diff --git a/gui/slick/views/config_search.mako b/gui/slick/views/config_search.mako
index 8bc218adac83a4d0d6d9fbe3039bb56fdd85ca5e..6e4359754d78c95179c3fbd1c561561b767f040e 100644
--- a/gui/slick/views/config_search.mako
+++ b/gui/slick/views/config_search.mako
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@
                             </div>
                         </div>
 
+                        <div class="field-pair">
+                            <label>
+                                <span class="component-title">Backlog search day(s)</span>
+                                <span class="component-desc">
+                                    <input type="text" name="backlog_days" value="${sickbeard.BACKLOG_DAYS}" class="form-control input-sm input75" />
+                                    <p>number of day(s) that the "Forced Backlog Search" will cover (e.g. 7 Days)</p>
+                                </span>
+                            </label>
+                        </div>
+
                         <div class="field-pair">
                             <label>
                                 <span class="component-title">Backlog search frequency</span>
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 95aa2c9870adf7eb11d227c60b66a62b32990162..a5a1b1997511872edb9e660215881b32e235584b 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -3837,7 +3837,7 @@ class ConfigSearch(Config):
     def saveSearch(self, use_nzbs=None, use_torrents=None, nzb_dir=None, sab_username=None, sab_password=None,
                    sab_apikey=None, sab_category=None, sab_category_anime=None, sab_category_backlog=None, sab_category_anime_backlog=None, sab_host=None, nzbget_username=None,
                    nzbget_password=None, nzbget_category=None, nzbget_category_backlog=None, nzbget_category_anime=None, nzbget_category_anime_backlog=None, nzbget_priority=None,
-                   nzbget_host=None, nzbget_use_https=None, backlog_frequency=None,
+                   nzbget_host=None, nzbget_use_https=None, backlog_days=None, backlog_frequency=None,
                    dailysearch_frequency=None, nzb_method=None, torrent_method=None, usenet_retention=None,
                    download_propers=None, check_propers_interval=None, allow_high_priority=None, sab_forced=None,
                    randomize_providers=None, use_failed_downloads=None, delete_failed=None,
@@ -3857,6 +3857,7 @@ class ConfigSearch(Config):
         config.change_DAILYSEARCH_FREQUENCY(dailysearch_frequency)
 
         config.change_BACKLOG_FREQUENCY(backlog_frequency)
+        sickbeard.BACKLOG_DAYS = config.to_int(backlog_days, default=7)
 
         sickbeard.USE_NZBS = config.checkbox_to_value(use_nzbs)
         sickbeard.USE_TORRENTS = config.checkbox_to_value(use_torrents)