diff --git a/base_usability/web-advanced_search_startswith.diff b/base_usability/web-advanced_search_startswith.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9d15cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base_usability/web-advanced_search_startswith.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/filter_menu/custom_filter_item.js b/addons/web/static/src/search/filter_menu/custom_filter_item.js
+index f67f5fb40af..22525b7cbfd 100644
+--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/filter_menu/custom_filter_item.js
++++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/filter_menu/custom_filter_item.js
+@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ const FIELD_OPERATORS = {
+     char: [
+         { symbol: "ilike", description: _lt("contains") },
+         { symbol: "not ilike", description: _lt("doesn't contain") },
++        { symbol: "startswith", description: _lt("starts with") },
++        { symbol: "endswith", description: _lt("ends with") },
+         { symbol: "=", description: _lt("is equal to") },
+         { symbol: "!=", description: _lt("is not equal to") },
+         { symbol: "!=", description: _lt("is set"), value: false },
+@@ -257,6 +259,10 @@ export class CustomFilterItem extends Component {
+                     [field.name, ">=", domainValue[0]],
+                     [field.name, "<=", domainValue[1]]
+                 );
++            } else if (operator.symbol === "startswith") {
++                domainArray.push([field.name, '=ilike', domainValue[0] + '%']);
++            } else if (operator.symbol === "endswith") {
++                domainArray.push([field.name, '=ilike', '%' + domainValue[0]]);
+             } else {
+                 domainArray.push([field.name, operator.symbol, domainValue[0]]);
+             }