diff --git a/client/src/app/site/users/components/user-list/user-list.component.ts b/client/src/app/site/users/components/user-list/user-list.component.ts
index afab6453a..632c8c357 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/users/components/user-list/user-list.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/users/components/user-list/user-list.component.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export class UserListComponent extends ListViewBaseComponent<ViewUser> implement
             this.dataSource.data = sortedData;
             this.checkSelection();
         });
+        this.setFulltextFilter();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -305,4 +306,18 @@ export class UserListComponent extends ListViewBaseComponent<ViewUser> implement
         viewUser.user.is_present = !viewUser.user.is_present;
         await this.repo.update(viewUser.user, viewUser);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Overwrites the dataSource's string filter with a case-insensitive search
+     * in the full_name property
+     */
+    private setFulltextFilter(): void {
+        this.dataSource.filterPredicate = (data, filter) => {
+            if (!data || !data.full_name) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            filter = filter ? filter.toLowerCase() : '';
+            return data.full_name.toLowerCase().indexOf(filter) >= 0;
+        };
+    }
 }