servo_arc 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d98238b800e0d1576d8b6e3de32827c2d74bee68bb97748dcf5071fb53965432"
 "checksum siphasher 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fa8f3741c7372e75519bd9346068370c9cdaabcc1f9599cbcf2a2719352286b7"
 "checksum smallvec 1.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3757cb9d89161a2f24e1cf78efa0c1fcff485d18e3f55e0aa3480824ddaa0f3f"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d62a790..2d86699 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@ anyhow = "1.0.31"
 html2text = "0.1.12"
 kuchiki = "0.8.0"
 pager = "0.15.0"
+serde_json = "1.0.56"
+serde_tuple = "0.5.0"
 termion = "1.5.5"
 
+[dependencies.serde]
+version = "1.0.114"
+features = ["derive"]
+
 [dependencies.structopt]
 version = "0.3.15"
 default-features = false
diff --git a/src/index.rs b/src/index.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8ffd9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Robin Krahl <robin.krahl@ireas.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+//! Search index for a documentation source.
+//!
+//! The search index is read from the `search-index.js` file generated by rustdoc.  It contains a
+//! list of items groupd by their crate.
+//!
+//! For details on the format of the search index, see the `html/render.rs` file in `librustdoc`.
+//! Note that the format of the search index changed in April 2020 with commit
+//! b4fb3069ce82f61f84a9487d17fb96389d55126a.  We only support the new format as the old format is
+//! much harder to parse.
+
+use std::collections;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::fs;
+use std::io;
+use std::path;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Index {
+    data: Data,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
+pub struct IndexItem {
+    pub path: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub description: String,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for IndexItem {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        if self.description.is_empty() {
+            write!(f, "{}::{}", &self.path, &self.name)
+        } else {
+            write!(f, "{}::{}: {}", &self.path, &self.name, &self.description)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq, serde::Deserialize)]
+#[serde(transparent)]
+struct Data {
+    crates: collections::HashMap<String, CrateData>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq, serde::Deserialize)]
+struct CrateData {
+    #[serde(rename = "i")]
+    items: Vec<ItemData>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq, serde_tuple::Deserialize_tuple)]
+struct ItemData {
+    ty: usize,
+    name: String,
+    path: String,
+    desc: String,
+    parent: Option<usize>,
+    _ignored: serde_json::Value,
+}
+
+impl Index {
+    pub fn load(path: impl AsRef<path::Path>) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Self>> {
+        use std::io::BufRead;
+
+        anyhow::ensure!(
+            path.as_ref().is_file(),
+            "Search index '{}' must be a file",
+            path.as_ref().display()
+        );
+
+        let mut json: Option<String> = None;
+        let mut finished = false;
+
+        for line in io::BufReader::new(fs::File::open(path)?).lines() {
+            let line = line?;
+            if let Some(json) = &mut json {
+                if line == "}');" {
+                    json.push_str("}");
+                    finished = true;
+                    break;
+                } else {
+                    json.push_str(line.trim_end_matches('\\'));
+                }
+            } else if line == "var searchIndex = JSON.parse('{\\" {
+                json = Some(String::from("{"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let Some(json) = json {
+            if finished {
+                use anyhow::Context;
+                let json = json.replace("\\'", "'");
+                let data: Data =
+                    serde_json::from_str(&json).context("Could not parse search index")?;
+
+                Ok(Some(Index { data }))
+            } else {
+                Ok(None)
+            }
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn find(&self, keyword: &str) -> Vec<IndexItem> {
+        let mut matches: Vec<IndexItem> = Vec::new();
+        for (krate, data) in &self.data.crates {
+            for item in &data.items {
+                if item.name == keyword {
+                    matches.push(IndexItem {
+                        name: item.name.clone(),
+                        path: if item.path.is_empty() {
+                            krate.to_owned()
+                        } else {
+                            item.path.clone()
+                        },
+                        description: item.desc.clone(),
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        matches.sort_unstable();
+        matches.dedup();
+        matches
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::{CrateData, Data, ItemData};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_empty() {
+        let expected: Data = Default::default();
+        let actual: Data = serde_json::from_str("{}").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_empty_crate() {
+        let mut expected: Data = Default::default();
+        expected
+            .crates
+            .insert("test".to_owned(), Default::default());
+        let actual: Data = serde_json::from_str("{\"test\": {\"i\": []}}").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_one_item() {
+        let mut expected: Data = Default::default();
+        let mut krate: CrateData = Default::default();
+        let mut item: ItemData = Default::default();
+        item.name = "name".to_owned();
+        item.path = "path".to_owned();
+        item.desc = "desc".to_owned();
+        krate.items.push(item);
+        expected.crates.insert("test".to_owned(), krate);
+        let actual: Data = serde_json::from_str(
+            "{\"test\": {\"i\": [[0, \"name\", \"path\", \"desc\", null, null]]}}",
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(expected, actual);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 385931c..f929c58 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 mod doc;
+mod index;
 mod parser;
 mod source;
 mod viewer;
 
+use std::io;
 use std::path;
 
 use structopt::StructOpt;
@@ -37,11 +39,20 @@ struct Opt {
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let opt = Opt::from_args();
-
     let sources = load_sources(&opt.source_paths, !opt.no_default_sources)?;
-    let doc = find_doc(&sources, &opt.keyword)?;
-    let viewer = opt.viewer.unwrap_or_else(viewer::get_default);
-    viewer.open(&doc)
+    let doc = if let Some(doc) = find_doc(&sources, &opt.keyword)? {
+        Some(doc)
+    } else {
+        search_doc(&sources, &opt.keyword)?
+    };
+
+    if let Some(doc) = doc {
+        let viewer = opt.viewer.unwrap_or_else(viewer::get_default);
+        viewer.open(&doc)
+    } else {
+        // item selection cancelled by user
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_SOURCES: &[&str] = &[
@@ -75,27 +86,98 @@ fn load_sources(
     Ok(vec)
 }
 
