diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/zoterosearch.xml b/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/zoterosearch.xml
index c161126e6..cda737c68 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/zoterosearch.xml
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/zoterosearch.xml
@@ -117,20 +117,21 @@
 					]]>
 				</body>
 			</method>
-			<method name="updateRecursive">
+			<method name="updateCheckbox">
+				<parameter name="condition"/>
 				<body>
 					<![CDATA[
-						var checkbox = this.id('recursiveCheckbox');
+						var checkbox = this.id(condition + 'Checkbox');
 						var value = checkbox.checked ? 'true' : 'false';
 						if(checkbox.hasAttribute('condition'))
 						{
 							this.search.updateCondition(checkbox.getAttribute('condition'),
-								'recursive', value, null);
+								condition, value, null);
 						}
 						else
 						{
 							checkbox.setAttribute('condition',
-								this.search.addCondition('recursive', value, null));
+								this.search.addCondition(condition, value, null));
 						}
 					]]>
 				</body>
@@ -203,7 +204,10 @@
 					</xul:caption>
 					<xul:vbox id="conditions"/>
 				</xul:groupbox>
-				<xul:checkbox id="recursiveCheckbox" label="&zotero.search.recursive.label;" oncommand="this.parentNode.parentNode.updateRecursive(); event.stopPropagation()"/>
+				<xul:hbox>
+					<xul:checkbox id="recursiveCheckbox" label="&zotero.search.recursive.label;" oncommand="this.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.updateCheckbox('recursive'); event.stopPropagation()"/>
+					<xul:checkbox id="noChildrenCheckbox" label="&zotero.search.noChildren;" oncommand="this.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.updateCheckbox('noChildren'); event.stopPropagation()"/>
+				</xul:hbox>
 			</xul:vbox>
 		</content>
 	</binding>
diff --git a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/searchbox.dtd b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/searchbox.dtd
index d7de7cc7c..d122ca935 100644
--- a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/searchbox.dtd
+++ b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/searchbox.dtd
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 <!ENTITY zotero.search.joinMode.suffix		"of the following:">
 
 <!ENTITY zotero.search.recursive.label		"Search subfolders">
+<!ENTITY zotero.search.noChildren			"Only show top-level items">
 
 <!ENTITY zotero.search.textModes.phrase	"Phrase">
 <!ENTITY zotero.search.textModes.phraseBinary	"Phrase (incl. binary files)">
diff --git a/chrome/skin/default/zotero/zotero.css b/chrome/skin/default/zotero/zotero.css
index ef21f3cdf..54048bb01 100644
--- a/chrome/skin/default/zotero/zotero.css
+++ b/chrome/skin/default/zotero/zotero.css
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ zoterosearchagefield textbox
 	margin: 3px 0;
 }
 
+#zotero-advanced-search-dialog checkbox
+{
+	margin-right: .5em;
+}
+
 #zotero-advanced-search-dialog #zotero-items-tree
 {
 	min-height: 170px;
