diff --git a/src/webui/app/controllers/request_controller.rb b/src/webui/app/controllers/request_controller.rb
index 04c0951..b82f35a 100644
--- a/src/webui/app/controllers/request_controller.rb
+++ b/src/webui/app/controllers/request_controller.rb
@@ -100,6 +100,21 @@ class RequestController < ApplicationController
       @diff_error, code, api_exception = ActiveXML::Transport.extract_error_message e
       logger.debug "Can't get diff for request: #{@diff_error}"
     end
+
+    # search for mentions of bug IDs for integration with bugtrackers
+    descr=@req.value(:description)
+    @bugs_mentioned=[]
+    trackers=CONFIG['issuetrackers'] # from yml
+    unless trackers.nil?
+      # scan gives [["bnc", "123456"], ["bnc", "654321"], ["fate", "345678"]]
+      descr.scan(/(\w+)#(\d+)/).each do |type,bugid|
+	  tracker=trackers[type]
+	  next if tracker.nil?
+	  @bugs_mentioned.push({:id=>bugid, :str=>"#{type}##{bugid}", :url=>tracker+bugid})
+	  #@bugs_mentioned.push({:id=>bugid, :str=>"#{type}##{bugid}", :url=>"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=#{bugid}"})
+      end
+    end
+
   end
  
   def change_request(changestate, params)
diff --git a/src/webui/app/views/request/show.html.erb b/src/webui/app/views/request/show.html.erb
index ca0cfe0..c27abb3 100644
--- a/src/webui/app/views/request/show.html.erb
+++ b/src/webui/app/views/request/show.html.erb
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 <% if @superseded_by %>
   <p>This request has been superseded by request #<%= link_to @superseded_by, :id => @superseded_by %></p>
 <% end %>
+<%= (@bugs_mentioned.map do |b|
+      "This request mentions <a href=\"#{b[:url]}\">#{b[:str]}</a><br/>\n"
+   end).join("")
+%>
 
 <div>
   <h3>Actions</h3>