diff --git a/common/lib_tree_model.cpp b/common/lib_tree_model.cpp
index 1d9978c0cf..107040e19e 100644
--- a/common/lib_tree_model.cpp
+++ b/common/lib_tree_model.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB_ID::Update( LIB_TREE_ITEM* aItem )
 }
 
 
-void LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB_ID::UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher )
+void LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB_ID::UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher, const wxString& aLib )
 {
     if( m_Score <= 0 )
         return; // Leaf nodes without scores are out of the game.
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ void LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB_ID::UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher )
         m_Normalized = true;
     }
 
+    if( !aLib.IsEmpty() && m_Parent->m_MatchName != aLib )
+    {
+        m_Score = 0;
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Keywords and description we only count if the match string is at
     // least two characters long. That avoids spurious, low quality
     // matches. Most abbreviations are at three characters long.
@@ -281,7 +287,7 @@ LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB_ID& LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB::AddItem( LIB_TREE_ITEM* aItem )
 }
 
 
-void LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB::UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher )
+void LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB::UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher, const wxString& aLib )
 {
     m_Score = 0;
 
@@ -291,13 +297,20 @@ void LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB::UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher )
     {
     for( std::unique_ptr<LIB_TREE_NODE>& child: m_Children )
         {
-            child->UpdateScore( aMatcher );
+            child->UpdateScore( aMatcher, aLib );
             m_Score = std::max( m_Score, child->m_Score );
         }
     }
     else
     {
         // No children; we are a leaf.
+
+        if( !aLib.IsEmpty() )
+        {
+            m_Score = m_MatchName == aLib ? 1000 : 0;
+            return;
+        }
+
         int found_pos = EDA_PATTERN_NOT_FOUND;
         int matchers_fired = 0;
 
@@ -331,9 +344,9 @@ LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB& LIB_TREE_NODE_ROOT::AddLib( wxString const& aName, wxString c
 }
 
 
-void LIB_TREE_NODE_ROOT::UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher )
+void LIB_TREE_NODE_ROOT::UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher, const wxString& aLib )
 {
     for( std::unique_ptr<LIB_TREE_NODE>& child: m_Children )
-        child->UpdateScore( aMatcher );
+        child->UpdateScore( aMatcher, aLib );
 }
 
diff --git a/common/lib_tree_model_adapter.cpp b/common/lib_tree_model_adapter.cpp
index 31c2473f39..f65448b886 100644
--- a/common/lib_tree_model_adapter.cpp
+++ b/common/lib_tree_model_adapter.cpp
@@ -224,10 +224,18 @@ void LIB_TREE_MODEL_ADAPTER::UpdateSearchString( const wxString& aSearch, bool a
 
         while( tokenizer.HasMoreTokens() )
         {
-            const wxString term = tokenizer.GetNextToken().Lower();
+            wxString lib;
+            wxString term = tokenizer.GetNextToken().Lower();
+
+            if( term.Contains( ":" ) )
+            {
+                lib = term.BeforeFirst( ':' );
+                term = term.AfterFirst( ':' );
+            }
+
             EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER matcher( term );
 
-            m_tree.UpdateScore( matcher );
+            m_tree.UpdateScore( matcher, lib );
         }
 
         m_tree.SortNodes();
diff --git a/include/lib_tree_model.h b/include/lib_tree_model.h
index b31726151f..9e797f2943 100644
--- a/include/lib_tree_model.h
+++ b/include/lib_tree_model.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public:
      *
      * @param aMatcher  an EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER initialized with the search term
      */
-    virtual void UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher ) = 0;
+    virtual void UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher, const wxString& aLib ) = 0;
 
     /**
      * Initialize score to kLowestDefaultScore, recursively.
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * Do nothing, units just take the parent's score
      */
-    virtual void UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher ) override {}
+    virtual void UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher, const wxString& aLib ) override {}
 };
 
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * Perform the actual search.
      */
-    virtual void UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher ) override;
+    virtual void UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher, const wxString& aLib ) override;
 
 protected:
     /**
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public:
      */
     LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB_ID& AddItem( LIB_TREE_ITEM* aItem );
 
-    virtual void UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher ) override;
+    virtual void UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher, const wxString& aLib ) override;
 };
 
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public:
      */
     LIB_TREE_NODE_LIB& AddLib( wxString const& aName, wxString const& aDesc );
 
-    virtual void UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher ) override;
+    virtual void UpdateScore( EDA_COMBINED_MATCHER& aMatcher, const wxString& aLib ) override;
 };