diff --git a/app/models/issue_query.rb b/app/models/issue_query.rb
index 68ce1c104..cd363b5c8 100644
--- a/app/models/issue_query.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue_query.rb
@@ -791,8 +791,14 @@ class IssueQuery < Query
       projects = nil
     end
 
+    is_all_words =
+      case operator
+      when '~'        then true
+      when '|~', '!~' then false
+      end
+
     fetcher = Redmine::Search::Fetcher.new(
-      question, User.current, ['issue'], projects, all_words: (operator != '!~'), attachments: '0'
+      question, User.current, ['issue'], projects, all_words: is_all_words, attachments: '0'
     )
     ids = fetcher.result_ids.map(&:last)
     if ids.present?
diff --git a/app/models/query.rb b/app/models/query.rb
index 289d683f6..1a952cd54 100644
--- a/app/models/query.rb
+++ b/app/models/query.rb
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ class Query < ActiveRecord::Base
     "t-"  => :label_ago,
     "~"   => :label_contains,
     "!~"  => :label_not_contains,
+    "|~"  => :label_contains_any_of,
     "^"   => :label_starts_with,
     "$"   => :label_ends_with,
     "=p"  => :label_any_issues_in_project,
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ class Query < ActiveRecord::Base
     :date_past => [ "=", ">=", "<=", "><", ">t-", "<t-", "><t-", "t-", "t", "ld", "w", "lw", "l2w", "m", "lm", "y", "!*", "*" ],
     :string => [ "~", "=", "!~", "!", "^", "$", "!*", "*" ],
     :text => [  "~", "!~", "^", "$", "!*", "*" ],
-    :search => [ "~", "!~" ],
+    :search => [ "~", "|~", "!~" ],
     :integer => [ "=", ">=", "<=", "><", "!*", "*" ],
     :float => [ "=", ">=", "<=", "><", "!*", "*" ],
     :relation => ["=", "!", "=p", "=!p", "!p", "*o", "!o", "!*", "*"],
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 8c9edb8bc..6b7d0834a 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ en:
   label_more_than_ago: more than days ago
   label_ago: days ago
   label_contains: contains
+  label_contains_any_of: contains any of
   label_not_contains: doesn't contain
   label_starts_with: starts with
   label_ends_with: ends with
diff --git a/test/unit/query_test.rb b/test/unit/query_test.rb
index 607679e83..fbfcdff7d 100644
--- a/test/unit/query_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/query_test.rb
@@ -874,6 +874,21 @@ class QueryTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal [2], result.map(&:id)
   end
 
+  def test_filter_any_searchable_with_contains_any_operator
+    User.current = User.find(1)
+    query = IssueQuery.new(
+      :name => '_',
+      :filters => {
+        'any_searchable' => {
+          :operator => '|~',
+          :values => ['recipe categories']
+        }
+      }
+    )
+    result = find_issues_with_query(query)
+    assert_equal [1, 2, 3], result.map(&:id)
+  end
+
   def test_filter_any_searchable_with_multiple_words_negative
     User.current = User.find(1)