diff --git a/app/controllers/user_name_change_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_name_change_requests_controller.rb
index e93278492..2dfc96b2e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/user_name_change_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/user_name_change_requests_controller.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class UserNameChangeRequestsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def index
-    @change_requests = authorize UserNameChangeRequest.visible(CurrentUser.user).order("id desc").paginate(params[:page], :limit => params[:limit])
+    @change_requests = authorize UserNameChangeRequest.visible(CurrentUser.user).paginated_search(params)
     respond_with(@change_requests)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user_name_change_request.rb b/app/models/user_name_change_request.rb
index e80adcc82..2cdafe5a6 100644
--- a/app/models/user_name_change_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_name_change_request.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ class UserNameChangeRequest < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
+  def self.search(params)
+    q = super
+    q = q.search_attributes(params, :user, :original_name, :desired_name)
+    q.apply_default_order(params)
+  end
+
   def update_name!
     user.update!(name: desired_name)
   end