diff --git a/docs/supportedsites.md b/docs/supportedsites.md
index 54da76a1..b8f58be2 100644
--- a/docs/supportedsites.md
+++ b/docs/supportedsites.md
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ Consider all listed sites to potentially be NSFW.
 <tr>
     <td>Tumblr</td>
     <td>https://www.tumblr.com/</td>
-    <td>Days, Likes, Posts, Tag Searches, User Profiles</td>
+    <td>Days, Likes, Posts, Search Results, Tag Searches, User Profiles</td>
     <td><a href="https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl#oauth">OAuth</a></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
index 73455d2f..5dcd3374 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ BASE_PATTERN = (
     r"([\w-]+\.tumblr\.com)))"
 )
 
-POST_TYPES = frozenset((
-    "text", "quote", "link", "answer", "video", "audio", "photo", "chat"))
+POST_TYPES = frozenset(("text", "quote", "link", "answer", "video",
+                        "audio", "photo", "chat", "search"))
 
 
 class TumblrExtractor(Extractor):
@@ -83,14 +83,21 @@ class TumblrExtractor(Extractor):
                 return
             if post["type"] not in self.types:
                 continue
-            if not blog:
-                blog = self.api.info(self.blog)
-                blog["uuid"] = self.blog
 
-                if self.avatar:
-                    url = self.api.avatar(self.blog)
-                    yield Message.Directory, {"blog": blog}
-                    yield self._prepare_avatar(url, post.copy(), blog)
+            if "blog" in post:
+                blog = post["blog"]
+                self.blog = blog["name"] + ".tumblr.com"
+            else:
+                if not blog:
+                    blog = self.api.info(self.blog)
+                    blog["uuid"] = self.blog
+
+                    if self.avatar:
+                        url = self.api.avatar(self.blog)
+                        yield Message.Directory, {"blog": blog}
+                        yield self._prepare_avatar(url, post.copy(), blog)
+
+                post["blog"] = blog
 
             reblog = "reblogged_from_id" in post
             if reblog and self._skip_reblog(post):
@@ -99,7 +106,6 @@ class TumblrExtractor(Extractor):
 
             if "trail" in post:
                 del post["trail"]
-            post["blog"] = blog
             post["date"] = text.parse_timestamp(post["timestamp"])
             posts = []
 
@@ -349,6 +355,19 @@ class TumblrLikesExtractor(TumblrExtractor):
         return self.api.likes(self.blog)
 
 
+class TumblrSearchExtractor(TumblrExtractor):
+    """Extractor for a Tumblr search"""
+    subcategory = "search"
+    pattern = (BASE_PATTERN + r"/search/([^/?#]+)"
+               r"(?:/([^/?#]+)(?:/([^/?#]+))?)?(?:/?\?([^#]+))?")
+    example = "https://www.tumblr.com/search/QUERY"
+
+    def posts(self):
+        _, _, _, search, mode, post_type, query = self.groups
+        params = text.parse_query(query)
+        return self.api.search(text.unquote(search), params, mode, post_type)
+
+
 class TumblrAPI(oauth.OAuth1API):
     """Interface for the Tumblr API v2
 
@@ -394,7 +413,8 @@ class TumblrAPI(oauth.OAuth1API):
         if self.before and params["offset"]:
             self.log.warning("'offset' and 'date-max' cannot be used together")
 
-        return self._pagination(blog, "/posts", params, cache=True)
+        endpoint = "/v2/blog/{}/posts".format(blog)
+        return self._pagination(endpoint, params, blog=blog, cache=True)
 
     def likes(self, blog):
         """Retrieve liked posts"""
@@ -410,6 +430,20 @@ class TumblrAPI(oauth.OAuth1API):
             yield from posts
             params["before"] = posts[-1]["liked_timestamp"]
 
+    def search(self, query, params, mode="top", post_type=None):
+        """Retrieve search results"""
+        endpoint = "/v2/timeline/search"
+
+        params["limit"] = "50"
+        params["days"] = params.pop("t", None)
+        params["query"] = query
+        params["mode"] = mode
+        params["reblog_info"] = "true" if self.extractor.reblogs else "false"
+        if post_type:
+            params["post_type_filter"] = post_type
+
+        return self._pagination(endpoint, params)
+
     def _call(self, endpoint, params, **kwargs):
         url = self.ROOT + endpoint
         kwargs["params"] = params
@@ -478,20 +512,28 @@ class TumblrAPI(oauth.OAuth1API):
 
             raise exception.StopExtraction(data)
 
-    def _pagination(self, blog, endpoint, params, key="posts", cache=False):
-        endpoint = "/v2/blog/{}{}".format(blog, endpoint)
+    def _pagination(self, endpoint, params,
+                    blog=None, key="posts", cache=False):
         if self.api_key:
             params["api_key"] = self.api_key
 
         strategy = self.extractor.config("pagination")
+        if not strategy and "offset" not in params:
+            strategy = "api"
+
         while True:
             data = self._call(endpoint, params)
 
-            if cache:
-                self.BLOG_CACHE[blog] = data["blog"]
-                cache = False
+            if "timeline" in data:
+                data = data["timeline"]
+                posts = data["elements"]
+
+            else:
+                if cache:
+                    self.BLOG_CACHE[blog] = data["blog"]
+                    cache = False
+                posts = data[key]
 
-            posts = data[key]
             yield from posts
 
             if strategy == "api":
diff --git a/test/results/tumblr.py b/test/results/tumblr.py
index 4d0d6abc..50b67676 100644
--- a/test/results/tumblr.py
+++ b/test/results/tumblr.py
@@ -360,4 +360,21 @@ __tests__ = (
     "#class"   : tumblr.TumblrLikesExtractor,
 },
 
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://www.tumblr.com/search/nathan fielder",
+    "#category": ("", "tumblr", "search"),
+    "#class"   : tumblr.TumblrSearchExtractor,
+},
+
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://www.tumblr.com/search/nathan fielder/recent/quote?src=typed_query",
+    "#category": ("", "tumblr", "search"),
+    "#class"   : tumblr.TumblrSearchExtractor,
+},
+
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://www.tumblr.com/search/nathan%20fielder?t=90",
+    "#category": ("", "tumblr", "search"),
+    "#class"   : tumblr.TumblrSearchExtractor,
+},
 )