diff --git a/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal b/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal
index 3c967ad92346c08bb8b5eae0c5fcdc48188e5f38..38535c9d65583acfb4dc86737d6d2b0a055f078c 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal
+++ b/doc/doxygen/Doxylocal
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ EXAMPLE_PATH          += @srcdir@/extradoc
 IMAGE_PATH             = @srcdir@/images
 
 EXTRA_PACKAGES        += amsmath,amssymb
+
+# enable client side searching
+SEARCHENGINE           = YES
+SERVER_BASED_SEARCH    = NO