diff --git a/searx/templates/__common__/opensearch.xml b/searx/templates/__common__/opensearch.xml
index 244e10132..e76a14aff 100644
--- a/searx/templates/__common__/opensearch.xml
+++ b/searx/templates/__common__/opensearch.xml
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@
   {% if autocomplete %}
     <Url rel="suggestions" type="application/x-suggestions+json" template="{{ host }}autocompleter?q={searchTerms}"/>
   {% endif %}
+
+  <Url type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
+      rel="self"
+      template="{{ opensearch_url }}" />
 </OpenSearchDescription>
diff --git a/searx/templates/__common__/opensearch_response_rss.xml b/searx/templates/__common__/opensearch_response_rss.xml
index 3781dd87c..686443c49 100644
--- a/searx/templates/__common__/opensearch_response_rss.xml
+++ b/searx/templates/__common__/opensearch_response_rss.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <opensearch:totalResults>{{ number_of_results }}</opensearch:totalResults>
     <opensearch:startIndex>1</opensearch:startIndex>
     <opensearch:itemsPerPage>{{ number_of_results }}</opensearch:itemsPerPage>
-    <atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="{{ base_url }}opensearch.xml"/>
+    <atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="{{ opensearch_url }}"/>
     <opensearch:Query role="request" searchTerms="{{ q|e }}" startPage="1" />
     {% if error_message %}
     <item>
diff --git a/searx/templates/courgette/base.html b/searx/templates/courgette/base.html
index f4c61dac2..468b817c5 100644
--- a/searx/templates/courgette/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/courgette/base.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         {% endblock %}
         {% block meta %}{% endblock %}
         {% block head %}
-        <link title="{{ instance_name }}" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search" href="{{ url_for('opensearch') }}"/>
+        <link title="{{ instance_name }}" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search" href="{{ opensearch_url }}"/>
         {% endblock %}
         <script type="text/javascript">
             searx = {};
diff --git a/searx/templates/legacy/base.html b/searx/templates/legacy/base.html
index 152cd77f3..1e5232274 100644
--- a/searx/templates/legacy/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/legacy/base.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         {% endblock %}
         {% block meta %}{% endblock %}
         {% block head %}
-        <link title="{{ instance_name }}" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search" href="{{ url_for('opensearch') }}"/>
+        <link title="{{ instance_name }}" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search" href="{{ opensearch_url }}"/>
         {% endblock %}
     </head>
     <body class="{{ endpoint }}_endpoint" >
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/base.html b/searx/templates/oscar/base.html
index a3bfa5249..7b3d33f7a 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/base.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     {% block head %}
     {% endblock %}
 
-    <link title="{{ instance_name }}" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search" href="{{ url_for('opensearch') }}"/>
+    <link title="{{ instance_name }}" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search" href="{{ opensearch_url }}"/>
     <noscript>
         <style type="text/css">
             .tab-content > .active_if_nojs, .active_if_nojs {display: block !important; visibility: visible !important;}
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/base.html b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
index 7a624a4b3..10fb424bf 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
           data-no-item-found="{{ _('No item found') }}"></script>
   <!--<![endif]-->
   {% block head %}
-  <link title="{{ instance_name }}" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search" href="{{ url_for('opensearch') }}"/>
+  <link title="{{ instance_name }}" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search" href="{{ opensearch_url }}"/>
   {% endblock %}
   <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/favicon.png') }}" />
 </head>
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index c19d3f3cc..15baf2bdc 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ def render(template_name, override_theme=None, **kwargs):
 
     kwargs['proxify'] = proxify if settings.get('result_proxy', {}).get('url') else None
 
+    kwargs['opensearch_url'] = url_for('opensearch') + '?' \
+        + urlencode({'method': kwargs['method'], 'autocomplete': kwargs['autocomplete']})
+
     kwargs['get_result_template'] = get_result_template
 
     kwargs['theme'] = get_current_theme_name(override=override_theme)
