diff --git a/packages/serveradmin/serveradmin/servershell/static/js/servershell/search.js b/packages/serveradmin/serveradmin/servershell/static/js/servershell/search.js
index 1a69c5ce..818f5d9a 100644
--- a/packages/serveradmin/serveradmin/servershell/static/js/servershell/search.js
+++ b/packages/serveradmin/serveradmin/servershell/static/js/servershell/search.js
@@ -195,4 +195,16 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         servershell.term = url.searchParams.get('term');
         servershell.submit_search(false, false);
     })
+
+    $(document).on('keypress', (event) => {
+        if (event.key === '/') {
+            // We want to skip the cases where a user is typing / inside a textfield
+            // But we still want it to work in cases where the user just ticked a checkbox
+            if ($('input:focus:not([type=checkbox]), textarea:focus').length !== 0) {
+                return;
+            }
+            event.preventDefault(); // Prevent i.e. Firefox's quick search
+            $('#term').focus();
+        }
+    });
 });
diff --git a/packages/serveradmin/serveradmin/servershell/templates/servershell/index.html b/packages/serveradmin/serveradmin/servershell/templates/servershell/index.html
index 2e807758..cd2f4461 100644
--- a/packages/serveradmin/serveradmin/servershell/templates/servershell/index.html
+++ b/packages/serveradmin/serveradmin/servershell/templates/servershell/index.html
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
                     <hr>
                     <b>Keyboard Shortcuts</b>
                     <ul>
+                        <li><kbd>/</kbd> Goto search field</li>
                         <li><kbd>TAB</kbd> Goto next input</li>
                         <li><kbd>SHIFT + TAB</kbd> Goto previous input</li>
                         <li><kbd>ESC</kbd> Close focus from input</li>