diff --git a/core/modules/wiki.js b/core/modules/wiki.js
index 3eae3902d..430c46466 100755
--- a/core/modules/wiki.js
+++ b/core/modules/wiki.js
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ exports.search = function(text,options) {
 			console.log("Regexp error parsing /(" + text + ")/" + flags + ": ",e);
 		}
 	} else if(options.some) {
-		terms = text.trim().split(/ +/);
+		terms = text.trim().split(/[^\S\xA0]+/);
 		if(terms.length === 1 && terms[0] === "") {
 			searchTermsRegExps = null;
 		} else {
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ exports.search = function(text,options) {
 			searchTermsRegExps.push(new RegExp("(" + regExpStr + ")",flags));
 		}
 	} else { // default: words
-		terms = text.split(/ +/);
+		terms = text.split(/[^\S\xA0]+/);
 		if(terms.length === 1 && terms[0] === "") {
 			searchTermsRegExps = null;
 		} else {