diff --git a/wildlifecompliance/components/users/api.py b/wildlifecompliance/components/users/api.py
index d8cec9449..8f8b43e05 100644
--- a/wildlifecompliance/components/users/api.py
+++ b/wildlifecompliance/components/users/api.py
@@ -1110,17 +1110,44 @@ def get(self, request, format=None):
             return Response()
 
         search_term = request.GET.get('term', '')
+        search_option = request.GET.get('option', 'contains')
         if search_term:
+
             data_transform = []
-            user_data = EmailUser.objects.annotate(
-                search_name=Concat('first_name', Value(' '), 'last_name')
-            ).annotate(
-                legal_search_name=Concat('legal_first_name', Value(' '), 'legal_last_name')
-            ).filter(
-                Q(search_name__icontains=search_term) |
-                Q(legal_search_name__icontains=search_term) |
-                Q(email__icontains=search_term)
-            )[:10]
+            user_data = []
+            if search_option == 'contains':            
+                user_data = EmailUser.objects.annotate(
+                    search_name=Concat('first_name', Value(' '), 'last_name')
+                ).annotate(
+                    legal_search_name=Concat('legal_first_name', Value(' '), 'legal_last_name')
+                ).filter(
+                    Q(search_name__icontains=search_term) |
+                    Q(legal_search_name__icontains=search_term) |
+                    Q(email__icontains=search_term)
+                )[:40]
+
+            if search_option == 'starts_with':            
+                user_data = EmailUser.objects.annotate(
+                    search_name=Concat('first_name', Value(' '), 'last_name')
+                ).annotate(
+                    legal_search_name=Concat('legal_first_name', Value(' '), 'legal_last_name')
+                ).filter(
+                    Q(search_name__istartswith=search_term) |
+                    Q(legal_search_name__istartswith=search_term) |
+                    Q(email__istartswith=search_term)
+                )[:40]
+
+            if search_option == 'ends_with':            
+                user_data = EmailUser.objects.annotate(
+                    search_name=Concat('first_name', Value(' '), 'last_name')
+                ).annotate(
+                    legal_search_name=Concat('legal_first_name', Value(' '), 'legal_last_name')
+                ).filter(
+                    Q(search_name__iendswith=search_term) |
+                    Q(legal_search_name__iendswith=search_term) |
+                    Q(email__iendswith=search_term)
+                )[:40]
+
             for email_user in user_data:
                 if email_user.dob:
                     text = '{} {} (DOB: {})'.format(get_first_name(email_user),
diff --git a/wildlifecompliance/frontend/wildlifecompliance/src/components/internal/search.vue b/wildlifecompliance/frontend/wildlifecompliance/src/components/internal/search.vue
index f5c96654d..d6f2d7636 100644
--- a/wildlifecompliance/frontend/wildlifecompliance/src/components/internal/search.vue
+++ b/wildlifecompliance/frontend/wildlifecompliance/src/components/internal/search.vue
@@ -13,8 +13,22 @@
                     </h3>
                 </div>
                 <div class="panel-body collapse in" :id="kBody">
-                    <div class="row">
-                        <div class="form-group">
+                    <div class="form-group">
+                        <div class="row">
+                            <div class="form-check form-check-inline col-md-3">
+                            <input type="radio" value="contains" v-model="search_option" checked/> 
+                            <label class="form-check-label">Contains</label>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="form-check form-check-inline col-md-3">
+                            <input type="radio" value="starts_with" v-model="search_option"/> 
+                            <label class="form-check-label">Starts with</label>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="form-check form-check-inline col-md-3">
+                            <input type="radio" value="ends_with" v-model="search_option"/> 
+                            <label class="form-check-label">Ends with</label>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="row">
                             <!--label for="person_lookup" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Search</label-->
                             <div class="col-sm-6">
                                 <select 
@@ -33,7 +47,7 @@
                                 />
                             </div>
                         </div>
-                      </div>
+                    </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
@@ -184,6 +198,7 @@ export default {
             cBody: 'cBody' + vm._uid,
             kBody: 'kBody' + vm._uid,
             loading: [],
+            search_option: "contains",
             searchKeywords: [],
             hasSearchKeywords: false,
             selected_organisation:'',
@@ -309,6 +324,7 @@ export default {
                         console.log(params)
                         var query = {
                             term: params.term,
+                            option: vm.search_option,
                             type: 'public',
                         }
                         return query;