diff --git a/src/Paragraph.cpp b/src/Paragraph.cpp
index 5843ba959d..326c5c9813 100644
--- a/src/Paragraph.cpp
+++ b/src/Paragraph.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 
 #include "insets/InsetBibitem.h"
 #include "insets/InsetLabel.h"
+#include "insets/InsetSpecialChar.h"
 
 #include "support/debug.h"
 #include "support/docstring_list.h"
@@ -3258,36 +3259,44 @@ void Paragraph::changeCase(BufferParams const & bparams, pos_type pos,
 }
 
 
-bool Paragraph::find(docstring const & str, bool cs, bool mw,
-		pos_type pos, bool del) const
+int Paragraph::find(docstring const & str, bool cs, bool mw,
+		pos_type start_pos, bool del) const
 {
+	pos_type pos = start_pos;
 	int const strsize = str.length();
 	int i = 0;
 	pos_type const parsize = d->text_.size();
-	for (i = 0; pos + i < parsize; ++i) {
-		if (i >= strsize)
+	for (i = 0; i < strsize && pos < parsize; ++i, ++pos) {
+		// Ignore ligature break and hyphenation chars while searching
+		while (pos < parsize - 1 && isInset(pos)) {
+			const InsetSpecialChar *isc = dynamic_cast<const InsetSpecialChar*>(getInset(pos));
+			if (isc == 0
+			    || (isc->kind() != InsetSpecialChar::HYPHENATION
+				&& isc->kind() != InsetSpecialChar::LIGATURE_BREAK))
+				break;
+			pos++;
+		}
+		if (cs && str[i] != d->text_[pos])
 			break;
-		if (cs && str[i] != d->text_[pos + i])
+		if (!cs && uppercase(str[i]) != uppercase(d->text_[pos]))
 			break;
-		if (!cs && uppercase(str[i]) != uppercase(d->text_[pos + i]))
-			break;
-		if (!del && isDeleted(pos + i))
+		if (!del && isDeleted(pos))
 			break;
 	}
 
 	if (i != strsize)
-		return false;
+		return 0;
 
 	// if necessary, check whether string matches word
 	if (mw) {
-		if (pos > 0 && !isWordSeparator(pos - 1))
-			return false;
-		if (pos + strsize < parsize
-			&& !isWordSeparator(pos + strsize))
-			return false;
+		if (start_pos > 0 && !isWordSeparator(start_pos - 1))
+			return 0;
+		if (pos < parsize
+			&& !isWordSeparator(pos))
+			return 0;
 	}
 
-	return true;
+	return pos - start_pos;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Paragraph.h b/src/Paragraph.h
index 2c2e77246f..d57ef42bba 100644
--- a/src/Paragraph.h
+++ b/src/Paragraph.h
@@ -424,9 +424,10 @@ public:
 		pos_type & right, TextCase action);
 
 	/// find \param str string inside Paragraph.
-	/// \return true if the specified string is at the specified position
+	/// \return non-zero if the specified string is at the specified
+	///	position; returned value is the actual match length in positions
 	/// \param del specifies whether deleted strings in ct mode will be considered
-	bool find(
+	int find(
 		docstring const & str, ///< string to search
 		bool cs, ///<
 		bool mw, ///<
diff --git a/src/lyxfind.cpp b/src/lyxfind.cpp
index 1ec2519eda..4c8846c5eb 100644
--- a/src/lyxfind.cpp
+++ b/src/lyxfind.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ bool parse_bool(docstring & howto)
 }
 
 
-class MatchString : public binary_function<Paragraph, pos_type, bool>
+class MatchString : public binary_function<Paragraph, pos_type, int>
 {
 public:
 	MatchString(docstring const & str, bool cs, bool mw)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public:
 
 	// returns true if the specified string is at the specified position
 	// del specifies whether deleted strings in ct mode will be considered
-	bool operator()(Paragraph const & par, pos_type pos, bool del = true) const
+	int operator()(Paragraph const & par, pos_type pos, bool del = true) const
 	{
 		return par.find(str, case_sens, whole_words, pos, del);
 	}
@@ -91,27 +91,31 @@ private:
 };
 
 
-bool findForward(DocIterator & cur, MatchString const & match,
+int findForward(DocIterator & cur, MatchString const & match,
 		 bool find_del = true)
 {
 	for (; cur; cur.forwardChar())
-		if (cur.inTexted() &&
-		    match(cur.paragraph(), cur.pos(), find_del))
-			return true;
-	return false;
+		if (cur.inTexted()) {
+			int len = match(cur.paragraph(), cur.pos(), find_del);
+			if (len > 0)
+				return len;
+		}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
-bool findBackwards(DocIterator & cur, MatchString const & match,
+int findBackwards(DocIterator & cur, MatchString const & match,
 		 bool find_del = true)
 {
 	while (cur) {
 		cur.backwardChar();
-		if (cur.inTexted() &&
-		    match(cur.paragraph(), cur.pos(), find_del))
-			return true;
+		if (cur.inTexted()) {
+			int len = match(cur.paragraph(), cur.pos(), find_del);
+			if (len > 0)
+				return len;
+		}
 	}
-	return false;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -152,13 +156,13 @@ bool findOne(BufferView * bv, docstring const & searchstr,
 
 	MatchString const match(searchstr, case_sens, whole);
 
-	bool found = forward ? findForward(cur, match, find_del) :
+	int match_len = forward ? findForward(cur, match, find_del) :
 			  findBackwards(cur, match, find_del);
 
-	if (found)
-		bv->putSelectionAt(cur, searchstr.length(), !forward);
+	if (match_len > 0)
+		bv->putSelectionAt(cur, match_len, !forward);
 
-	return found;
+	return match_len > 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -181,12 +185,13 @@ int replaceAll(BufferView * bv,
 
 	Cursor cur(*bv);
 	cur.setCursor(doc_iterator_begin(&buf));
-	while (findForward(cur, match, false)) {
+	int match_len = findForward(cur, match, false);
+	while (match_len > 0) {
 		// Backup current cursor position and font.
 		pos_type const pos = cur.pos();
 		Font const font = cur.paragraph().getFontSettings(buf.params(), pos);
 		cur.recordUndo();
-		int striked = ssize - cur.paragraph().eraseChars(pos, pos + ssize,
+		int striked = ssize - cur.paragraph().eraseChars(pos, pos + match_len,
 							    buf.params().trackChanges);
 		cur.paragraph().insert(pos, replacestr, font,
 				       Change(buf.params().trackChanges ?
@@ -194,6 +199,7 @@ int replaceAll(BufferView * bv,
 		for (int i = 0; i < rsize + striked; ++i)
 			cur.forwardChar();
 		++num;
+		match_len = findForward(cur, match, false);
 	}
 
 	bv->putSelectionAt(doc_iterator_begin(&buf), 0, false);