diff --git a/core/src/views/UnifiedSearch.vue b/core/src/views/UnifiedSearch.vue
index 2adf818b1816e..1fc0800130763 100644
--- a/core/src/views/UnifiedSearch.vue
+++ b/core/src/views/UnifiedSearch.vue
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import NcButton from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcButton.js'
 import Magnify from 'vue-material-design-icons/Magnify.vue'
 import UnifiedSearchModal from './UnifiedSearchModal.vue'
+import logger from '../logger.js'
 
 export default {
 	name: 'UnifiedSearch',
@@ -34,7 +35,11 @@ export default {
 		}
 	},
 	mounted() {
-		console.debug('Unified search initialized!')
+		logger.info('Unified search initialized!')
+		window.addEventListener('keydown', this.handleKeyDown)
+	},
+	beforeDestroy() {
+		window.removeEventListener('keydown', this.handleKeyDown)
 	},
 	methods: {
 		toggleUnifiedSearch() {
@@ -43,6 +48,16 @@ export default {
 		handleModalVisibilityChange(newVisibilityVal) {
 			this.showUnifiedSearch = newVisibilityVal
 		},
+		handleKeyDown(event) {
+			// if not already opened, allows us to trigger default browser on second keydown
+			if (event.ctrlKey && event.code === 'KeyF' && !this.showUnifiedSearch) {
+				event.preventDefault()
+				this.showUnifiedSearch = true
+			} else if (event.ctrlKey && event.key === 'f' && this.showUnifiedSearch) {
+				// User wants to use the native browser search, so we close ours again
+				this.showUnifiedSearch = false
+			}
+		},
 	},
 }
 </script>