diff --git a/dev/config.yml b/dev/config.yml
index 06ecc869e0d7..e4463068cf2e 100644
--- a/dev/config.yml
+++ b/dev/config.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ configurator:
   database:
     url: "postgresql://postgres@db/warehouse"
 
+  elasticsearch:
+    url: "http://elasticsearch:9200"
+
   download_stats:
     url: "redis://redis:6379/1"
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 75849a75bf43..1be224c6511d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ db:
 redis:
   image: redis:latest
 
+elasticsearch:
+  image: elasticsearch
+
 camo:
   build: dev/camo
   command: node server.js
@@ -23,5 +26,6 @@ web:
   links:
     - db
     - redis
+    - elasticsearch
   environment:
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED: 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c2062a21fe8d..16f35d25a40e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
         "pyramid_tm>=0.11",
         "readme>=0.5.1",
         "redis",
+        "elasticsearch",
         "setproctitle",
         "sqlalchemy>=0.9",
         "sqlalchemy-citext",
diff --git a/warehouse/config.py b/warehouse/config.py
index e8aa0260c954..7693e396e549 100644
--- a/warehouse/config.py
+++ b/warehouse/config.py
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ def configure(settings=None):
     # Register our CSRF support
     config.include(".csrf")
 
-    # Register our authentication support.
+    # Register our elasticsearch integration
+    config.include(".search")
+
+    # Register our authentication support
     config.include(".accounts")
 
     # Allow the packaging app to register any services it has.
diff --git a/warehouse/packaging/__init__.py b/warehouse/packaging/__init__.py
index 5e286a666ca8..bed328793495 100644
--- a/warehouse/packaging/__init__.py
+++ b/warehouse/packaging/__init__.py
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ def includeme(config):
         "project",
         "project/{obj.project.normalized_name}",
     )
+    config.include('.elasticsearch')
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diff --git a/warehouse/packaging/elasticsearch.py b/warehouse/packaging/elasticsearch.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0af8815f9d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/packaging/elasticsearch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""
+Index sqlalchemy Session changes to ElasticSearch.
+
+It does not handle non-ORM cascades so they should be avoided.
+"""
+
+from elasticsearch_dsl import DocType, String, Date, Integer
+
+from warehouse.packaging.models import Release
+
+# TODO: most basic documentation
+# TODO: add travis test for server-side cascades?
+
+
+class ReleaseDoc(DocType):
+    name = String(analyzer='snowball')
+    version = Integer()
+    body = String(analyzer='snowball')
+    published_from = Date()
+    # TODO: all about those fields
+
+    class Meta:
+        index = 'release'
+        model = Release
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_model_instance(cls, obj):
+        return cls(
+            id=obj.name,
+            name=obj.name,
+            version=obj.version,
+            description=obj.description,
+            summary=obj.summary,
+            license=obj.license,
+            download_url=obj.download_url,
+        )
+
+
+def includeme(config):
+    config.add_elasticsearch_doctype(ReleaseDoc)
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diff --git a/warehouse/search/__init__.py b/warehouse/search/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8cb5229657d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/search/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import transaction
+from sqlalchemy import event
+from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
+
+from warehouse.db import _Session
+
+
+def add_elasticsearch_doctype(config, doctype):
+    doctype.init(using=config.registry.elasticsearch)
+
+    def handle_insert(target):
+        obj = doctype.from_model_instance(target)
+        obj.save(using=config.registry.elasticsearch)
+
+    def handle_delete(target):
+        # TODO: what if id doesn't exist? (add a test)
+        obj = doctype.get(id=target.id)
+        obj.delete(using=config.registry.elasticsearch)
+
+    @event.listens_for(model, 'after_insert')
+    @event.listens_for(model, 'after_update')
+    def release_insert_update(mapper, connection, target):
+        """Signal insert/update events for the model"""
+        tx = transaction.get()
+        tx.addAfterCommitHook(handle_insert,
+                              args=(target,))
+
+    @event.listens_for(model, 'before_delete')
+    def release_delete(mapper, connection, target):
+        """Signal idelete event for the model"""
+        tx = transaction.get()
+        tx.addAfterCommitHook(handle_delete,
+                              args=(target,))
+
+    # TODO: our hooks defeat the purpose of bulk queries - these should be ran
+    # as part of extrnal process
+
+    # TODO: these two callback currently work for all queries, they should be
+    # limited to a specific model
+
+    @event.listens_for(_Session, 'after_bulk_update')
+    def release_after_bulk_update(update_context):
+        tx = transaction.get()
+        for obj in query:
+            tx.addAfterCommitHook(handle_delete,
+                                  args=(obj,))
+
+    @event.listens_for(_Session, 'before_bulk_delete')
+    def release_after_bulk_delete(update_context):
+        """Get affected ids before they are deleted"""
+        tx = transaction.get()
+        for obj in query:
+            tx.addAfterCommitHook(handle_delete,
+                                  args=(obj,))
+
+
+def includeme(config):
+    es_url = config.registry.settings["elasticsearch.url"]
+    config.registry.elasticsearch = Elasticsearch(es_url)
+     
+    config.add_directive("add_elasticsearch_doctype",
+                         add_elasticsearch_doctype, action_wrap=False)
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diff --git a/warehouse/search/views.py b/warehouse/search/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..011abf527b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/search/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from warehouse.packaging.elasticsearch import ReleaseDoc
+
+
+@view_config(
+    route_name="search.search",
+    renderer="search/search.html",
+)
+def search(request):
+    query = request.GET.get('q')
+    if query:
+        s = ReleaseDoc.search()
+        s = s.query('match', title=query).highlight('name').highlight('description')
+        response = s.execute()
+        return {
+            'num_results': response.hits.total,
+            'results': response,
+        }
+    else:
+        return {}
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