diff --git a/app/controllers/contests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/contests_controller.rb
index 456aa7b4a..350204fbe 100644
--- a/app/controllers/contests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/contests_controller.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ class ContestsController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  def search
+    redirect_to action: 'index',name:params[:name]
+  end
+
   def homework
     @offset, @limit = api_offset_and_limit({:limit => 10})
     @bids = @course.homeworks.order('deadline DESC')
diff --git a/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb b/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
index 27d02d56e..9330d1d44 100644
--- a/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ class WelcomeController < ApplicationController
     search_condition = params[:q] 
     search_type = params[:search_type].to_sym unless search_condition.blank?
 
+    if search_type.nil? && params[:contests_search] && params[:name] != ""
+      search_type  = :contests
+      search_condition = params[:name]
+    end
+
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html{
         case search_type
@@ -127,7 +132,7 @@ class WelcomeController < ApplicationController
         when :courses
           redirect_to courses_search_path(:name => search_condition)
         when :contests
-          redirect_to contests_search_path(:name => search_condition)
+          redirect_to contests_path(:name => search_condition)
         when :users
           redirect_to users_search_path(:name => search_condition)
         when :users_teacher
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 780c8b77a..f7c679560 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ RedmineApp::Application.routes.draw do
   end
 
   match 'courses/search', :to => 'courses#search'
+  match '/contests/search', :controller => 'contests', :action => 'search', :via => [:get, :post]
   # add by nwb
   # 课程路由设置
   resources :courses do