diff --git a/lib/base/Modeler.js b/lib/base/Modeler.js
index b0121221..25d94940 100644
--- a/lib/base/Modeler.js
+++ b/lib/base/Modeler.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import {
   BpmnPropertiesProviderModule as bpmnPropertiesProviderModule
 } from 'bpmn-js-properties-panel';
 
+import fuzzySearchModule from './features/fuzzy-search';
+
 /**
  * @typedef {import('bpmn-js/lib/BaseViewer').BaseViewerOptions} BaseViewerOptions
  *
@@ -57,7 +59,8 @@ Modeler.prototype._extensionModules = [
   minimapModule,
   executableFixModule,
   propertiesPanelModule,
-  bpmnPropertiesProviderModule
+  bpmnPropertiesProviderModule,
+  fuzzySearchModule
 ];
 
 Modeler.prototype._modules = [].concat(
diff --git a/lib/base/features/fuzzy-search/FuzzySearchPopupMenuProvider.js b/lib/base/features/fuzzy-search/FuzzySearchPopupMenuProvider.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59a5d636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/base/features/fuzzy-search/FuzzySearchPopupMenuProvider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import Fuse from 'fuse.js/basic';
+
+const options = {
+  includeScore: true,
+  ignoreLocation: true,
+  includeMatches: true,
+  threshold: 0.25,
+  keys: [
+    {
+      name: 'label',
+      weight: 3
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'description',
+      weight: 2
+    },
+    'search'
+  ]
+};
+
+export default class FuzzySearchPopupMenuProvider {
+  constructor(popupMenu) {
+    popupMenu.registerProvider('bpmn-append', this);
+    popupMenu.registerProvider('bpmn-create', this);
+    popupMenu.registerProvider('bpmn-replace', this);
+  }
+
+  getPopupMenuEntries() {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  findPopupMenuEntries(entries, pattern) {
+    const fuse = new Fuse(entries, options);
+
+    const result = fuse.search(pattern);
+
+    return result.map(({ item }) => item);
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/lib/base/features/fuzzy-search/FuzzySearchProvider.js b/lib/base/features/fuzzy-search/FuzzySearchProvider.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca0d55e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/base/features/fuzzy-search/FuzzySearchProvider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import Fuse from 'fuse.js/basic';
+
+import {
+  getLabel,
+  isLabel
+} from 'bpmn-js/lib/util/LabelUtil';
+
+const options = {
+  includeScore: true,
+  ignoreLocation: true,
+  includeMatches: true,
+  threshold: 0.25,
+  keys: [
+    {
+      name: 'label',
+      weight: 2
+    },
+    'id'
+  ]
+};
+
+export default function BpmnSearchProvider(canvas, elementRegistry, searchPad) {
+  this._canvas = canvas;
+  this._elementRegistry = elementRegistry;
+
+  searchPad.registerProvider(this);
+}
+
+BpmnSearchProvider.$inject = [
+  'canvas',
+  'elementRegistry',
+  'searchPad'
+];
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} pattern
+ *
+ * @return {SearchResult[]}
+ */
+BpmnSearchProvider.prototype.find = function(pattern) {
+  var rootElements = this._canvas.getRootElements();
+
+  var elements = this._elementRegistry
+    .filter(function(element) {
+      return !isLabel(element) && !rootElements.includes(element);
+    })
+    .map(function(element) {
+      return {
+        element,
+        id: element.id,
+        label: getLabel(element)
+      };
+    });
+
+  const fuse = new Fuse(elements, options);
+
+  const result = fuse.search(pattern);
+
+  return result.map(({ item }) => {
+    const { element } = item;
+
+    return {
+      element,
+      primaryTokens: highlightSubstring(getLabel(element), pattern),
+      secondaryTokens: highlightSubstring(element.id, pattern)
+    };
+  });
+};
+
+function highlightSubstring(string, substring) {
+  if (!substring.length) return [ { normal: string } ];
+
+  const occurances = findAllSubstringOccurrences(string, substring);
+
+  if (!occurances.length) return [ { normal: string } ];
+
+  let lastIndexEnd = 0;
+
+  const tokens = [];
+
+  occurances.forEach((start, index) => {
+    const end = start + substring.length;
+
+    if (start !== 0) {
+      tokens.push({
+        normal: string.slice(lastIndexEnd, start)
+      });
+    }
+
+    tokens.push({
+      matched: string.slice(start, end)
+    });
+
+    if (index === occurances.length - 1 && end !== string.length - 1) {
+      tokens.push({
+        normal: string.slice(end)
+      });
+    }
+
+    lastIndexEnd = end;
+  });
+
+  return tokens;
+}
+
+function findAllSubstringOccurrences(string, subString) {
+  let indices = [];
+  let startIndex = 0;
+  let index;
+
+  while (
+    (index = string
+      .toLowerCase()
+      .indexOf(subString.toLowerCase(), startIndex)) > -1
+  ) {
+    indices.push(index);
+
+    startIndex = index + 1;
+  }
+
+  return indices;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/base/features/fuzzy-search/index.js b/lib/base/features/fuzzy-search/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f555141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/base/features/fuzzy-search/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import FuzzySearchProvider from './FuzzySearchProvider';
+import FuzzySearchPopupMenuProvider from './FuzzySearchPopupMenuProvider';
+
+export default {
+  __init__: [ 'bpmnSearch', 'fuzzySearchPopupMenuProvider' ],
+  bpmnSearch: [ 'type', FuzzySearchProvider ],
+  fuzzySearchPopupMenuProvider: [ 'type', FuzzySearchPopupMenuProvider ]
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a56eada3..48657c3b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         "diagram-js-grid": "^1.0.0",
         "diagram-js-minimap": "^5.1.0",
         "diagram-js-origin": "^1.4.0",
+        "fuse.js": "^7.0.0",
         "inherits-browser": "^0.1.0",
         "min-dash": "^4.2.1",
         "zeebe-bpmn-moddle": "^1.1.0"
@@ -5632,6 +5633,14 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/fuse.js": {
+      "version": "7.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fuse.js/-/fuse.js-7.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-14F4hBIxqKvD4Zz/XjDc3y94mNZN6pRv3U13Udo0lNLCWRBUsrMv2xwcF/y/Z5sV6+FQW+/ow68cHpm4sunt8Q==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/gensync": {
       "version": "1.0.0-beta.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gensync/-/gensync-1.0.0-beta.2.tgz",
@@ -20089,6 +20098,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-xckBUXyTIqT97tq2x2AMb+g163b5JFysYk0x4qxNFwbfQkmNZoiRHb6sPzI9/QV33WeuvVYBUIiD4NzNIyqaRQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "fuse.js": {
+      "version": "7.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fuse.js/-/fuse.js-7.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-14F4hBIxqKvD4Zz/XjDc3y94mNZN6pRv3U13Udo0lNLCWRBUsrMv2xwcF/y/Z5sV6+FQW+/ow68cHpm4sunt8Q=="
+    },
     "gensync": {
       "version": "1.0.0-beta.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gensync/-/gensync-1.0.0-beta.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 14470688..e9968e78 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "diagram-js-grid": "^1.0.0",
     "diagram-js-minimap": "^5.1.0",
     "diagram-js-origin": "^1.4.0",
+    "fuse.js": "^7.0.0",
     "inherits-browser": "^0.1.0",
     "min-dash": "^4.2.1",
     "zeebe-bpmn-moddle": "^1.1.0"