diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index a5be9359a..a7e5a20ee 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     - FEATURE: Added option to download first and last piece of a torrent main file first (for preview)
     - FEATURE: Graphically display piece availability in torrent properties
     - FEATURE: Dropped Qt 4.3 support (Qt >= 4.4 is now required)
+    - FEATURE: Display close tab button into the tabs in search engine (Qt >= 4.5 only)
     - FEATURE: Show official documentation when pressing F1 key
     - FEATURE: Announce to all trackers specified for a torrent (µTorrent behavior) (libtorrent >= v0.15 only)
     - FEATURE: Added per-torrent super seeding mode (libtorrent >= v0.15 only)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 98c8a3f5b..c855b34bd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ cat >$1/modules.cpp <<EOT
 #line 1 "qt4.qcm"
 /*
 -----BEGIN QCMOD-----
-name: Qt >= 4.3
+name: Qt >= 4.4
 -----END QCMOD-----
 */
 class qc_qt4 : public ConfObj
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ public:
 	QString shortname() const { return "Qt 4.4"; }
 	bool exec()
 	{
+		if(QT_VERSION >= 0x040500) {
+                        conf->addDefine("QT_4_5");
+                }
 		return(QT_VERSION >= 0x040400);
 		
 	}
diff --git a/qcm/qt4.qcm b/qcm/qt4.qcm
index 947e36a93..5866ebe5a 100644
--- a/qcm/qt4.qcm
+++ b/qcm/qt4.qcm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 -----BEGIN QCMOD-----
-name: Qt >= 4.3
+name: Qt >= 4.4
 -----END QCMOD-----
 */
 class qc_qt4 : public ConfObj
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ public:
 	QString shortname() const { return "Qt 4.4"; }
 	bool exec()
 	{
+		if(QT_VERSION >= 0x040500) {
+                        conf->addDefine("QT_4_5");
+                }
 		return(QT_VERSION >= 0x040400);
 		
 	}
diff --git a/src/searchengine.cpp b/src/searchengine.cpp
index a4b47bb60..ae8c4cf0d 100644
--- a/src/searchengine.cpp
+++ b/src/searchengine.cpp
@@ -58,12 +58,17 @@ SearchEngine::SearchEngine(GUI *parent, Bittorrent *BTSession) : QWidget(parent)
   // new qCompleter to the search pattern
   startSearchHistory();
   createCompleter();
+#ifdef QT_4_5
+  tabWidget->setTabsClosable(true);
+  connect(tabWidget, SIGNAL(tabCloseRequested(int)), this, SLOT(closeTab(int)));
+#else
   // Add close tab button
   closeTab_button = new QPushButton();
   closeTab_button->setIcon(QIcon(QString::fromUtf8(":/Icons/oxygen/tab-close.png")));
   closeTab_button->setFlat(true);
-  connect(closeTab_button, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(closeTab_button_clicked()));
   tabWidget->setCornerWidget(closeTab_button);
+  connect(closeTab_button, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(closeTab_button_clicked()));
+#endif
   // Boolean initialization
   search_stopped = false;
   // Creating Search Process
@@ -113,6 +118,9 @@ SearchEngine::~SearchEngine(){
     downloader->waitForFinished();
     delete downloader;
   }
+#ifndef QT_4_5
+  delete closeTab_button;
+#endif
   delete searchTimeout;
   delete searchProcess;
   delete supported_engines;
@@ -214,7 +222,9 @@ void SearchEngine::on_search_button_clicked(){
   all_tab.append(currentSearchTab);
   tabWidget->addTab(currentSearchTab, pattern);
   tabWidget->setCurrentWidget(currentSearchTab);
+#ifndef QT_4_5
   closeTab_button->setEnabled(true);
+#endif
   // if the pattern is not in the pattern
   QStringList wordList = searchHistory.stringList();
   if(wordList.indexOf(pattern) == -1){
@@ -490,6 +500,25 @@ void SearchEngine::appendSearchResult(QString line){
   download_button->setEnabled(true);
 }
 
+#ifdef QT_4_5
+void SearchEngine::closeTab(int index) {
+  if(index == tabWidget->indexOf(currentSearchTab)) {
+    qDebug("Deleted current search Tab");
+    if(searchProcess->state() != QProcess::NotRunning){
+      searchProcess->terminate();
+    }
+    if(searchTimeout->isActive()) {
+      searchTimeout->stop();
+    }
+    search_stopped = true;
+    currentSearchTab = 0;
+  }
+  delete all_tab.takeAt(tabWidget->currentIndex());
+  if(!all_tab.size()) {
+    download_button->setEnabled(false);
+  }
+}
+#else
 // Clear search results list
 void SearchEngine::closeTab_button_clicked(){
   if(all_tab.size()) {
@@ -513,6 +542,7 @@ void SearchEngine::closeTab_button_clicked(){
     }
   }
 }
+#endif
 
 // Download selected items in search results list
 void SearchEngine::on_download_button_clicked(){
diff --git a/src/searchengine.h b/src/searchengine.h
index 9df6a2652..61ce10d86 100644
--- a/src/searchengine.h
+++ b/src/searchengine.h
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ private:
   SupportedEngines *supported_engines;
   QTimer *searchTimeout;
   SearchTab *currentSearchTab;
+#ifndef QT_4_5
   QPushButton *closeTab_button;
+#endif
   QList<SearchTab*> all_tab; // To store all tabs
   const SearchCategories full_cat_names;
   GUI *parent;
@@ -104,7 +106,11 @@ protected slots:
   // Search slots
   void tab_changed(int);//to prevent the use of the download button when the tab is empty
   void on_search_button_clicked();
+#ifdef QT_4_5
+  void closeTab(int index);
+#else
   void closeTab_button_clicked();
+#endif
   void appendSearchResult(QString line);
   void searchFinished(int exitcode,QProcess::ExitStatus);
   void readSearchOutput();