diff --git a/src/api/app/controllers/person_controller.rb b/src/api/app/controllers/person_controller.rb
index bfcc97202dd5560f0f7dc542b7679615c7331b8a..68594b9f088da1541f2e33da8d7f8179b3b15f89 100644
--- a/src/api/app/controllers/person_controller.rb
+++ b/src/api/app/controllers/person_controller.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class PersonController < ApplicationController
   def show
     if params[:prefix]
         @list = User.where("login LIKE ?", params[:prefix] + '%')
+    elsif params[:email]
+        @list = User.where(:email => params[:email])
     else
         @list = User.all
     end