diff --git a/js/models/contact_model.js b/js/models/contact_model.js
index 3a613a268..cc2579fc4 100644
--- a/js/models/contact_model.js
+++ b/js/models/contact_model.js
@@ -159,9 +159,17 @@ angular.module('contactsApp')
 				var matchingProps = ['fn', 'title', 'org', 'email', 'nickname', 'note', 'url', 'cloud', 'adr', 'impp', 'tel'].filter(function (propName) {
 					if (model.props[propName]) {
 						return model.props[propName].filter(function (property) {
-							if (property.value && _.isString(property.value)) {
+							if (!property.value) {
+								return false;
+							}
+							if (_.isString(property.value)) {
 								return property.value.toLowerCase().indexOf(pattern.toLowerCase()) !== -1;
 							}
+							if (_.isArray(property.value)) {
+								return property.value.filter(function(v) {
+									return v.toLowerCase().indexOf(pattern.toLowerCase()) !== -1;
+								}).length > 0;
+							}
 							return false;
 						}).length > 0;
 					}
diff --git a/js/tests/models/contact_model.js b/js/tests/models/contact_model.js
index 9cc32a8f9..982eb7b5c 100644
--- a/js/tests/models/contact_model.js
+++ b/js/tests/models/contact_model.js
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@ describe('contactModel', function() {
 		expect(contact.matches('the')).to.equal(true);
 		expect(contact.matches('OSS')).to.equal(true);
 	});
+
+	it('should match a search pattern in address', function() {
+		var contact = new $Contact({displayName: 'test'});
+		contact.setProperty('adr', {value: ["12", "", "", "Kenya", "", "", ""]});
+		expect(contact.matches('12')).to.equal(true);
+		expect(contact.matches('kenya')).to.equal(true);
+	});
 });