diff --git a/es-app/src/FileFilterIndex.cpp b/es-app/src/FileFilterIndex.cpp
index b4cb21de3..75daf387f 100644
--- a/es-app/src/FileFilterIndex.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/FileFilterIndex.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 FileFilterIndex::FileFilterIndex()
     : mFilterByText(false)
+    , mTextRemoveSystem(false)
     , mFilterByFavorites(false)
     , mFilterByGenre(false)
     , mFilterByPlayers(false)
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ FileFilterIndex::FileFilterIndex()
 
     // clang-format off
     FilterDataDecl filterDecls[] = {
-        //type              //allKeys                //filteredBy         //filteredKeys                //primaryKey    //hasSecondaryKey   //secondaryKey  //menuLabel
+        //type             //allKeys                //filteredBy         //filteredKeys                //primaryKey    //hasSecondaryKey   //secondaryKey  //menuLabel
         {FAVORITES_FILTER, &mFavoritesIndexAllKeys, &mFilterByFavorites, &mFavoritesIndexFilteredKeys, "favorite",     false,              "",             "FAVORITES"},
         {GENRE_FILTER,     &mGenreIndexAllKeys,     &mFilterByGenre,     &mGenreIndexFilteredKeys,     "genre",        true,               "genre",        "GENRE"},
         {PLAYER_FILTER,    &mPlayersIndexAllKeys,   &mFilterByPlayers,   &mPlayersIndexFilteredKeys,   "players",      false,              "",             "PLAYERS"},
@@ -359,15 +360,22 @@ bool FileFilterIndex::showFile(FileData* game)
     bool keepGoing = false;
 
     // Name filters take precedence over all other filters, so if there is no match for
-    // the game name, then always return false.
-    if (mTextFilter != "" &&
-        !(Utils::String::toUpper(game->getName()).find(mTextFilter) != std::string::npos)) {
+    // the game name, then always return false. If we're in a collection system and the option
+    // to show the system name has been enabled, then exclude the system name that is encapsulated
+    // in [] from the search string.
+    if (mTextFilter != "" && mTextRemoveSystem &&
+        !(Utils::String::toUpper(game->getName().substr(0, game->getName().find_last_of("[")))
+              .find(mTextFilter) != std::string::npos)) {
         return false;
     }
-    else if (mTextFilter != "") {
-        nameMatch = true;
+    else if (mTextFilter != "" &&
+             !(Utils::String::toUpper(game->getName()).find(mTextFilter) != std::string::npos)) {
+        return false;
     }
 
+    if (mTextFilter != "")
+        nameMatch = true;
+
     for (std::vector<FilterDataDecl>::const_iterator it = filterDataDecl.cbegin();
          it != filterDataDecl.cend(); it++) {
         FilterDataDecl filterData = (*it);
diff --git a/es-app/src/FileFilterIndex.h b/es-app/src/FileFilterIndex.h
index 4c68b25d1..18cbf4469 100644
--- a/es-app/src/FileFilterIndex.h
+++ b/es-app/src/FileFilterIndex.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public:
     bool isFiltered();
     bool isKeyBeingFilteredBy(std::string key, FilterIndexType type);
     std::vector<FilterDataDecl>& getFilterDataDecls() { return filterDataDecl; }
+    void setTextRemoveSystem(bool status) { mTextRemoveSystem = status; }
 
     void importIndex(FileFilterIndex* indexToImport);
     void resetIndex();
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ private:
 
     std::string mTextFilter;
     bool mFilterByText;
+    bool mTextRemoveSystem;
 
     bool mFilterByFavorites;
     bool mFilterByGenre;
diff --git a/es-app/src/guis/GuiGamelistFilter.cpp b/es-app/src/guis/GuiGamelistFilter.cpp
index 0f346866b..679e785cb 100644
--- a/es-app/src/guis/GuiGamelistFilter.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/guis/GuiGamelistFilter.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ void GuiGamelistFilter::initializeMenu()
     // Get filters from system.
     mFilterIndex = mSystem->getIndex();
 
+    // If this is a collection and system names are shown per game, then let FileFilterIndex
+    // know about this so the system names will not be included in game name text searches.
+    if (ViewController::get()->getState().getSystem()->isCollection()) {
+        if (Settings::getInstance()->getBool("CollectionShowSystemInfo"))
+            mFilterIndex->setTextRemoveSystem(true);
+        else
+            mFilterIndex->setTextRemoveSystem(false);
+    }
+
     ComponentListRow row;
 
     // Show filtered menu.