diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index be2a2f1d5..4bdb05c75 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ enum {
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_WINDOW_LINE_BOTTOM,
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_SEARCH_REPEAT_FORWARD,
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_SEARCH_REPEAT_BACKWARD,
+	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_SEARCH_REPEAT,
+	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_SEARCH_REPEAT_REVERSE,
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_SEARCH_WORD_FORWARD,
 	VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_SEARCH_WORD_BACKWARD,
 	VIS_ACTION_WINDOW_PAGE_UP,
@@ -525,6 +527,16 @@ static const KeyAction vis_action[] = {
 		VIS_HELP("Move cursor to previous match in backward direction")
 		movement, { .i = VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_BACKWARD }
 	},
+	[VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_SEARCH_REPEAT] = {
+		"vis-motion-search-repeat",
+		VIS_HELP("Move cursor to next match")
+		movement, { .i = VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT }
+	},
+	[VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_SEARCH_REPEAT_REVERSE] = {
+		"vis-motion-search-repeat-reverse",
+		VIS_HELP("Move cursor to next match in opposite direction")
+		movement, { .i = VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_REVERSE }
+	},
 	[VIS_ACTION_CURSOR_SEARCH_WORD_FORWARD] = {
 		"vis-motion-search-word-forward",
 		VIS_HELP("Move cursor to next occurence of the word under cursor")
diff --git a/vis-core.h b/vis-core.h
index 9cc26f3f1..e50a7888a 100644
--- a/vis-core.h
+++ b/vis-core.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ struct Vis {
 	Mode *mode_before_prompt;            /* user mode which was active before entering prompt */
 	char search_char[8];                 /* last used character to search for via 'f', 'F', 't', 'T' */
 	int last_totill;                     /* last to/till movement used for ';' and ',' */
+	int search_direction;                /* used for `n` and `N` */
 	int tabwidth;                        /* how many spaces should be used to display a tab */
 	bool expandtab;                      /* whether typed tabs should be converted to spaces */
 	bool autoindent;                     /* whether indentation should be copied from previous line on newline */
diff --git a/vis-motions.c b/vis-motions.c
index 7007f47bb..1ceb958b4 100644
--- a/vis-motions.c
+++ b/vis-motions.c
@@ -26,16 +26,20 @@ static Regex *search_word(Vis *vis, Text *txt, size_t pos) {
 
 static size_t search_word_forward(Vis *vis, Text *txt, size_t pos) {
 	Regex *regex = search_word(vis, txt, pos);
-	if (regex)
+	if (regex) {
+		vis->search_direction = VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_FORWARD;
 		pos = text_search_forward(txt, pos, regex);
+	}
 	text_regex_free(regex);
 	return pos;
 }
 
 static size_t search_word_backward(Vis *vis, Text *txt, size_t pos) {
 	Regex *regex = search_word(vis, txt, pos);
-	if (regex)
+	if (regex) {
+		vis->search_direction = VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_BACKWARD;
 		pos = text_search_backward(txt, pos, regex);
+	}
 	text_regex_free(regex);
 	return pos;
 }
@@ -331,6 +335,21 @@ bool vis_motion(Vis *vis, enum VisMotion motion, ...) {
 			motion = VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_FORWARD;
 		else
 			motion = VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_BACKWARD;
+		vis->search_direction = motion;
+		break;
+	}
+	case VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT:
+	case VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_REVERSE:
+	{
+		if (!vis->search_direction)
+			vis->search_direction = VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_FORWARD;
+		if (motion == VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT) {
+			motion = vis->search_direction;
+		} else {
+			motion = vis->search_direction == VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_FORWARD ?
+			                                  VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_BACKWARD :
+			                                  VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_FORWARD;
+		}
 		break;
 	}
 	case VIS_MOVE_RIGHT_TO:
diff --git a/vis.h b/vis.h
index d7cb0c089..8f74a36ec 100644
--- a/vis.h
+++ b/vis.h
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ enum VisMotion {
 	VIS_MOVE_TOTILL_REVERSE,
 	VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_FORWARD,
 	VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_BACKWARD,
+	VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT,
+	VIS_MOVE_SEARCH_REPEAT_REVERSE,
 	VIS_MOVE_LAST, /* denotes the end of all motions */
 };