diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index d97fc99..a3cdc8c 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
           <div class="justify"><textarea class="full" id="part_details" rows="4"></textarea></div>
           <div>package: <input type="text" id="part_package" size="4">-<input type="text" id="part_pincount" size="2"></div>
           <div class="name">manufacturer:</div><div class="justify"><input class="full" type="text" id="part_manufacturer"></div>
+          <div class="name">mpn:</div><div class="justify"><input class="full" type="text" id="part_mpn"></div>
           <div class="name">family:</div><div class="justify"><input class="full" type="text" id="part_family"></div>
           <div class="name"><a id="url_datasheet">datasheet</a>:</div><div class="justify"><input class="full" type="text" id="part_datasheet"></div>
           <div class="name"><a id="url_page">page</a>:</div><div class="justify"><input class="full" type="text" id="part_page"></div>
diff --git a/public/partdb.js b/public/partdb.js
index 75ca114..0348f70 100644
--- a/public/partdb.js
+++ b/public/partdb.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var last_search = null;
 // the collection of parts
 var parts = null;
 // part field to populate
-const fields = ["name", "description", "details", "package", "pincount", "manufacturer", "family", "datasheet", "page", "location", "stock"];
+const fields = ["name", "description", "details", "package", "pincount", "manufacturer", "mpn", "family", "datasheet", "page", "location", "stock"];
 // URLs to set
 const urls = ["page","datasheet"];
 
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index dfaba99..d09114b 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS part (
 	description TEXT, -- a short (searchable) description
 	details TEXT, -- even more part details than just in the description
 	manufacturer INTEGER,
+	mpn TEXT,
 	family INTEGER, -- if this part is part of a part family
 	datasheet TEXT, -- URL to datasheet
 	package INTEGER,
diff --git a/server.rb b/server.rb
index 6b72296..d1ae847 100755
--- a/server.rb
+++ b/server.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ end
 
 def get_part_by_id(id)
   return nil unless id
-  statement = @db.prepare("SELECT part.id, part.name, part.description, part.datasheet, manufacturer.name AS manufacturer, package.name AS package, part.pincount AS pincount, part.page AS page, part.family AS parent, p2.name AS family FROM part LEFT JOIN package ON package.id = part.package LEFT JOIN manufacturer ON manufacturer.id = part.manufacturer LEFT JOIN part AS p2 ON p2.id = part.family WHERE part.id = ?")
+  statement = @db.prepare("SELECT part.id, part.name, part.description, part.datasheet, manufacturer.name AS manufacturer, part.mpn AS mpn, package.name AS package, part.pincount AS pincount, part.page AS page, part.family AS parent, p2.name AS family FROM part LEFT JOIN package ON package.id = part.package LEFT JOIN manufacturer ON manufacturer.id = part.manufacturer LEFT JOIN part AS p2 ON p2.id = part.family WHERE part.id = ?")
   part = statement.execute(id).to_a[0]
   return nil unless part
   parent = get_part_by_id(part["parent"])
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ get '/search/:terms' do
   # search in names, description, and category
   statements = []
   statements << @db.prepare("SELECT id FROM part WHERE name LIKE ?")
+  statements << @db.prepare("SELECT id FROM part WHERE mpn LIKE ?")
   statements << @db.prepare("SELECT id FROM part WHERE description LIKE ?")
   statements << @db.prepare("SELECT property_value.part AS id FROM property_value JOIN property ON property.id = property_value.property WHERE property.name = 'category' AND property_value.value LIKE ?")
   term_ids = []