diff --git a/src/state.js b/src/state.js
index cd55fa80a..ce7f49f43 100644
--- a/src/state.js
+++ b/src/state.js
@@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory,           $
       // But clear 'transition', as we still want to cancel any other pending transitions.
       // TODO: We may not want to bump 'transition' if we're called from a location change that we've initiated ourselves,
       // because we might accidentally abort a legitimate transition initiated from code?
-      if (to === from && locals === from.locals && !options.reload) {
-        syncUrl();
+      if (shouldTriggerReload(to, from, locals, options) ) {
+        if ( to.self.reloadOnSearch !== false )
+          syncUrl();
         $state.transition = null;
         return $q.when($state.current);
       }
@@ -577,6 +578,12 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory,           $
     });
     return filtered;
   }
+
+  function shouldTriggerReload(to, from, locals, options) {
+    if ( to === from && ((locals === from.locals && !options.reload) || (to.self.reloadOnSearch === false)) ) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 angular.module('ui.router.state')
diff --git a/test/stateSpec.js b/test/stateSpec.js
index deac94f79..201a8c969 100644
--- a/test/stateSpec.js
+++ b/test/stateSpec.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ describe('state', function () {
       H = { data: {propA: 'propA', propB: 'propB'} },
       HH = { parent: H },
       HHH = {parent: HH, data: {propA: 'overriddenA', propC: 'propC'} },
+      RS = { url: '^/search?term', reloadOnSearch: false },
       AppInjectable = {};
 
   beforeEach(module(function ($stateProvider, $provide) {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ describe('state', function () {
       .state('H', H)
       .state('HH', HH)
       .state('HHH', HHH)
+      .state('RS', RS)
 
       .state('home', { url: "/" })
       .state('home.item', { url: "front/:id" })
@@ -141,6 +143,18 @@ describe('state', function () {
       expect($state.current).toBe(A);
     }));
 
+    it('doesn\'t trigger state change if reloadOnSearch is false', inject(function ($state, $q, $location, $rootScope){
+      initStateTo(RS);
+      $location.search({term: 'hello'});
+      var called;
+      $rootScope.$on('$stateChangeStart', function (ev, to, toParams, from, fromParams) {
+        called = true
+      });
+      $q.flush();
+      expect($location.search()).toEqual({term: 'hello'});
+      expect(called).toBeFalsy();        
+    }));
+
     it('ignores non-applicable state parameters', inject(function ($state, $q) {
       $state.transitionTo('A', { w00t: 'hi mom!' });
       $q.flush();
@@ -641,6 +655,7 @@ describe('state', function () {
         'H',
         'HH',
         'HHH',
+        'RS',
         'about',
         'about.person',
         'about.person.item',
@@ -899,4 +914,4 @@ describe('state queue', function(){
       expect(list.map(function(state) { return state.name; })).toEqual(expectedStates);
     });
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});