diff --git a/extensions/gii/CHANGELOG.md b/extensions/gii/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a3ff11eb3..87eba4b826 100644
--- a/extensions/gii/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/extensions/gii/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 gii extension Change Log
 - Enh #2633: Keyboard shortcuts to browse through files (thiagotalma)
 - Enh #2822: possibility to generate I18N messages (lucianobaraglia)
 - Enh #2843: Option to filter files according to the action. (thiagotalma)
+- Enh #2018: Search model not required anymore in crud generator. (johonunu)
 
 2.0.0-alpha, December 1, 2013
 -----------------------------
diff --git a/extensions/gii/generators/crud/Generator.php b/extensions/gii/generators/crud/Generator.php
index 90901ec07b..aecc337e4e 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 +162,22 @@ 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"));
             }
@@ -438,7 +445,7 @@ class Generator extends \yii\gii\Generator
             if (is_subclass_of($class, 'yii\mongodb\ActiveRecord')) {
                 return "'id' => (string)\$model->{$pks[0]}";
             } else {
-                return "'id' => \$model->{$pks[0]}"; 
+                return "'id' => \$model->{$pks[0]}";
             }
         } else {
             $params = [];
@@ -446,7 +453,7 @@ class Generator extends \yii\gii\Generator
                 if (is_subclass_of($class, 'yii\mongodb\ActiveRecord')) {
                     $params[] = "'$pk' => (string)\$model->$pk";
                 } else {
-                    $params[] = "'$pk' => \$model->$pk";                   
+                    $params[] = "'$pk' => \$model->$pk";
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/controller.php b/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/controller.php
index 9bfef66716..e51e63d7ff 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 $searchModelAlias" : "") ?>;
+<?php else: ?>
+use yii\data\ActiveDataProvider;
+<?php endif; ?>
 use <?= ltrim($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 endif; ?>
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/views/index.php b/extensions/gii/generators/crud/default/views/index.php
index 0e6118198b..f56657b2ed 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 +29,9 @@ $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 endif; ?>
 
     <p>
         <?= "<?= " ?>Html::a(<?= $generator->generateString('Create {modelClass}', ['modelClass' => Inflector::camel2words(StringHelper::basename($generator->modelClass))]) ?>, ['create'], ['class' => 'btn btn-success']) ?>
@@ -39,8 +40,7 @@ $this->params['breadcrumbs'][] = $this->title;
 <?php if ($generator->indexWidgetType === 'grid'): ?>
     <?= "<?= " ?>GridView::widget([
         'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
-        'filterModel' => $searchModel,
-        'columns' => [
+        <?= !empty($generator->searchModelClass) ? "'filterModel' => \$searchModel,\n        'columns' => [\n" : "'columns' => [\n"; ?>
             ['class' => 'yii\grid\SerialColumn'],
 
 <?php