diff --git a/app/filters.py b/app/filters.py
index 7b30d76..38fd83c 100644
--- a/app/filters.py
+++ b/app/filters.py
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ def apply(self, query):
         column_to_filter = getattr(models.School, self.key)
         return query.filter(column_to_filter.in_(self.values))
 
+class TextMatchFilter(Filter):
+    supported_keys = ['name']
+
+    def apply(self, query):
+        column_to_filter = getattr(models.School, self.key)
+        return query.filter(column_to_filter.icontains(self.values))
+
 class UpdateTimestampFilter(Filter):
     supported_keys = ['update_timestamp']
 
@@ -67,7 +74,13 @@ def apply(self, query):
 
 
 class SchoolFilter:
-    filter_classes = [StateFilter, BasicFilter, LatLonSorter, BoundingBoxFilter, UpdateTimestampFilter]
+    filter_classes = [StateFilter,
+                      BasicFilter,
+                      LatLonSorter,
+                      BoundingBoxFilter,
+                      UpdateTimestampFilter,
+                      TextMatchFilter
+                      ]
 
     def __init__(self, params):
         self.used_filters = []
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 19fb4a5..cc224e6 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ def read_schools(skip: int = 0,
                  state: Optional[List[State]] = Query(None),
                  school_type: Optional[List[str]] = Query(None),
                  legal_status: Optional[List[str]] = Query(None),
+                 name: Optional[str] = Query(None,
+                                             description="Allows searching for names of schools."
+                                                         "Searches for case-insensitive substrings."),
                  by_lat: Optional[float] = Query(None,
                                                  description="Allows ordering result by distance from a geographical point."
                                                              "Must be used in combination with `by_lon`"
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ def read_schools(skip: int = 0,
         "school_type": school_type,
         "legal_status": legal_status,
         "update_timestamp": update_timestamp,
+        "name": name,
     }
     if by_lat or by_lon:
         if not (by_lon and by_lat):
diff --git a/test/test_api.py b/test/test_api.py
index 749089e..00eaf63 100644
--- a/test/test_api.py
+++ b/test/test_api.py
@@ -347,6 +347,29 @@ def test_schools_by_update_date(self, client, db):
         assert response.status_code == 200
         assert len(response.json()) == 1
 
+    def test_schools_by_name(self, client, db):
+        # Arrange
+        for school in [
+            SchoolFactory.create(name='Schule am kleinen Deich'),
+            SchoolFactory.create(name='Schule an der Dorfstraßse'),
+        ]:
+            db.add(school)
+        db.commit()
+
+        # Act
+        unfiltered_response = client.get("/schools")
+        deich_response = client.get("/schools?name=deich")
+        no_match_response = client.get("/schools?name=nicht%20da")
+
+        # Assert
+        assert unfiltered_response.status_code == 200
+        assert deich_response.status_code == 200
+        assert no_match_response.status_code == 200
+
+        assert len(unfiltered_response.json()) == 2
+        assert len(deich_response.json()) == 1
+        assert len(no_match_response.json()) == 0
+
     def test_get_single_no_result(self, client, db):
         # Arrange
         self.__setup_schools(db)