diff --git a/nova/engines/jackett.py b/nova/engines/jackett.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f8c2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/engines/jackett.py
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+#VERSION: 2.00
+# AUTHORS: ukharley
+#          hannsen (github.com/hannsen)
+# CONTRIBUTORS: Diego de las Heras (ngosang@hotmail.es)
+
+import json
+import os
+try:
+    # python3
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode, unquote
+    from urllib import request as urllib_request
+    from http.cookiejar import CookieJar
+except ImportError:
+    # python2
+    from urllib import urlencode, unquote
+    import urllib2 as urllib_request
+    from cookielib import CookieJar
+
+# qBt
+from novaprinter import prettyPrinter
+
+
+###############################################################################
+# load configuration from file
+CONFIG_FILE = 'jackett.json'
+CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), CONFIG_FILE)
+CONFIG_DATA = {
+    'api_key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',  # jackett api
+    'tracker_first': False,          # (False/True) add tracker name to beginning of search result
+    'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:9117',  # jackett url
+}
+
+
+def load_configuration():
+    global CONFIG_PATH, CONFIG_DATA
+    try:
+        # try to load user data from file
+        with open(CONFIG_PATH) as f:
+            CONFIG_DATA = json.load(f)
+    except ValueError:
+        # if file exists but it's malformed we load add a flag
+        CONFIG_DATA['malformed'] = True
+    except Exception:
+        # if file doesn't exist, we create it
+        with open(CONFIG_PATH, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(json.dumps(CONFIG_DATA, indent=4, sort_keys=True))
+
+    # do some checks
+    if any(item not in CONFIG_DATA for item in ['api_key', 'tracker_first', 'url']):
+        CONFIG_DATA['malformed'] = True
+
+
+load_configuration()
+###############################################################################
+
+
+class jackett(object):
+    name = 'Jackett'
+    url = CONFIG_DATA['url']
+    api_key = CONFIG_DATA['api_key']
+    supported_categories = {
+        'all': None,
+        'anime': ['5070'],
+        'books': ['8000'],
+        'games': ['1000', '4000'],
+        'movies': ['2000'],
+        'music': ['3000'],
+        'software': ['4000'],
+        'tv': ['5000'],
+    }
+
+    def search(self, what, cat='all'):
+        what = unquote(what)
+        category = self.supported_categories[cat.lower()]
+
+        # check for malformed configuration
+        if 'malformed' in CONFIG_DATA:
+            self.handle_error("malformed configuration file", what)
+            return
+
+        # user did not change api_key, trying to get from config
+        if self.api_key == "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE":
+            response = self.get_response(self.url + "/api/v2.0/server/config")
+            if response is None:
+                self.handle_error("connection error", what)
+                return
+            try:
+                self.api_key = json.loads(response)['api_key']
+            except Exception:
+                # if login password is enabled we can't get the token
+                self.handle_error("api key error", what)
+                return
+
+        # prepare jackett url
+        params = [
+            ('apikey', self.api_key),
+            ('Query', what)
+        ]
+        if category is not None:
+            for cat_id in category:
+                params.append(('Category[]', cat_id))
+        params = urlencode(params)
+        jacket_url = self.url + "/api/v2.0/indexers/all/results?%s" % params
+        response = self.get_response(jacket_url)
+        if response is None:
+            self.handle_error("connection error", what)
+            return
+
+        # process search results
+        response_json = json.loads(response)
+        for result in response_json['Results']:
+            res = {
+                'size': '%d B' % result['Size'],
+                'seeds': result['Seeders'],
+                'leech': result['Peers'],
+                'engine_url': self.url,
+                'desc_link': result['Comments']
+            }
+
+            if CONFIG_DATA['tracker_first']:
+                res['name'] = '[%s] %s' % (result['Tracker'], result['Title'])
+            else:
+                res['name'] = '%s [%s]' % (result['Title'], result['Tracker'])
+
+            if result['MagnetUri']:
+                res['link'] = result['MagnetUri']
+            else:
+                res['link'] = result['Link']
+
+            prettyPrinter(res)
+
+    def get_response(self, query):
+        response = None
+        try:
+            # we can't use helpers.retrieve_url because of redirects
+            # we need the cookie processor to handle redirects
+            opener = urllib_request.build_opener(urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor(CookieJar()))
+            response = opener.open(query).read().decode('utf-8')
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        return response
+
+    def handle_error(self, error_msg, what):
+        # we need to print the search text to be displayed in qBittorrent when
+        # 'Torrent names only' is enabled
+        prettyPrinter({
+            'seeds': -1,
+            'size': -1,
+            'leech': -1,
+            'engine_url': self.url,
+            'link': self.url,
+            'desc_link': 'https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/wiki/How-to-configure-Jackett-plugin',  # noqa
+            'name': "Jackett: %s! Click 'Go to description' button to open help. Configuration file: '%s' Search: '%s'" % (error_msg, CONFIG_PATH, what)  # noqa
+        })
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    jackett_se = jackett()
+    jackett_se.search("harry potter", 'movies')
diff --git a/nova/engines/versions.txt b/nova/engines/versions.txt
index e698f1f..2333baa 100644
--- a/nova/engines/versions.txt
+++ b/nova/engines/versions.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 btdb: 1.04
 eztv: 1.01
+jackett: 2.00
 leetx: 2.00
 legittorrents: 2.03
 limetorrents: 4.00
