diff --git a/src/lib/app/profileupdater.cpp b/src/lib/app/profileupdater.cpp
index 12889598d..75d877224 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/profileupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/profileupdater.cpp
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ void ProfileUpdater::updateProfile(const QString &current, const QString &profil
         return;
     }
 
-    // 1.3.5, 1.4.x = no changes
-    if (prof >= Updater::Version("1.3.5") && prof < Updater::Version("1.5.0")) {
+    if (prof >= Updater::Version("1.4.0") && prof <= Updater::Version("1.5.0")) {
+        update140();
         return;
     }
 
@@ -173,4 +173,16 @@ void ProfileUpdater::update130()
 
     QSqlQuery query;
     query.exec("ALTER TABLE bookmarks ADD COLUMN keyword TEXT");
+
+    update140();
+}
+
+void ProfileUpdater::update140()
+{
+    std::cout << "QupZilla: Upgrading profile version from 1.4.0..." << std::endl;
+    mApp->connectDatabase();
+
+    QSqlQuery query;
+    query.exec("ALTER TABLE search_engines ADD COLUMN method TEXT");
+    query.exec("UPDATE search_engines SET method='GET'");
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/app/profileupdater.h b/src/lib/app/profileupdater.h
index 98e0eee05..7960405e2 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/profileupdater.h
+++ b/src/lib/app/profileupdater.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ private:
     void update118();
     void update120();
     void update130();
+    void update140();
 
     QString m_profilePath;
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/data/data/browsedata.db b/src/lib/data/data/browsedata.db
index 4776a1c3e..e382cbb44 100644
Binary files a/src/lib/data/data/browsedata.db and b/src/lib/data/data/browsedata.db differ
diff --git a/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.cpp b/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.cpp
index 86819b168..3a58dc8b9 100644
--- a/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.cpp
@@ -67,14 +67,15 @@ void SearchEnginesManager::loadSettings()
     m_settingsLoaded = true;
 
     QSqlQuery query;
-    query.exec("SELECT name, icon, url, shortcut, suggestionsUrl FROM search_engines");
+    query.exec("SELECT name, icon, url, shortcut, method, suggestionsUrl FROM search_engines");
     while (query.next()) {
         Engine en;
         en.name = query.value(0).toString();
         en.icon = qIconProvider->iconFromBase64(query.value(1).toByteArray());
         en.url = query.value(2).toString();
         en.shortcut = query.value(3).toString();
-        en.suggestionsUrl = query.value(4).toString();
+        en.method = query.value(4).toString();
+        en.suggestionsUrl = query.value(5).toString();
 
         m_allEngines.append(en);
 
@@ -446,13 +447,14 @@ void SearchEnginesManager::saveSettings()
     query.exec("DELETE FROM search_engines");
 
     foreach (const Engine &en, m_allEngines) {
-        query.prepare("INSERT INTO search_engines (name, icon, url, shortcut, suggestionsUrl, suggestionsParameters) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
-        query.bindValue(0, en.name);
-        query.bindValue(1, qIconProvider->iconToBase64(en.icon));
-        query.bindValue(2, en.url);
-        query.bindValue(3, en.shortcut);
-        query.bindValue(4, en.suggestionsUrl);
-        query.bindValue(5, en.suggestionsParameters);
+        query.prepare("INSERT INTO search_engines (name, icon, url, shortcut, method, suggestionsUrl, suggestionsParameters) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
+        query.addBindValue(en.name);
+        query.addBindValue(qIconProvider->iconToBase64(en.icon));
+        query.addBindValue(en.url);
+        query.addBindValue(en.shortcut);
+        query.addBindValue(en.method);
+        query.addBindValue(en.suggestionsUrl);
+        query.addBindValue(en.suggestionsParameters);
 
         query.exec();
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.h b/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.h
index dbf8be5f3..59c81a707 100644
--- a/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.h
+++ b/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class QT_QUPZILLA_EXPORT SearchEnginesManager : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-
     explicit SearchEnginesManager();
 
     struct Engine {
@@ -42,11 +41,11 @@ public:
         QIcon icon;
         QString url;
         QString shortcut;
+        QString method;
 
         QString suggestionsUrl;
         QByteArray suggestionsParameters;
 
-
         bool operator==(const Engine &other) const {
             return (this->name == other.name &&
                     this->url == other.url &&