diff --git a/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.cpp b/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.cpp
index f617b6858c837994b35a5d77fc1d17227b207a77..976da117ebdfbe28d3721cab66d491a4965aa90d 100644
--- a/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.cpp
+++ b/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <ArmarXCore/core/IceGridAdmin.h>
 #include <Ice/Ice.h>
+#include <ArmarXGui/libraries/ArmarXGuiBase/widgets/InfixFilterModel.h>
 
 #include <QVector>
 
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ SystemStateMonitorWidget::SystemStateMonitorWidget()
     setupModel();
     setupView();
     qRegisterMetaType<StateUpdateMap>("StateUpdateMap");
+    filterExpansionTimer.setSingleShot(true);
+    connect(&filterExpansionTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(delayedFilterExpansion()));
 }
 
 
@@ -85,7 +88,13 @@ void SystemStateMonitorWidget::setupView()
     connect(managerRepositoryDialog, SIGNAL(accepted()), this, SLOT(acceptConfig()));
     connect(managerRepositoryDialog, SIGNAL(requestedManagerScan()), this, SLOT(retrieveOnlineManagers()));
 
-    ui.monitoredManagersTree->setModel(monitoredManagerModel);
+    auto proxyModel = new InfixFilterModel(this);
+    proxyModel->setSourceModel(monitoredManagerModel);
+    proxyModel->setFilterCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+    ui.monitoredManagersTree->setModel(proxyModel);
+
+    connect(ui.lineEditFilter, SIGNAL(textChanged(QString)), proxyModel, SLOT(setFilterFixedString(QString)));
+    connect(ui.lineEditFilter, SIGNAL(textChanged(QString)), this, SLOT(expandFilterSelection(QString)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
 
     connect(ui.configureButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(openManagerRepositoryDialog()));
 
@@ -270,3 +279,22 @@ void SystemStateMonitorWidget::prefillView()
 
     ui.monitoredManagersTree->expandToDepth(1);
 }
+
+void SystemStateMonitorWidget::expandFilterSelection(QString filterStr)
+{
+    ARMARX_INFO_S << VAROUT(filterStr);
+    if (filterStr.length() == 0)
+    {
+        ui.monitoredManagersTree->collapseAll();
+        //        ui.monitoredManagersTree->expandToDepth(1);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        filterExpansionTimer.start(500);
+    }
+}
+
+void SystemStateMonitorWidget::delayedFilterExpansion()
+{
+    InfixFilterModel::ExpandFilterResults(ui.monitoredManagersTree);
+}
diff --git a/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.h b/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.h
index cfa87fb62f85b38ef0720bc99659fdc0969a0a72..6c88d175d0f11cca4804189e61f673bb6578fadf 100644
--- a/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.h
+++ b/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.h
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ namespace armarx
          * Prefills the widgets view with all currently existing components
          */
         void prefillView();
+        void expandFilterSelection(QString filterStr);
+        void delayedFilterExpansion();
     private:
 
 
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ namespace armarx
 
         Mutex managerPrxMapMutex;
         ManagerPrxMap currentManagerPrxMap;
-
+        QTimer filterExpansionTimer;
         /**
          * Main widget
          */
diff --git a/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.ui b/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.ui
index 2497fa69e81331d2309ca8252978c59115d3bd17..be6c4948c0f2f4377e20d86b87e7f49ed3081ace 100644
--- a/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.ui
+++ b/source/ArmarXGui/gui-plugins/SystemStateMonitorPlugin/SystemStateMonitorWidget.ui
@@ -25,64 +25,67 @@
   <property name="layoutDirection">
    <enum>Qt::LeftToRight</enum>
   </property>
-  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
-   <item row="0" column="0">
-    <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+   <item>
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
      <item>
-      <widget class="QTreeView" name="monitoredManagersTree">
-       <property name="autoExpandDelay">
-        <number>0</number>
+      <widget class="QToolButton" name="configureButton">
+       <property name="toolTip">
+        <string>Configure</string>
        </property>
-       <property name="itemsExpandable">
-        <bool>true</bool>
+       <property name="statusTip">
+        <string>Configure monitored objects</string>
        </property>
-       <property name="sortingEnabled">
-        <bool>true</bool>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>...</string>
        </property>
-       <property name="animated">
-        <bool>true</bool>
+       <property name="icon">
+        <iconset resource="../../libraries/ArmarXGuiBase/armarxicons.qrc">
+         <normaloff>:/icons/configure-3.png</normaloff>:/icons/configure-3.png</iconset>
        </property>
-       <property name="expandsOnDoubleClick">
-        <bool>false</bool>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditFilter">
+       <property name="placeholderText">
+        <string>Filter component list...</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
-       <item>
-        <widget class="QToolButton" name="configureButton">
-         <property name="toolTip">
-          <string>Configure</string>
-         </property>
-         <property name="statusTip">
-          <string>Configure monitored objects</string>
-         </property>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>...</string>
-         </property>
-         <property name="icon">
-          <iconset resource="../../libraries/ArmarXGuiBase/armarxicons.qrc">
-           <normaloff>:/icons/configure-3.png</normaloff>:/icons/configure-3.png</iconset>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
-       <item>
-        <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
-         <property name="orientation">
-          <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-         </property>
-         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-          <size>
-           <width>40</width>
-           <height>20</height>
-          </size>
-         </property>
-        </spacer>
-       </item>
-      </layout>
+      <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
+       <property name="orientation">
+        <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+        <size>
+         <width>40</width>
+         <height>20</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+      </spacer>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QTreeView" name="monitoredManagersTree">
+     <property name="autoExpandDelay">
+      <number>0</number>
+     </property>
+     <property name="itemsExpandable">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="sortingEnabled">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="animated">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="expandsOnDoubleClick">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <resources>