diff --git a/extensions/gii/generators/crud/Generator.php b/extensions/gii/generators/crud/Generator.php
index 90901ec07b..3150a6e8fe 100644
--- a/extensions/gii/generators/crud/Generator.php
+++ b/extensions/gii/generators/crud/Generator.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Generator extends \yii\gii\Generator
     public $controllerClass;
     public $baseControllerClass = 'yii\web\Controller';
     public $indexWidgetType = 'grid';
-    public $searchModelClass;
+    public $searchModelClass = '';
 
     /**
      * @inheritdoc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Generator extends \yii\gii\Generator
     {
         return array_merge(parent::rules(), [
             [['moduleID', 'controllerClass', 'modelClass', 'searchModelClass', 'baseControllerClass'], 'filter', 'filter' => 'trim'],
-            [['modelClass', 'searchModelClass', 'controllerClass', 'baseControllerClass', 'indexWidgetType'], 'required'],
+            [['modelClass', 'controllerClass', 'baseControllerClass', 'indexWidgetType'], 'required'],
             [['searchModelClass'], 'compare', 'compareAttribute' => 'modelClass', 'operator' => '!==', 'message' => 'Search Model Class must not be equal to Model Class.'],
             [['modelClass', 'controllerClass', 'baseControllerClass', 'searchModelClass'], 'match', 'pattern' => '/^[\w\\\\]*$/', 'message' => 'Only word characters and backslashes are allowed.'],
             [['modelClass'], 'validateClass', 'params' => ['extends' => BaseActiveRecord::className()]],
@@ -162,15 +162,20 @@ class Generator extends \yii\gii\Generator
     public function generate()
     {
         $controllerFile = Yii::getAlias('@' . str_replace('\\', '/', ltrim($this->controllerClass, '\\')) . '.php');
-        $searchModel = Yii::getAlias('@' . str_replace('\\', '/', ltrim($this->searchModelClass, '\\') . '.php'));
+
         $files = [
             new CodeFile($controllerFile, $this->render('controller.php')),
-            new CodeFile($searchModel, $this->render('search.php')),
         ];
 
+        if(!empty($this->searchModelClass)){
+            $searchModel = Yii::getAlias('@' . str_replace('\\', '/', ltrim($this->searchModelClass, '\\') . '.php'));
+            $files[] = new CodeFile($searchModel, $this->render('search.php'));
+        }
+
         $viewPath = $this->getViewPath();
         $templatePath = $this->getTemplatePath() . '/views';
         foreach (scandir($templatePath) as $file) {
+            if(empty($this->searchModelClass) && $file==='_search.php') continue;
             if (is_file($templatePath . '/' . $file) && pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION) === 'php') {
                 $files[] = new CodeFile("$viewPath/$file", $this->render("views/$file"));
             }
diff --git a/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/controller.php b/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/controller.php
index 9bfef66716..209a76d6fd 100644
--- a/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/controller.php
+++ b/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/controller.php
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ namespace <?= StringHelper::dirname(ltrim($generator->controllerClass, '\\')) ?>
 
 use Yii;
 use <?= ltrim($generator->modelClass, '\\') ?>;
+<?php if(!empty($generator->searchModelClass)){ ?>
 use <?= ltrim($generator->searchModelClass, '\\') . (isset($searchModelAlias) ? " as $searchModelAlias" : "") ?>;
+<?php }else{ ?>
+use yii\data\ActiveDataProvider;
+<?php } ?>
 use <?= ltrim($generator->baseControllerClass, '\\') ?>;
 use yii\web\NotFoundHttpException;
 use yii\filters\VerbFilter;
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ class <?= $controllerClass ?> extends <?= StringHelper::basename($generator->bas
      */
     public function actionIndex()
     {
+<?php if(!empty($generator->searchModelClass)){ ?>
         $searchModel = new <?= isset($searchModelAlias) ? $searchModelAlias : $searchModelClass ?>;
         $dataProvider = $searchModel->search(Yii::$app->request->getQueryParams());
 
@@ -66,6 +71,15 @@ class <?= $controllerClass ?> extends <?= StringHelper::basename($generator->bas
             'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
             'searchModel' => $searchModel,
         ]);
+<?php }else{ ?>
+        $dataProvider = new ActiveDataProvider([
+            'query' => <?= $modelClass ?>::find(),
+        ]);
+
+        return $this->render('index', [
+            'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
+        ]);
+<?php } ?>
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/views/index.php b/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/views/index.php
index 0e6118198b..383f42f868 100644
--- a/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/views/index.php
+++ b/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/views/index.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use <?= $generator->indexWidgetType === 'grid' ? "yii\\grid\\GridView" : "yii\\w
 /**
  * @var yii\web\View $this
  * @var yii\data\ActiveDataProvider $dataProvider
- * @var <?= ltrim($generator->searchModelClass, '\\') ?> $searchModel
+<?= !empty($generator->searchModelClass)?" * @var ".ltrim($generator->searchModelClass, '\\')." \$searchModel\n":'' ?>
  */
 
 $this->title = <?= $generator->generateString(Inflector::pluralize(Inflector::camel2words(StringHelper::basename($generator->modelClass)))) ?>;
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ $this->params['breadcrumbs'][] = $this->title;
 <div class="<?= Inflector::camel2id(StringHelper::basename($generator->modelClass)) ?>-index">
 
     <h1><?= "<?= " ?>Html::encode($this->title) ?></h1>
-
-    <?= "<?php " . ($generator->indexWidgetType === 'grid' ? "// " : "") ?>echo $this->render('_search', ['model' => $searchModel]); ?>
+    <?php if(!empty($generator->searchModelClass)){ ?><?= "<?php " . ($generator->indexWidgetType === 'grid' ? "// " : "") ?>echo $this->render('_search', ['model' => $searchModel]); ?><?php } ?>
 
     <p>
         <?= "<?= " ?>Html::a(<?= $generator->generateString('Create {modelClass}', ['modelClass' => Inflector::camel2words(StringHelper::basename($generator->modelClass))]) ?>, ['create'], ['class' => 'btn btn-success']) ?>
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@ $this->params['breadcrumbs'][] = $this->title;
 <?php if ($generator->indexWidgetType === 'grid'): ?>
     <?= "<?= " ?>GridView::widget([
         'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
-        'filterModel' => $searchModel,
-        'columns' => [
+        <?= !empty($generator->searchModelClass)?"'filterModel' => \$searchModel,\n\t\t'columns' => [\n":"'columns' => [\n"; ?>
             ['class' => 'yii\grid\SerialColumn'],
 
 <?php