diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Helper/User/Manage.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Helper/User/Manage.php
index bb6724fcbf..ecaa32547b 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Helper/User/Manage.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Helper/User/Manage.php
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class Manage extends Helper
         $this->query_parms = [
             'inactives' => $this->request->get('inactives'),
             'like_field' => $this->request->get('like_field'),
+            'like_type' => $this->request->get('like_type'),
             'like_value' => $this->request->get('like_value'),
             'sbas_id' => $this->request->get('sbas_id'),
             'base_id' => $this->request->get('base_id'),
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ class Manage extends Helper
             'offset_start' => $offset_start,
         ];
 
+        /** @var \User_Query $query */
         $query = $this->app['phraseanet.user-query'];
 
         if (is_array($this->query_parms['base_id']))
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ class Manage extends Helper
             $query->on_sbas_ids($this->query_parms['sbas_id']);
 
         $results = $query->sort_by($this->query_parms["srt"], $this->query_parms["ord"])
-            ->like($this->query_parms['like_field'], $this->query_parms['like_value'])
+            ->like($this->query_parms['like_field'], $this->query_parms['like_value'], $this->query_parms['like_type'])
             ->last_model_is($this->query_parms['last_model'])
             ->get_inactives($this->query_parms['inactives'])
             ->include_templates(true)
diff --git a/lib/classes/User/Query.php b/lib/classes/User/Query.php
index e0ec9edfa5..56e366d1bc 100644
--- a/lib/classes/User/Query.php
+++ b/lib/classes/User/Query.php
@@ -36,11 +36,14 @@ class User_Query
     const LIKE_COUNTRY = 'country';
     const LIKE_MATCH_AND = 'AND';
     const LIKE_MATCH_OR = 'OR';
+    const LIKE_TYPE_START = 'like_start';
+    const LIKE_TYPE_CONTAINS = 'like_contains';
 
     protected $app;
     protected $results = [];
     protected $sort = [];
     protected $like_field = [];
+    protected $like_type = 'like_start';
     protected $have_rights = null;
     protected $have_not_rights = null;
     protected $like_match = 'OR';
@@ -400,12 +403,14 @@ class User_Query
      *
      * @param $like_field
      * @param $like_value
+     * @param $like_type
      *
      * @return $this
      */
-    public function like($like_field, $like_value)
+    public function like($like_field, $like_value, $like_type = self::LIKE_TYPE_START)
     {
         $this->like_field[trim($like_field)] = trim($like_value);
+        $this->like_type = $like_type;
         $this->total = $this->page = $this->total_page = null;
 
         return $this;
@@ -994,13 +999,24 @@ class User_Query
                         if (trim($like_val) === '')
                             continue;
 
-                        $queries[] = sprintf(
-                            ' (Users.`%s` LIKE "%s%%"  COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci OR Users.`%s` LIKE "%s%%"  COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci)  '
-                            , self::LIKE_FIRSTNAME
-                            , str_replace(['"', '%'], ['\"', '\%'], $like_val)
-                            , self::LIKE_LASTNAME
-                            , str_replace(['"', '%'], ['\"', '\%'], $like_val)
-                        );
+                        if ($this->like_type == self::LIKE_TYPE_CONTAINS) {
+                            $queries[] = sprintf(
+                                ' (Users.`%s` LIKE "%%%s%%"  COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci OR Users.`%s` LIKE "%%%s%%"  COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci)  '
+                                , self::LIKE_FIRSTNAME
+                                , str_replace(['"', '%'], ['\"', '\%'], $like_val)
+                                , self::LIKE_LASTNAME
+                                , str_replace(['"', '%'], ['\"', '\%'], $like_val)
+                            );
+                        } else {
+                            $queries[] = sprintf(
+                                ' (Users.`%s` LIKE "%s%%"  COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci OR Users.`%s` LIKE "%s%%"  COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci)  '
+                                , self::LIKE_FIRSTNAME
+                                , str_replace(['"', '%'], ['\"', '\%'], $like_val)
+                                , self::LIKE_LASTNAME
+                                , str_replace(['"', '%'], ['\"', '\%'], $like_val)
+                            );
+                        }
+
                     }
 
                     if (count($queries) > 0) {
@@ -1013,11 +1029,20 @@ class User_Query
                 case self::LIKE_EMAIL:
                 case self::LIKE_LOGIN:
                 case self::LIKE_COUNTRY:
-                    $sql_like[] = sprintf(
-                        ' Users.`%s` LIKE "%s%%"  COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci '
-                        , $like_field
-                        , str_replace(['"', '%'], ['\"', '\%'], $like_value)
-                    );
+                    if ($this->like_type == self::LIKE_TYPE_CONTAINS) {
+                        $sql_like[] = sprintf(
+                            ' Users.`%s` LIKE "%%%s%%"  COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci '
+                            , $like_field
+                            , str_replace(['"', '%'], ['\"', '\%'], $like_value)
+                        );
+                    } else {
+                        $sql_like[] = sprintf(
+                            ' Users.`%s` LIKE "%s%%"  COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci '
+                            , $like_field
+                            , str_replace(['"', '%'], ['\"', '\%'], $like_value)
+                        );
+                    }
+
                     break;
                 default;
                     break;
diff --git a/templates/web/admin/users.html.twig b/templates/web/admin/users.html.twig
index 31e9f58041..48f3fac5d2 100644
--- a/templates/web/admin/users.html.twig
+++ b/templates/web/admin/users.html.twig
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
                     <option {% if parm['like_field'] == "email" %}selected="selected"{% endif %} value="email">{{ 'Push::filter on emails' | trans }}</option>
                 </select>
                 <select name="like_type" class="input-medium without-border">
-                    <option selected="selected" value="content">{{ 'admin::users:filter: content' | trans }}</option>
-                    <option value="start_with">{{ 'admin::users:filter: start with' | trans }}</option>
+                    <option selected="selected" value="like_contains">{{ 'admin::users:filter: content' | trans }}</option>
+                    <option value="like_start">{{ 'admin::users:filter: start with' | trans }}</option>
                 </select>
                 <input type="text" value="{{parm['like_value']}}" name="like_value" class="input-medium">
                 <span>{{ 'Last applied template' | trans }}</span>