diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.01.ponder.doc.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.01.ponder.doc.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38c86a4134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.01.ponder.doc.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+CREATE TABLE {$NAMESPACE}_ponder.ponder_question_fdocument (
+  id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  objectPHID VARBINARY(64) NOT NULL,
+  isClosed BOOL NOT NULL,
+  authorPHID VARBINARY(64),
+  ownerPHID VARBINARY(64),
+  epochCreated INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+  epochModified INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL
+) ENGINE=InnoDB, COLLATE {$COLLATE_TEXT};
diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.02.ponder.field.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.02.ponder.field.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..871f0d8f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.02.ponder.field.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+CREATE TABLE {$NAMESPACE}_ponder.ponder_question_ffield (
+  id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  documentID INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+  fieldKey VARCHAR(4) NOT NULL COLLATE {$COLLATE_TEXT},
+  rawCorpus LONGTEXT NOT NULL COLLATE {$COLLATE_SORT},
+  termCorpus LONGTEXT NOT NULL COLLATE {$COLLATE_SORT},
+  normalCorpus LONGTEXT NOT NULL COLLATE {$COLLATE_SORT}
+) ENGINE=InnoDB, COLLATE {$COLLATE_TEXT};
diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.03.ponder.ngrams.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.03.ponder.ngrams.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d2a3024b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.03.ponder.ngrams.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CREATE TABLE {$NAMESPACE}_ponder.ponder_question_fngrams (
+  id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  documentID INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
+  ngram CHAR(3) NOT NULL COLLATE {$COLLATE_TEXT}
+) ENGINE=InnoDB, COLLATE {$COLLATE_TEXT};
diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.04.ponder.cngrams.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.04.ponder.cngrams.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49b66e0d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.04.ponder.cngrams.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CREATE TABLE {$NAMESPACE}_ponder.ponder_question_fngrams_common (
+  id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  ngram CHAR(3) NOT NULL COLLATE {$COLLATE_TEXT},
+  needsCollection BOOL NOT NULL,
+  UNIQUE KEY `key_ngram` (ngram),
+  KEY `key_collect` (needsCollection)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB, COLLATE {$COLLATE_TEXT};
diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.05.ponder.index.php b/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.05.ponder.index.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20489846d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20171026.ferret.05.ponder.index.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+$table = new PonderQuestion();
+
+foreach (new LiskMigrationIterator($table) as $question) {
+  PhabricatorSearchWorker::queueDocumentForIndexing(
+    $question->getPHID(),
+    array(
+      'force' => true,
+    ));
+}
diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
index 93efcc65e1..91d5a3cc7b 100644
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -4774,6 +4774,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'PonderQuestionEditController' => 'applications/ponder/controller/PonderQuestionEditController.php',
     'PonderQuestionEditEngine' => 'applications/ponder/editor/PonderQuestionEditEngine.php',
     'PonderQuestionEditor' => 'applications/ponder/editor/PonderQuestionEditor.php',
+    'PonderQuestionFerretEngine' => 'applications/ponder/search/PonderQuestionFerretEngine.php',
     'PonderQuestionFulltextEngine' => 'applications/ponder/search/PonderQuestionFulltextEngine.php',
     'PonderQuestionHistoryController' => 'applications/ponder/controller/PonderQuestionHistoryController.php',
     'PonderQuestionListController' => 'applications/ponder/controller/PonderQuestionListController.php',
@@ -10539,6 +10540,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
       'PhabricatorDestructibleInterface',
       'PhabricatorSpacesInterface',
       'PhabricatorFulltextInterface',
+      'PhabricatorFerretInterface',
     ),
     'PonderQuestionAnswerTransaction' => 'PonderQuestionTransactionType',
     'PonderQuestionAnswerWikiTransaction' => 'PonderQuestionTransactionType',
@@ -10548,6 +10550,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'PonderQuestionEditController' => 'PonderController',
     'PonderQuestionEditEngine' => 'PhabricatorEditEngine',
     'PonderQuestionEditor' => 'PonderEditor',
+    'PonderQuestionFerretEngine' => 'PhabricatorFerretEngine',
     'PonderQuestionFulltextEngine' => 'PhabricatorFulltextEngine',
     'PonderQuestionHistoryController' => 'PonderController',
     'PonderQuestionListController' => 'PonderController',
diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/search/PonderQuestionFerretEngine.php b/src/applications/ponder/search/PonderQuestionFerretEngine.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72345f60c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/ponder/search/PonderQuestionFerretEngine.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PonderQuestionFerretEngine
+  extends PhabricatorFerretEngine {
+
+  public function getApplicationName() {
+    return 'ponder';
+  }
+
+  public function getScopeName() {
+    return 'question';
+  }
+
+  public function newSearchEngine() {
+    return new PonderQuestionSearchEngine();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/storage/PonderQuestion.php b/src/applications/ponder/storage/PonderQuestion.php
index c505deeed9..eefcdba9be 100644
--- a/src/applications/ponder/storage/PonderQuestion.php
+++ b/src/applications/ponder/storage/PonderQuestion.php
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ final class PonderQuestion extends PonderDAO
     PhabricatorProjectInterface,
     PhabricatorDestructibleInterface,
     PhabricatorSpacesInterface,
-    PhabricatorFulltextInterface {
+    PhabricatorFulltextInterface,
+    PhabricatorFerretInterface {
 
   const MARKUP_FIELD_CONTENT = 'markup:content';
 
@@ -300,4 +301,13 @@ final class PonderQuestion extends PonderDAO
     return new PonderQuestionFulltextEngine();
   }
 
+
+/* -(  PhabricatorFerretInterface  )----------------------------------------- */
+
+
+  public function newFerretEngine() {
+    return new PonderQuestionFerretEngine();
+  }
+
+
 }