diff --git a/api/compose/spec.json b/api/compose/spec.json
index 28f17cf8f..6729ef0d0 100644
--- a/api/compose/spec.json
+++ b/api/compose/spec.json
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
                             "required": false,
                             "title": "Search query"
                         },
+                        {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "name": "slug",
+                            "required": false,
+                            "title": "Search by namespace slug"
+                        },
                         {
                             "name": "page",
                             "type": "uint",
diff --git a/api/compose/spec/namespace.json b/api/compose/spec/namespace.json
index 93bdf68cf..5ea7c1c86 100644
--- a/api/compose/spec/namespace.json
+++ b/api/compose/spec/namespace.json
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
             "title": "Search query",
             "type": "string"
           },
+          {
+            "name": "slug",
+            "required": false,
+            "title": "Search by namespace slug",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
           {
             "name": "page",
             "required": false,
diff --git a/compose/internal/repository/namespace.go b/compose/internal/repository/namespace.go
index 7eb3b3ee0..dfddf8971 100644
--- a/compose/internal/repository/namespace.go
+++ b/compose/internal/repository/namespace.go
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ func (r *namespace) Find(filter types.NamespaceFilter) (set types.NamespaceSet,
 		query = query.Where("name like ? OR slug like ?", q, q)
 	}
 
+	if f.Slug != "" {
+		query = query.Where("LOWER(slug) = LOWER(?)", f.Slug)
+	}
+
 	if f.Count, err = r.count(query); err != nil || f.Count == 0 {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/compose/rest/namespace.go b/compose/rest/namespace.go
index 79a0a7a8f..4d20da5ae 100644
--- a/compose/rest/namespace.go
+++ b/compose/rest/namespace.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func (Namespace) New() *Namespace {
 func (ctrl Namespace) List(ctx context.Context, r *request.NamespaceList) (interface{}, error) {
 	f := types.NamespaceFilter{
 		Query:   r.Query,
+		Slug:    r.Slug,
 		PerPage: r.PerPage,
 		Page:    r.Page,
 	}
diff --git a/compose/rest/request/namespace.go b/compose/rest/request/namespace.go
index 62b3e417f..4fa48c965 100644
--- a/compose/rest/request/namespace.go
+++ b/compose/rest/request/namespace.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ var _ = multipart.FileHeader{}
 // Namespace list request parameters
 type NamespaceList struct {
 	Query   string
+	Slug    string
 	Page    uint
 	PerPage uint
 }
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func (r NamespaceList) Auditable() map[string]interface{} {
 	var out = map[string]interface{}{}
 
 	out["query"] = r.Query
+	out["slug"] = r.Slug
 	out["page"] = r.Page
 	out["perPage"] = r.PerPage
 
@@ -84,6 +86,9 @@ func (r *NamespaceList) Fill(req *http.Request) (err error) {
 	if val, ok := get["query"]; ok {
 		r.Query = val
 	}
+	if val, ok := get["slug"]; ok {
+		r.Slug = val
+	}
 	if val, ok := get["page"]; ok {
 		r.Page = parseUint(val)
 	}
diff --git a/compose/types/namespace.go b/compose/types/namespace.go
index b08c61df8..dc30e5a48 100644
--- a/compose/types/namespace.go
+++ b/compose/types/namespace.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type (
 
 	NamespaceFilter struct {
 		Query   string `json:"query"`
+		Slug    string `json:"slug"`
 		Page    uint   `json:"page"`
 		PerPage uint   `json:"perPage"`
 		Sort    string `json:"sort"`
diff --git a/docs/compose/README.md b/docs/compose/README.md
index ac455d0a9..549b87d90 100644
--- a/docs/compose/README.md
+++ b/docs/compose/README.md
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ Compose module definitions
 | Parameter | Type | Method | Description | Default | Required? |
 | --------- | ---- | ------ | ----------- | ------- | --------- |
 | query | string | GET | Search query | N/A | NO |
+| slug | string | GET | Search by namespace slug | N/A | NO |
 | page | uint | GET | Page number (0 based) | N/A | NO |
 | perPage | uint | GET | Returned items per page (default 50) | N/A | NO |