diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepositorySearchBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepositorySearchBuilder.java
index 642f7f3d95..0ecd77e600 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepositorySearchBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepositorySearchBuilder.java
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ public GHRepositorySearchBuilder stars(String v) {
         return q("stars:"+v);
     }
 
+    public GHRepositorySearchBuilder topic(String v) {
+        return q("topic:"+v);
+    }
+
     public GHRepositorySearchBuilder order(GHDirection v) {
         req.with("order",v);
         return this;