diff --git a/plugins/web-search/README.md b/plugins/web-search/README.md
index 9c01f0724..81908fb94 100644
--- a/plugins/web-search/README.md
+++ b/plugins/web-search/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Available search contexts are:
 | `givero`              | `https://www.givero.com/search?q=`       |
 | `stackoverflow`       | `https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=`    |
 | `wolframalpha`        | `https://wolframalpha.com/input?i=`      |
+| `archive`             | `https://web.archive.org/web/*/`         |
 
 Also there are aliases for bang-searching DuckDuckGo:
 
diff --git a/plugins/web-search/web-search.plugin.zsh b/plugins/web-search/web-search.plugin.zsh
index f975bad7a..326a30745 100644
--- a/plugins/web-search/web-search.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/web-search/web-search.plugin.zsh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function web_search() {
     givero      "https://www.givero.com/search?q="
     stackoverflow  "https://stackoverflow.com/search?q="
     wolframalpha   "https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i="
+    archive     "https://web.archive.org/web/*/"
   )
 
   # check whether the search engine is supported
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ alias qwant='web_search qwant'
 alias givero='web_search givero'
 alias stackoverflow='web_search stackoverflow'
 alias wolframalpha='web_search wolframalpha'
+alias archive='web_search archive'
 
 #add your own !bang searches here
 alias wiki='web_search duckduckgo \!w'