-fn find_doc(sources: &[Box<dyn source::Source>], keyword: &str) -> anyhow::Result<doc::Doc> {
-    use anyhow::Context;
-
+fn find_doc(
+    sources: &[Box<dyn source::Source>],
+    keyword: &str,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Option<doc::Doc>> {
     let parts: Vec<&str> = keyword.split("::").collect();
-    let crate_ = find_crate(sources, parts[0])?;
-    let item = crate_
-        .find_item(&parts[1..])?
-        .or_else(|| crate_.find_module(&parts[1..]))
-        .or_else(|| crate_.find_member(&parts[1..]))
-        .with_context(|| format!("Could not find the item {}", keyword))?;
-    item.load_doc()
+    if let Some(crate_) = find_crate(sources, parts[0]) {
+        crate_
+            .find_item(&parts[1..])?
+            .or_else(|| crate_.find_module(&parts[1..]))
+            .or_else(|| crate_.find_member(&parts[1..]))
+            .map(|i| i.load_doc())
+            .transpose()
+    } else {
+        Ok(None)
+    }
 }
 
-fn find_crate(sources: &[Box<dyn source::Source>], name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<doc::Crate> {
-    use anyhow::Context;
+fn find_crate(sources: &[Box<dyn source::Source>], name: &str) -> Option<doc::Crate> {
+    sources.iter().filter_map(|s| s.find_crate(name)).next()
+}
+
+fn search_doc(
+    sources: &[Box<dyn source::Source>],
+    keyword: &str,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Option<doc::Doc>> {
+    if let Some(item) = search_item(sources, keyword)? {
+        use anyhow::Context;
+
+        let item = format!("{}::{}", item.path, item.name);
+        let doc = find_doc(sources, &item)?
+            .with_context(|| format!("Could not find documentation for {}", &item))?;
+        Ok(Some(doc))
+    } else {
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+}
 
-    sources
+fn search_item(
+    sources: &[Box<dyn source::Source>],
+    keyword: &str,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Option<index::IndexItem>> {
+    let indexes = sources
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|s| s.load_index().transpose())
+        .collect::<anyhow::Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
+    let mut items = indexes
         .iter()
-        .filter_map(|s| s.find_crate(name))
-        .next()
-        .with_context(|| format!("Could not find the crate {}", name))
+        .map(|i| i.find(keyword))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .concat();
+    items.sort_unstable();
+    items.dedup();
+
+    if items.is_empty() {
+        Ok(None)
+    } else if items.len() == 1 {
+        Ok(Some(items[0].clone()))
+    } else {
+        select_item(&items, keyword)
+    }
+}
+
+fn select_item(
+    items: &[index::IndexItem],
+    keyword: &str,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Option<index::IndexItem>> {
+    use std::io::Write;
+
+    // If we are not on a TTY, we can’t ask the user to select an item --> abort
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        termion::is_tty(&io::stdin()),
+        "Found multiple matches for {}",
+        keyword
+    );
+
+    println!("Found mulitple matches for {} – select one of:", keyword);
+    println!();
+    let width = (items.len() + 1).to_string().len();
+    for (i, item) in items.iter().enumerate() {
+        println!("[ {:width$} ] {}", i, &item, width = width);
+    }
+    println!();
+    print!("> ");
+    io::stdout().flush()?;
+
+    let mut input = String::new();
+    io::stdin().read_line(&mut input)?;
+    if let Ok(i) = usize::from_str_radix(input.trim(), 10) {
+        Ok(items.get(i).map(Clone::clone))
+    } else {
+        Ok(None)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -118,10 +200,16 @@ mod tests {
         let path = ensure_docs();
         let sources = vec![source::get_source(path).unwrap()];
 
-        super::find_doc(&sources, "kuchiki").unwrap();
-        super::find_doc(&sources, "kuchiki::NodeRef").unwrap();
-        super::find_doc(&sources, "kuchiki::NodeDataRef::as_node").unwrap();
-        super::find_doc(&sources, "kuchiki::traits").unwrap();
-        super::find_doc(&sources, "kachiki").unwrap_err();
+        assert!(super::find_doc(&sources, "kuchiki").unwrap().is_some());
+        assert!(super::find_doc(&sources, "kuchiki::NodeRef")
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_some());
+        assert!(super::find_doc(&sources, "kuchiki::NodeDataRef::as_node")
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_some());
+        assert!(super::find_doc(&sources, "kuchiki::traits")
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_some());
+        assert!(super::find_doc(&sources, "kachiki").unwrap().is_none());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/source.rs b/src/source.rs
index 1f18e41..16d9b48 100644
--- a/src/source.rs
+++ b/src/source.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ use std::path;
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 
 use crate::doc;
+use crate::index;
 
 /// Documentation source, for example a local directory.
 pub trait Source {
     fn find_crate(&self, name: &str) -> Option<doc::Crate>;
+    fn load_index(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Option<index::Index>>;
 }
 
 /// Local directory containing documentation data.
@@ -39,6 +41,15 @@ impl Source for DirSource {
             None
         }
     }
+
+    fn load_index(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Option<index::Index>> {
+        let index_path = self.path.join("search-index.js");
+        if index_path.is_file() {
+            index::Index::load(&index_path)
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn get_source<P: AsRef<path::Path>>(path: P) -> anyhow::Result<Box<dyn Source>> {