diff --git a/docs/supportedsites.rst b/docs/supportedsites.rst
index fc6b3294..fd58a30c 100644
--- a/docs/supportedsites.rst
+++ b/docs/supportedsites.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ MangaDex             https://mangadex.org/               Chapters, Manga
 Mangapanda           https://www.mangapanda.com/         Chapters, Manga
 MangaPark            https://mangapark.me/               Chapters, Manga
 Mangareader          https://www.mangareader.net/        Chapters, Manga
-nhentai              https://nhentai.net/                Galleries
+nhentai              https://nhentai.net/                Galleries, Search Results
 Niconico Seiga       http://seiga.nicovideo.jp           Images from Users, individual Images               Required
 nijie                https://nijie.info/                 Images from Users, individual Images               Required
 Nyafuu Archive       https://archive.nyafuu.org/         Threads
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/nhentai.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/nhentai.py
index ce7fdf31..35816e60 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/nhentai.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/nhentai.py
@@ -9,47 +9,18 @@
 """Extract images from https://nhentai.net/"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
+from .. import text, util
 
 
-class NhentaiGalleryExtractor(Extractor):
-    """Extractor for image galleries from nhentai.net"""
+class NHentaiExtractor(Extractor):
+    """Base class for nhentai extractors"""
     category = "nhentai"
-    subcategory = "gallery"
-    directory_fmt = ["{category}", "{gallery_id} {title}"]
-    filename_fmt = "{category}_{gallery_id}_{num:>03}.{extension}"
-    archive_fmt = "{gallery_id}_{num}"
-    pattern = [r"(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?nhentai\.net/g/(\d+)"]
-    test = [("https://nhentai.net/g/147850/", {
-        "url": "5179dbf0f96af44005a0ff705a0ad64ac26547d0",
-        "keyword": "2f94976e657f3043a89997e22f4de8e1b22d9175",
-    })]
+    root = "https://nhentai.net"
+    media_url = "https://i.nhentai.net"
 
-    def __init__(self, match):
-        Extractor.__init__(self)
-        self.gid = match.group(1)
-
-    def items(self):
-        ginfo = self.get_gallery_info()
-        data = self.get_job_metadata(ginfo)
-        urlfmt = "https://i.nhentai.net/galleries/{}/{{}}.{{}}".format(
-            data["media_id"])
-        extdict = {"j": "jpg", "p": "png", "g": "gif"}
-        yield Message.Version, 1
-        yield Message.Directory, data
-        for data["num"], image in enumerate(ginfo["images"]["pages"], 1):
-            ext = extdict.get(image["t"], "jpg")
-            data["width"] = image["w"]
-            data["height"] = image["h"]
-            data["extension"] = ext
-            yield Message.Url, urlfmt.format(data["num"], ext), data
-
-    def get_gallery_info(self):
-        """Extract and return gallery-info"""
-        url = "https://nhentai.net/api/gallery/" + self.gid
-        return self.request(url).json()
-
-    def get_job_metadata(self, ginfo):
-        """Collect metadata for extractor-job"""
+    @staticmethod
+    def transform_to_metadata(ginfo):
+        """Transform an nhentai API response into compatible metadata"""
         title_en = ginfo["title"].get("english", "")
         title_ja = ginfo["title"].get("japanese", "")
         return {
@@ -62,3 +33,79 @@ class NhentaiGalleryExtractor(Extractor):
             "title_en": title_en,
             "title_ja": title_ja,
         }
+
+
+class NhentaiGalleryExtractor(NHentaiExtractor):
+    """Extractor for image galleries from nhentai.net"""
+    subcategory = "gallery"
+    directory_fmt = ["{category}", "{gallery_id} {title}"]
+    filename_fmt = "{category}_{gallery_id}_{num:>03}.{extension}"
+    archive_fmt = "{gallery_id}_{num}"
+    pattern = [r"(?:https?://)?nhentai\.net/g/(\d+)"]
+    test = [("https://nhentai.net/g/147850/", {
+        "url": "5179dbf0f96af44005a0ff705a0ad64ac26547d0",
+        "keyword": "2f94976e657f3043a89997e22f4de8e1b22d9175",
+    })]
+
+    def __init__(self, match):
+        NHentaiExtractor.__init__(self)
+        self.gid = match.group(1)
+
+    def items(self):
+        ginfo = self.get_gallery_info(self.gid)
+        data = self.transform_to_metadata(ginfo)
+        urlfmt = "{}/galleries/{}/{{}}.{{}}".format(
+            self.media_url, data["media_id"])
+        extdict = {"j": "jpg", "p": "png", "g": "gif"}
+        yield Message.Version, 1
+        yield Message.Directory, data
+        for data["num"], image in enumerate(ginfo["images"]["pages"], 1):
+            ext = extdict.get(image["t"], "jpg")
+            data["width"] = image["w"]
+            data["height"] = image["h"]
+            data["extension"] = ext
+            yield Message.Url, urlfmt.format(data["num"], ext), data
+
+    def get_gallery_info(self, gallery_id):
+        """Extract and return info about a gallery by ID"""
+        url = "{}/api/gallery/{}".format(self.root, gallery_id)
+        return self.request(url).json()
+
+
+class NhentaiSearchExtractor(NHentaiExtractor):
+    """Extractor for nhentai search results"""
+    category = "nhentai"
+    subcategory = "search"
+    pattern = [r"(?:https?://)?nhentai\.net/search/?\?(.*)"]
+
+    def __init__(self, match):
+        NHentaiExtractor.__init__(self)
+        self.params = text.parse_query(match.group(1))
+
+        if "q" in self.params:
+            self.params["query"] = self.params["q"]
+            del self.params["q"]
+
+    def items(self):
+        yield Message.Version, 1
+        for ginfo in self._pagination("galleries/search", self.params):
+            url = "{}/g/{}/".format(self.root, ginfo["id"])
+            yield Message.Queue, url, self.transform_to_metadata(ginfo)
+
+    def _pagination(self, endpoint, params):
+        """Pagination over API responses"""
+        url = "{}/api/{}".format(self.root, endpoint)
+        params["page"] = util.safe_int(params.get("page"), 1)
+
+        while True:
+            data = self.request(url, params=params, fatal=False).json()
+
+            if "error" in data:
+                self.log.error("API request failed: \"%s\"", data["error"])
+                return
+
+            yield from data["result"]
+
+            if params["page"] >= data["num_pages"]:
+                return
+            params["page"] += 1