diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.html b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.html
index 975e198b009..8aa3c6ae571 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.html
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.html
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@
 					{{::menuItem.text}}
 				</a>
 			</li>
+            <li ng-show="ctrl.orgs.length > ctrl.maxShownOrgs" style="margin-left: 10px;width: 90%">
+                <span class="sidemenu-item-text">Max shown : {{::ctrl.maxShownOrgs}}</span>
+                <input ng-model="::ctrl.orgFilter" style="padding-left: 5px" type="text" ng-change="::ctrl.loadOrgsItems();" class="gf-input-small width-12" placeholder="Filter">
+            </li>
+            <li ng-repeat="orgItem in ctrl.orgItems" ng-class="::orgItem.cssClass">
+				<a href="{{::orgItem.url}}" ng-show="::orgItem.url" target="{{::orgItem.target}}">
+					<i class="{{::orgItem.icon}}" ng-show="::orgItem.icon"></i>
+					{{::orgItem.text}}
+				</a>
+			</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
 
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.ts b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.ts
index 84154621a0a..c6d721e0977 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ export class SideMenuCtrl {
   orgMenu: any;
   appSubUrl: string;
   loginUrl: string;
+  orgFilter: string;
+  orgItems: any;
+  orgs: any;
+  maxShownOrgs: number;
 
   /** @ngInject */
   constructor(private $scope, private $location, private contextSrv, private backendSrv, private $element) {
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ export class SideMenuCtrl {
     this.user = contextSrv.user;
     this.appSubUrl = config.appSubUrl;
     this.showSignout = this.contextSrv.isSignedIn && !config['authProxyEnabled'];
+    this.maxShownOrgs = 10;
 
     this.mainLinks = config.bootData.mainNavLinks;
     this.openUserDropdown();
@@ -31,6 +36,8 @@ export class SideMenuCtrl {
       }
       this.loginUrl = 'login?redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(this.$location.path());
     });
+
+    this.orgFilter = '';
   }
 
  getUrl(url) {
@@ -51,38 +58,44 @@ export class SideMenuCtrl {
      this.orgMenu.push({section: this.user.orgName, cssClass: 'dropdown-menu-title'});
      this.orgMenu.push({
        text: "Preferences",
-       url: this.getUrl("/org"),
+       url: this.getUrl("/org")
      });
      this.orgMenu.push({
        text: "Users",
-       url: this.getUrl("/org/users"),
+       url: this.getUrl("/org/users")
      });
      this.orgMenu.push({
        text: "API Keys",
-       url: this.getUrl("/org/apikeys"),
+       url: this.getUrl("/org/apikeys")
      });
    }
 
    this.orgMenu.push({cssClass: "divider"});
-
    this.backendSrv.get('/api/user/orgs').then(orgs => {
-     orgs.forEach(org => {
-       if (org.orgId === this.contextSrv.user.orgId) {
-         return;
-       }
+     this.orgs = orgs;
+     this.loadOrgsItems();
+   });
+ }
 
-       this.orgMenu.push({
+ loadOrgsItems(){
+   this.orgItems = [];
+   this.orgs.forEach(org => {
+     if (org.orgId === this.contextSrv.user.orgId) {
+       return;
+     }
+
+     if (this.orgItems.length < this.maxShownOrgs && (this.orgFilter === '' || org.name.indexOf(this.orgFilter) !== -1)){
+       this.orgItems.push({
          text: "Switch to " + org.name,
          icon: "fa fa-fw fa-random",
          url: this.getUrl('/profile/switch-org/' + org.orgId),
          target: '_self'
        });
-     });
-
-     if (config.allowOrgCreate) {
-       this.orgMenu.push({text: "New organization", icon: "fa fa-fw fa-plus", url: this.getUrl('/org/new')});
      }
    });
+   if (config.allowOrgCreate) {
+     this.orgItems.push({text: "New organization", icon: "fa fa-fw fa-plus", url: this.getUrl('/org/new')});
+   }
  }
 }