diff --git a/python/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.sip b/python/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.sip
index 1351c58b5a1..648629b6094 100644
--- a/python/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.sip
+++ b/python/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.sip
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ class QgsSearchWidgetWrapper : QgsWidgetWrapper
       IsNull,
       IsNotBetween,
       IsNotNull,
+      StartsWith,
+      EndsWith,
     };
     typedef QFlags<QgsSearchWidgetWrapper::FilterFlag> FilterFlags;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.cpp b/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.cpp
index 8dc5361ec25..450e9ff6d99 100644
--- a/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ QList<QgsSearchWidgetWrapper::FilterFlag> QgsSearchWidgetWrapper::exclusiveFilte
          << Contains
          << DoesNotContain
          << IsNull
-         << IsNotNull;
+         << IsNotNull
+         << StartsWith
+         << EndsWith;
 }
 
 QList<QgsSearchWidgetWrapper::FilterFlag> QgsSearchWidgetWrapper::nonExclusiveFilterFlags()
@@ -73,7 +75,10 @@ QString QgsSearchWidgetWrapper::toString( QgsSearchWidgetWrapper::FilterFlag fla
       return QObject::tr( "Is missing (null)" );
     case IsNotNull:
       return QObject::tr( "Is not missing (not null)" );
-
+    case StartsWith:
+      return QObject::tr( "Starts with" );
+    case EndsWith:
+      return QObject::tr( "Ends with" );
   }
   return QString();
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.h b/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.h
index 4b19d2e6bc6..ce304c71cdc 100644
--- a/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.h
+++ b/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgssearchwidgetwrapper.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsSearchWidgetWrapper : public QgsWidgetWrapper
       IsNull = 1 << 11, //!< Supports searching for null values
       IsNotBetween = 1 << 12, //!< Supports searching for values outside of a set range
       IsNotNull = 1 << 13, //!< Supports searching for non-null values
+      StartsWith = 1 << 14, //!< Supports searching for strings that start with
+      EndsWith = 1 << 15, //!< Supports searching for strings that end with
     };
     Q_DECLARE_FLAGS( FilterFlags, FilterFlag )
 
diff --git a/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsdefaultsearchwidgetwrapper.cpp b/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsdefaultsearchwidgetwrapper.cpp
index 569fa8eea1b..abcd6d2c1d8 100644
--- a/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsdefaultsearchwidgetwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsdefaultsearchwidgetwrapper.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ QgsSearchWidgetWrapper::FilterFlags QgsDefaultSearchWidgetWrapper::supportedFlag
       break;
 
     case QVariant::String:
-      flags |= Contains | DoesNotContain;
+      flags |= Contains | DoesNotContain | StartsWith | EndsWith;
       break;
 
     default:
@@ -213,15 +213,21 @@ QString QgsDefaultSearchWidgetWrapper::createExpression( QgsSearchWidgetWrapper:
                  + ( flags & EqualTo ? "=" : "<>" ) +
                  QStringLiteral( "lower(%1)" ).arg( QgsExpression::quotedString( mLineEdit->text() ) );
       }
-      else if ( flags & Contains || flags & DoesNotContain )
+      else if ( flags & Contains || flags & DoesNotContain || flags & StartsWith || flags & EndsWith )
       {
         QString exp = fieldName + ( mCheckbox && mCheckbox->isChecked() ? " LIKE " : " ILIKE " );
         QString value = QgsExpression::quotedString( mLineEdit->text() );
         value.chop( 1 );
         value = value.remove( 0, 1 );
-        exp += "'%" + value + "%'";
+        exp += '\'';
+        if ( !flags.testFlag( StartsWith ) )
+          exp += '%';
+        exp += value;
+        if ( !flags.testFlag( EndsWith ) )
+          exp += '%';
+        exp += '\'';
         if ( flags & DoesNotContain )
-          exp.prepend( "NOT (" ).append( ")" );
+          exp.prepend( "NOT (" ).append( ')' );
         return exp;
       }
 
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_qgssearchwidgetwrapper.py b/tests/src/python/test_qgssearchwidgetwrapper.py
index ccbd555b01e..c5c5e54cd6f 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_qgssearchwidgetwrapper.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_qgssearchwidgetwrapper.py
@@ -87,9 +87,13 @@ class PyQgsDefaultSearchWidgetWrapper(unittest.TestCase):
         case_sensitive.setChecked(False)
         self.assertEqual(w.createExpression(QgsSearchWidgetWrapper.Contains), '"fldtxt" ILIKE \'%test%\'')
         self.assertEqual(w.createExpression(QgsSearchWidgetWrapper.DoesNotContain), 'NOT ("fldtxt" ILIKE \'%test%\')')
+        self.assertEqual(w.createExpression(QgsSearchWidgetWrapper.StartsWith), '"fldtxt" ILIKE \'test%\'')
+        self.assertEqual(w.createExpression(QgsSearchWidgetWrapper.EndsWith), '"fldtxt" ILIKE \'%test\'')
         case_sensitive.setChecked(True)
         self.assertEqual(w.createExpression(QgsSearchWidgetWrapper.Contains), '"fldtxt" LIKE \'%test%\'')
         self.assertEqual(w.createExpression(QgsSearchWidgetWrapper.DoesNotContain), 'NOT ("fldtxt" LIKE \'%test%\')')
+        self.assertEqual(w.createExpression(QgsSearchWidgetWrapper.StartsWith), '"fldtxt" LIKE \'test%\'')
+        self.assertEqual(w.createExpression(QgsSearchWidgetWrapper.EndsWith), '"fldtxt" LIKE \'%test\'')
         case_sensitive.setChecked(False)
 
         # numeric field