diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-search/src/components/alfresco-search-control.component.html b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-search/src/components/alfresco-search-control.component.html
index eb3226fbe2..687a922393 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-search/src/components/alfresco-search-control.component.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-search/src/components/alfresco-search-control.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
             <i class="material-icons">search</i>
         </label>
         <div [class]="getTextFieldHolderClassName()">
-            <input class="mdl-textfield__input" [type]="inputType" [autocomplete]="getAutoComplete()" id="searchTerm" [ngFormControl]="searchControl" [(ngModel)]="searchTerm">
+            <input class="mdl-textfield__input" [type]="inputType" [autocomplete]="getAutoComplete()" id="searchTerm" data-automation-id="search_input" [ngFormControl]="searchControl" [(ngModel)]="searchTerm">
             <label class="mdl-textfield__label" for="searchTerm">{{'SEARCH.CONTROL.LABEL' | translate}}</label>
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-search/src/components/alfresco-search.component.html b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-search/src/components/alfresco-search.component.html
index 9569e6c2f3..d7dda75e39 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-search/src/components/alfresco-search.component.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-search/src/components/alfresco-search.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<p *ngIf="results && results.length">{{ 'SEARCH.RESULTS.SUMMARY' | translate:{numResults: results.length, searchTerm: searchTerm} }}</p>
-<p *ngIf="results&& results.length == 0">{{ 'SEARCH.RESULTS.NONE' | translate:{searchTerm: searchTerm} }}</p>
+<p data-automation-id="search_result_found" *ngIf="results && results.length">{{ 'SEARCH.RESULTS.SUMMARY' | translate:{numResults: results.length, searchTerm: searchTerm} }}</p>
+<p data-automation-id="search_result_found" *ngIf="results&& results.length == 0">{{ 'SEARCH.RESULTS.NONE' | translate:{searchTerm: searchTerm} }}</p>
 <table *ngIf="results && results.length && searchTerm" class="mdl-data-table mdl-js-data-table mdl-shadow--2dp full-width">
     <thead>
     <tr>