diff --git a/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/page.ftl b/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/page.ftl
index f234c0dac..7bdc24f56 100644
--- a/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/page.ftl
+++ b/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/page.ftl
@@ -10,20 +10,7 @@
     
     <body class="${bodyClasses!}">
         <#include "identity.ftl">
-        
-        <section id="search" role="region">
-            <fieldset>
-                <legend>${i18n().search_form}</legend>
-
-                <form id="search-form" action="${urls.search}" name="search" role="search" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="POST"> 
-                    <div id="search-field">
-                        <input type="text" name="querytext" class="search-vitro" value="${querytext!}" autocapitalize="off" />
-                        <input type="submit" value="${i18n().search_button}" class="search">
-                    </div>
-                </form>
-            </fieldset>
-        </section>
-        
+        <#include "search.ftl">
         <#include "menu.ftl">
         
         ${body}
diff --git a/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/search.ftl b/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/search.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..383d4fe1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/themes/vitro/templates/search.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+ <#-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ -->
+ 
+<section id="search" role="region">
+    <fieldset>
+        <legend>${i18n().search_form}</legend>
+
+        <form id="search-form" action="${urls.search}" name="search" role="search" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="POST"> 
+            <div id="search-field">
+                <input type="text" name="querytext" class="search-vitro" value="${querytext!}" autocapitalize="off" />
+                <input type="submit" value="${i18n().search_button}" class="search">
+            </div>
+        </form>
+    </fieldset>
+</section>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/page/basicPage.jsp b/webapp/web/templates/page/basicPage.jsp
index 73fbbecb4..01a93ae1a 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/page/basicPage.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/page/basicPage.jsp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     
     <body ${requestScope.bodyAttr}>
             ${ftl_identity}
-            
+            ${ftl_search}
             ${ftl_menu}
             
                 <c:import url="${bodyJsp}"/>
