diff --git a/Form/ChoosableSearchType.php b/Form/ChoosableSearchType.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..072ba99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Form/ChoosableSearchType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Xi\Bundle\SearchBundle\Form;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilder;
+use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;
+
+class ChoosableSearchType extends SearchType
+{
+
+    private $choices = array();
+
+    public function __construct($choices)
+    {
+        $this->choices = $choices;
+    }
+
+    public function buildForm(FormBuilder $builder, array $options)
+    {
+        $builder
+            ->add('options', 'hidden')
+            ->add('index',      'choice',       array('choices' => $this->choices, 'expanded' => true, 'label' => 'xi_search.choose-index'))
+            ->add('searchType', 'hidden')
+            ->add('term',       'text',         array('label' => 'search.form.term.label'));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Resources/views/SearchForm/searchform_choosable.html.twig b/Resources/views/SearchForm/searchform_choosable.html.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0aed5c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/views/SearchForm/searchform_choosable.html.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<form action="{{ path('XiSearchBundle_search') }}" class="ajax-form search-form" method="post" {{ form_enctype(form) }}>
+    {{ form_widget(form.options) }}
+    {{ form_widget(form.searchType) }}
+    {{ form_label(form.index) }}
+    {{ form_widget(form.index) }}
+	{{ form_widget(form.term) }}
+	{{ form_rest(form) }}
+
+	<div id="search-form">
+	    <button type="submit">{{'search.form.submit_button'|trans}}</button>
+	</div>
+
+</form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Service/SearchService.php b/Service/SearchService.php
index cb56269..9b38e18 100644
--- a/Service/SearchService.php
+++ b/Service/SearchService.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactory,
     Symfony\Component\Form\Form,
     Xi\Bundle\SearchBundle\Form\SearchType,
+    Xi\Bundle\SearchBundle\Form\ChoosableSearchType,
     Xi\Bundle\SearchBundle\Service\Search\Search,
     Xi\Bundle\SearchBundle\Service\Search\Result\SearchResultSet;
 
@@ -41,8 +42,19 @@ public function getSearchForm()
         return $this->formFactory->create(
             new SearchType()
         );
-    }    
- 
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $choices array of choosable indices
+     * @return Form
+     */
+    public function getChoosableSearchForm(array $choices)
+    {
+        return $this->formFactory->create(
+            new ChoosableSearchType($choices)
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param string $index
      * @param string $term
diff --git a/Tests/Service/SearchServiceTest.php b/Tests/Service/SearchServiceTest.php
index 598bf66..d6d2829 100644
--- a/Tests/Service/SearchServiceTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Service/SearchServiceTest.php
@@ -45,8 +45,18 @@ public function getSearchForm()
         $this->formfactory->expects($this->once())->method('create')->will($this->returnValue('form'));      
         $form = $this->service->getSearchForm();
         $this->assertEquals('form', $form); 
-    }    
- 
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function getChoosableSearchForm()
+    {
+        $this->formfactory->expects($this->once())->method('create')->will($this->returnValue('form'));
+        $form = $this->service->getChoosableSearchForm(array('index1', 'index2'));
+        $this->assertEquals('form', $form);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */
diff --git a/Twig/Extensions/SearchForm.php b/Twig/Extensions/SearchForm.php
index 3c1ae11..beabcd5 100644
--- a/Twig/Extensions/SearchForm.php
+++ b/Twig/Extensions/SearchForm.php
@@ -45,46 +45,104 @@ public function getFunctions()
     {
         return array(
             'xi_search_form' => new \Twig_Function_Method(
-            $this, 'searchForm', array('is_safe' => array('html'))
+                $this, 'searchForm', array('is_safe' => array('html'))
+            ),
+            'xi_search_form_choosable' => new \Twig_Function_Method(
+                $this, 'searchFormChoosable', array('is_safe' => array('html'))
             ),
             'xi_find_form' => new \Twig_Function_Method(
-            $this, 'findForm', array('is_safe' => array('html'))
-            ),            
+                $this, 'findForm', array('is_safe' => array('html'))
+            ),
+            'xi_find_form_choosable' => new \Twig_Function_Method(
+                $this, 'findFormChoosable', array('is_safe' => array('html'))
+            ),
             'xi_search_result' => new \Twig_Function_Method(
-            $this, 'searchResult', array('is_safe' => array('html'))
+                $this, 'searchResult', array('is_safe' => array('html'))
             )
         );
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * For default search
      * @param string $index
-     * @param array e $options 
+     * @param array  $options
      */
     public function searchForm($index, $options = array())
-    {   
+    {
         return $this->renderForm($index, $options, 'search');
     }
- 
+
+    /**
+     * @param  string $index          currently selected index
+     * @param  array  $choosableFiels the choosable indices
+     * @param  array  $options
+     */
+    public function searchFormChoosable($index, array $choiceFields, $options = array())
+    {
+        return $this->renderFormWithChoosableIndices($index, $options, 'search', $choiceFields);
+    }
+
     /**
      * if you like to have search results converted to entities
-     * @param string $index
-     * @param array e $options
+     * @param  string $index
+     * @param  array  $options
      * @return string
-     */    
+     */
     public function findForm($index, $options = array())
-    {   
+    {
         return $this->renderForm($index, $options, 'find');
     }
-    
+
+     /**
+     * @param  string   $index
+     * @param  array    $choosableFiels the choosable indices
+     * @param  array    $options
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function findFormChoosable($index, array $choiceFields, $options = array())
+    {
+        return $this->renderFormWithChoosableIndices($index, $options, 'find', $choiceFields);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  int    $index
+     * @param  array  $options
+     * @param  string $searchType
+     * @return string
+     */
     private function renderForm($index, $options, $searchType)
     {
         $form = $this->searchService->getSearchForm();
-        $form->get('options')->setData(json_encode($options));
+
+        $form->get('options')->setData($options);
+        $form->get('index')->setData($index);
+        $form->get('searchType')->setData($searchType);
+
+        return $this->twig->render(
+            'XiSearchBundle:SearchForm:searchform.html.twig',
+            array('form' => $form->createView())
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  int    $index
+     * @param  array  $options
+     * @param  string $searchType
+     * @param  array  $choiceFields
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function renderFormWithChoosableIndices($index, $options, $searchType, $choiceFields)
+    {
+        $form = $this->searchService->getChoosableSearchForm($choiceFields);
+
+        $form->get('options')->setData($options);
         $form->get('index')->setData($index);
         $form->get('searchType')->setData($searchType);
-        return $this->twig->render('XiSearchBundle:SearchForm:searchform.html.twig',
-            array('form' => $form->createView()));       
+
+        return $this->twig->render(
+            'XiSearchBundle:SearchForm:searchform_choosable.html.twig',
+            array('form' => $form->createView())
+        );
     }
 
     /**