diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
index b63abec1f0e8b..cd5623955d5c4 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
@@ -741,8 +741,8 @@
                 return literalSearch === true ? false : lev_distance;
             }
 
-            function checkPath(startsWith, lastElem, ty) {
-                if (startsWith.length === 0) {
+            function checkPath(contains, lastElem, ty) {
+                if (contains.length === 0) {
                     return 0;
                 }
                 var ret_lev = MAX_LEV_DISTANCE + 1;
@@ -752,17 +752,17 @@
                     path.push(ty.parent.name.toLowerCase());
                 }
 
-                if (startsWith.length > path.length) {
+                if (contains.length > path.length) {
                     return MAX_LEV_DISTANCE + 1;
                 }
                 for (var i = 0; i < path.length; ++i) {
-                    if (i + startsWith.length > path.length) {
+                    if (i + contains.length > path.length) {
                         break;
                     }
                     var lev_total = 0;
                     var aborted = false;
-                    for (var x = 0; x < startsWith.length; ++x) {
-                        var lev = levenshtein(path[i + x], startsWith[x]);
+                    for (var x = 0; x < contains.length; ++x) {
+                        var lev = levenshtein(path[i + x], contains[x]);
                         if (lev > MAX_LEV_DISTANCE) {
                             aborted = true;
                             break;
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
                         lev_total += lev;
                     }
                     if (aborted === false) {
-                        ret_lev = Math.min(ret_lev, Math.round(lev_total / startsWith.length));
+                        ret_lev = Math.min(ret_lev, Math.round(lev_total / contains.length));
                     }
                 }
                 return ret_lev;
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@
                     }
                 }
                 val = paths[paths.length - 1];
-                var startsWith = paths.slice(0, paths.length > 1 ? paths.length - 1 : 1);
+                var contains = paths.slice(0, paths.length > 1 ? paths.length - 1 : 1);
 
                 for (j = 0; j < nSearchWords; ++j) {
                     var lev_distance;
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@
                     }
                     var lev_add = 0;
                     if (paths.length > 1) {
-                        var lev = checkPath(startsWith, paths[paths.length - 1], ty);
+                        var lev = checkPath(contains, paths[paths.length - 1], ty);
                         if (lev > MAX_LEV_DISTANCE) {
                             continue;
                         } else if (lev > 0) {
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@
                     }
 
                     lev += lev_add;
-                    if (lev > 0 && val.length > 3 && searchWords[j].startsWith(val)) {
+                    if (lev > 0 && val.length > 3 && searchWords[j].indexOf(val) > -1) {
                         if (val.length < 6) {
                             lev -= 1;
                         } else {
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-js/substring.js b/src/test/rustdoc-js/substring.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..49c1c05d301d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-js/substring.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// exact-check
+
+const QUERY = 'waker_from';
+
+const EXPECTED = {
+    'others': [
+        { 'path': 'std::task', 'name': 'local_waker_from_nonlocal' },
+        { 'path': 'alloc::task', 'name': 'local_waker_from_nonlocal' },
+    ],
+};