diff --git a/web/react/components/search_results_item.jsx b/web/react/components/search_results_item.jsx
index 1d49830265..7ae64f6513 100644
--- a/web/react/components/search_results_item.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/search_results_item.jsx
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ import * as EventHelpers from '../dispatcher/event_helpers.jsx';
 import * as utils from '../utils/utils.jsx';
 import * as TextFormatting from '../utils/text_formatting.jsx';
 
+import Constants from '../utils/constants.jsx';
+
 export default class SearchResultsItem extends React.Component {
     constructor(props) {
         super(props);
 
         this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this);
+        this.handleFocusRHSClick = this.handleFocusRHSClick.bind(this);
     }
 
     handleClick(e) {
@@ -21,6 +24,12 @@ export default class SearchResultsItem extends React.Component {
         EventHelpers.emitPostFocusEvent(this.props.post.id);
     }
 
+    handleFocusRHSClick(e) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+
+        EventHelpers.emitPostFocusRightHandSideEvent(this.props.post);
+    }
+
     render() {
         var channelName = '';
         var channel = ChannelStore.get(this.props.post.channel_id);
@@ -65,13 +74,24 @@ export default class SearchResultsItem extends React.Component {
                                     className='search-item__jump'
                                     onClick={this.handleClick}
                                 >
-                                    {<i className='fa fa-mail-reply'></i>}
+                                    <i className='fa fa-mail-reply'></i>
+                                </a>
+                            </li>
+                            <li>
+                                <a
+                                    href='#'
+                                    className='comment-icon__container search-item__comment'
+                                    onClick={this.handleFocusRHSClick}
+                                >
+                                    <span
+                                        className='comment-icon'
+                                        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: Constants.COMMENT_ICON}}
+                                    />
                                 </a>
                             </li>
                         </ul>
                         <div className='search-item-snippet'>
                             <span
-                                onClick={this.handleClick}
                                 dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: TextFormatting.formatText(this.props.post.message, formattingOptions)}}
                             />
                         </div>
diff --git a/web/react/dispatcher/event_helpers.jsx b/web/react/dispatcher/event_helpers.jsx
index 306c59e8b1..bc11327650 100644
--- a/web/react/dispatcher/event_helpers.jsx
+++ b/web/react/dispatcher/event_helpers.jsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Constants from '../utils/constants.jsx';
 const ActionTypes = Constants.ActionTypes;
 import * as AsyncClient from '../utils/async_client.jsx';
 import * as Client from '../utils/client.jsx';
+import * as Utils from '../utils/utils.jsx';
 
 export function emitChannelClickEvent(channel) {
     AsyncClient.getChannels(true);
@@ -38,6 +39,30 @@ export function emitPostFocusEvent(postId) {
     );
 }
 
+export function emitPostFocusRightHandSideEvent(post) {
+    Client.getPost(
+        post.channel_id,
+        post.id,
+        (data) => {
+            AppDispatcher.handleServerAction({
+                type: ActionTypes.RECIEVED_POST_SELECTED,
+                post_list: data
+            });
+
+            AppDispatcher.handleServerAction({
+                type: ActionTypes.RECIEVED_SEARCH,
+                results: null
+            });
+        },
+        (err) => {
+            AsyncClient.dispatchError(err, 'getPost');
+        }
+    );
+
+    var postChannel = ChannelStore.get(post.channel_id);
+    Utils.switchChannel(postChannel);
+}
+
 export function emitLoadMorePostsEvent() {
     const id = ChannelStore.getCurrentId();
     loadMorePostsTop(id);
diff --git a/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_search.scss b/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_search.scss
index a29e940e6d..226449ba2f 100644
--- a/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_search.scss
+++ b/web/sass-files/sass/partials/_search.scss
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@
 	top: 0;
 }
 
+.search-item__comment {
+	position: absolute;
+	right: 0;
+	margin-right: 20px;
+	top: 0;
+}
+
 .search-item-time {
 	color: #a8adb7;
 }