diff --git a/changelog/58_UNRELEASED_2020-xx-xx.md b/changelog/58_UNRELEASED_2020-xx-xx.md
index 3aa23ff1..56a29014 100644
--- a/changelog/58_UNRELEASED_2020-xx-xx.md
+++ b/changelog/58_UNRELEASED_2020-xx-xx.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
   - Various display/CSS improvements
 - Prerequisites (PHP extensions, critical files/folders) will now be checked and properly reported if there are problems (thanks @Forceu)
 - Improved the the overview pages on mobile devices (main column was hidden) (thanks @Mik-)
+- THe general search field now searches accent insensitive
 - Optimized the handling of settings provided by `data/settingoverrides` files (thanks @dacto)
 - Optimized the update script (`update.sh`) to create the backup tar archive before writing to it (was a problem on Btrfs file systems) (thanks @shane-kerr)
 - Fixed that all number inputs are always prefilled in the browser locale number format
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d3d7eb94..d3b62cd4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		"datatables.net-bs4": "^1.10.19",
 		"datatables.net-colreorder": "^1.5.1",
 		"datatables.net-colreorder-bs4": "^1.5.1",
+		"datatables.net-plugins": "^1.10.20",
 		"datatables.net-responsive": "^2.2.3",
 		"datatables.net-responsive-bs4": "^2.2.3",
 		"datatables.net-rowgroup": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/views/layout/default.blade.php b/views/layout/default.blade.php
index 0ac57062..616c851b 100644
--- a/views/layout/default.blade.php
+++ b/views/layout/default.blade.php
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@
 	<script src="{{ $U('/node_modules/datatables.net-colreorder-bs4/js/colReorder.bootstrap4.min.js?v=', true) }}{{ $version }}"></script>
 	<script src="{{ $U('/node_modules/datatables.net-select/js/dataTables.select.min.js?v=', true) }}{{ $version }}"></script>
 	<script src="{{ $U('/node_modules/datatables.net-select-bs4/js/select.bootstrap4.min.js?v=', true) }}{{ $version }}"></script>
+	<script src="{{ $U('/node_modules/datatables.net-plugins/filtering/type-based/accent-neutralise.js?v=', true) }}{{ $version }}"></script>
 	<script src="{{ $U('/node_modules/timeago/jquery.timeago.js?v=', true) }}{{ $version }}"></script>
 	<script src="{{ $U('/node_modules', true) }}/timeago/locales/jquery.timeago.{{ $__t('timeago_locale') }}.js?v={{ $version }}"></script>
 	<script src="{{ $U('/node_modules/toastr/build/toastr.min.js?v=', true) }}{{ $version }}"></script>
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 36ab8270..fb952da7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -716,6 +716,11 @@ datatables.net-colreorder@1.5.2, datatables.net-colreorder@^1.5.1:
     datatables.net "^1.10.15"
     jquery ">=1.7"
 
+datatables.net-plugins@^1.10.20:
+  version "1.10.20"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/datatables.net-plugins/-/datatables.net-plugins-1.10.20.tgz#c89f6bed3fa7e6605cbeaa35d60f223659e84c8c"
+  integrity sha512-rnhNmRHe9UEzvM7gtjBay1QodkWUmxLUhHNbmJMYhhUggjtm+BRSlE0PRilkeUkwckpNWzq+0fPd7/i0fpQgzA==
+
 datatables.net-responsive-bs4@^2.2.3:
   version "2.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/datatables.net-responsive-bs4/-/datatables.net-responsive-bs4-2.2.3.tgz#639de17c1d31210ebf2b3c25f1c774c13f729e94"