diff --git a/nova3/engines/jackett.py b/nova3/engines/jackett.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f8c2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova3/engines/jackett.py
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+#VERSION: 2.00
+# AUTHORS: ukharley
+#          hannsen (github.com/hannsen)
+# CONTRIBUTORS: Diego de las Heras (ngosang@hotmail.es)
+
+import json
+import os
+try:
+    # python3
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode, unquote
+    from urllib import request as urllib_request
+    from http.cookiejar import CookieJar
+except ImportError:
+    # python2
+    from urllib import urlencode, unquote
+    import urllib2 as urllib_request
+    from cookielib import CookieJar
+
+# qBt
+from novaprinter import prettyPrinter
+
+
+###############################################################################
+# load configuration from file
+CONFIG_FILE = 'jackett.json'
+CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), CONFIG_FILE)
+CONFIG_DATA = {
+    'api_key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',  # jackett api
+    'tracker_first': False,          # (False/True) add tracker name to beginning of search result
+    'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:9117',  # jackett url
+}
+
+
+def load_configuration():
+    global CONFIG_PATH, CONFIG_DATA
+    try:
+        # try to load user data from file
+        with open(CONFIG_PATH) as f:
+            CONFIG_DATA = json.load(f)
+    except ValueError:
+        # if file exists but it's malformed we load add a flag
+        CONFIG_DATA['malformed'] = True
+    except Exception:
+        # if file doesn't exist, we create it
+        with open(CONFIG_PATH, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(json.dumps(CONFIG_DATA, indent=4, sort_keys=True))
+
+    # do some checks
+    if any(item not in CONFIG_DATA for item in ['api_key', 'tracker_first', 'url']):
+        CONFIG_DATA['malformed'] = True
+
+
+load_configuration()
+###############################################################################
+
+
+class jackett(object):
+    name = 'Jackett'
+    url = CONFIG_DATA['url']
+    api_key = CONFIG_DATA['api_key']
+    supported_categories = {
+        'all': None,
+        'anime': ['5070'],
+        'books': ['8000'],
+        'games': ['1000', '4000'],
+        'movies': ['2000'],
+        'music': ['3000'],
+        'software': ['4000'],
+        'tv': ['5000'],
+    }
+
+    def search(self, what, cat='all'):
+        what = unquote(what)
+        category = self.supported_categories[cat.lower()]
+
+        # check for malformed configuration
+        if 'malformed' in CONFIG_DATA:
+            self.handle_error("malformed configuration file", what)
+            return
+
+        # user did not change api_key, trying to get from config
+        if self.api_key == "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE":
+            response = self.get_response(self.url + "/api/v2.0/server/config")
+            if response is None:
+                self.handle_error("connection error", what)
+                return
+            try:
+                self.api_key = json.loads(response)['api_key']
+            except Exception:
+                # if login password is enabled we can't get the token
+                self.handle_error("api key error", what)
+                return
+
+        # prepare jackett url
+        params = [
+            ('apikey', self.api_key),
+            ('Query', what)
+        ]
+        if category is not None:
+            for cat_id in category:
+                params.append(('Category[]', cat_id))
+        params = urlencode(params)
+        jacket_url = self.url + "/api/v2.0/indexers/all/results?%s" % params
+        response = self.get_response(jacket_url)
+        if response is None:
+            self.handle_error("connection error", what)
+            return
+
+        # process search results
+        response_json = json.loads(response)
+        for result in response_json['Results']:
+            res = {
+                'size': '%d B' % result['Size'],
+                'seeds': result['Seeders'],
+                'leech': result['Peers'],
+                'engine_url': self.url,
+                'desc_link': result['Comments']
+            }
+
+            if CONFIG_DATA['tracker_first']:
+                res['name'] = '[%s] %s' % (result['Tracker'], result['Title'])
+            else:
+                res['name'] = '%s [%s]' % (result['Title'], result['Tracker'])
+
+            if result['MagnetUri']:
+                res['link'] = result['MagnetUri']
+            else:
+                res['link'] = result['Link']
+
+            prettyPrinter(res)
+
+    def get_response(self, query):
+        response = None
+        try:
+            # we can't use helpers.retrieve_url because of redirects
+            # we need the cookie processor to handle redirects
+            opener = urllib_request.build_opener(urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor(CookieJar()))
+            response = opener.open(query).read().decode('utf-8')
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        return response
+
+    def handle_error(self, error_msg, what):
+        # we need to print the search text to be displayed in qBittorrent when
+        # 'Torrent names only' is enabled
+        prettyPrinter({
+            'seeds': -1,
+            'size': -1,
+            'leech': -1,
+            'engine_url': self.url,
+            'link': self.url,
+            'desc_link': 'https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/wiki/How-to-configure-Jackett-plugin',  # noqa
+            'name': "Jackett: %s! Click 'Go to description' button to open help. Configuration file: '%s' Search: '%s'" % (error_msg, CONFIG_PATH, what)  # noqa
+        })
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    jackett_se = jackett()
+    jackett_se.search("harry potter", 'movies')
diff --git a/nova3/engines/versions.txt b/nova3/engines/versions.txt
index e698f1f..2333baa 100644
--- a/nova3/engines/versions.txt
+++ b/nova3/engines/versions.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 btdb: 1.04
 eztv: 1.01
+jackett: 2.00
 leetx: 2.00
 legittorrents: 2.03
 limetorrents: 4.00