diff --git a/kallithea/config/conf.py b/kallithea/config/conf.py
--- a/kallithea/config/conf.py
+++ b/kallithea/config/conf.py
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ from kallithea.lib.utils2 import __get_l
 # extensions will index it's content
 LANGUAGES_EXTENSIONS_MAP = __get_lem()
 
-#==============================================================================
-# WHOOSH INDEX EXTENSIONS
-#==============================================================================
-# EXTENSIONS WE WANT TO INDEX CONTENT OFF USING WHOOSH
+# Whoosh index targets
+
+# Extensions we want to index content of using whoosh
 INDEX_EXTENSIONS = LANGUAGES_EXTENSIONS_MAP.keys()
 
+# Filenames we want to index content of using whoosh
+INDEX_FILENAMES = []
+
 # list of readme files to search in file tree and display in summary
 # attached weights defines the search  order lower is first
 ALL_READMES = [
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/indexers/daemon.py b/kallithea/lib/indexers/daemon.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/indexers/daemon.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/indexers/daemon.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from os.path import join as jn
 project_path = dn(dn(dn(dn(os.path.realpath(__file__)))))
 sys.path.append(project_path)
 
-from kallithea.config.conf import INDEX_EXTENSIONS
+from kallithea.config.conf import INDEX_EXTENSIONS, INDEX_FILENAMES
 from kallithea.model.scm import ScmModel
 from kallithea.model.db import Repository
 from kallithea.lib.utils2 import safe_unicode, safe_str
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@ class WhooshIndexingDaemon(object):
         node = cs.get_node(node_path)
         return node
 
+    def is_indexable_node(self, node):
+        """
+        Just index the content of chosen files, skipping binary files
+        """
+        return (node.extension in INDEX_EXTENSIONS or node.name in INDEX_FILENAMES) and \
+               not node.is_binary
+
     def get_node_mtime(self, node):
         return mktime(node.last_changeset.date.timetuple())
 
@@ -173,8 +180,7 @@ class WhooshIndexingDaemon(object):
 
         node = self.get_node(repo, path, index_rev)
         indexed = indexed_w_content = 0
-        # we just index the content of chosen files, and skip binary files
-        if node.extension in INDEX_EXTENSIONS and not node.is_binary:
+        if self.is_indexable_node(node):
             u_content = node.content
             if not isinstance(u_content, unicode):
                 log.warning('  >> %s Could not get this content as unicode '