diff --git a/Netdisco/share/public/javascripts/jquery.cookie.js b/Netdisco/share/public/javascripts/jquery.cookie.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8f852cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Netdisco/share/public/javascripts/jquery.cookie.js
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*!
+ * jQuery Cookie Plugin v1.3.1
+ * https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013 Klaus Hartl
+ * Released under the MIT license
+ */
+(function (factory) {
+	if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
+		// AMD. Register as anonymous module.
+		define(['jquery'], factory);
+	} else {
+		// Browser globals.
+		factory(jQuery);
+	}
+}(function ($) {
+
+	var pluses = /\+/g;
+
+	function decode(s) {
+		if (config.raw) {
+			return s;
+		}
+		return decodeURIComponent(s.replace(pluses, ' '));
+	}
+
+	function decodeAndParse(s) {
+		if (s.indexOf('"') === 0) {
+			// This is a quoted cookie as according to RFC2068, unescape...
+			s = s.slice(1, -1).replace(/\\"/g, '"').replace(/\\\\/g, '\\');
+		}
+
+		s = decode(s);
+
+		try {
+			return config.json ? JSON.parse(s) : s;
+		} catch(e) {}
+	}
+
+	var config = $.cookie = function (key, value, options) {
+
+		// Write
+		if (value !== undefined) {
+			options = $.extend({}, config.defaults, options);
+
+			if (typeof options.expires === 'number') {
+				var days = options.expires, t = options.expires = new Date();
+				t.setDate(t.getDate() + days);
+			}
+
+			value = config.json ? JSON.stringify(value) : String(value);
+
+			return (document.cookie = [
+				config.raw ? key : encodeURIComponent(key),
+				'=',
+				config.raw ? value : encodeURIComponent(value),
+				options.expires ? '; expires=' + options.expires.toUTCString() : '', // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
+				options.path    ? '; path=' + options.path : '',
+				options.domain  ? '; domain=' + options.domain : '',
+				options.secure  ? '; secure' : ''
+			].join(''));
+		}
+
+		// Read
+		var cookies = document.cookie.split('; ');
+		var result = key ? undefined : {};
+		for (var i = 0, l = cookies.length; i < l; i++) {
+			var parts = cookies[i].split('=');
+			var name = decode(parts.shift());
+			var cookie = parts.join('=');
+
+			if (key && key === name) {
+				result = decodeAndParse(cookie);
+				break;
+			}
+
+			if (!key) {
+				result[name] = decodeAndParse(cookie);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return result;
+	};
+
+	config.defaults = {};
+
+	$.removeCookie = function (key, options) {
+		if ($.cookie(key) !== undefined) {
+			// Must not alter options, thus extending a fresh object...
+			$.cookie(key, '', $.extend({}, options, { expires: -1 }));
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	};
+
+}));
diff --git a/Netdisco/share/views/js/common.js b/Netdisco/share/views/js/common.js
index 29e9810a..6b0fc97b 100644
--- a/Netdisco/share/views/js/common.js
+++ b/Netdisco/share/views/js/common.js
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@
       var pgtitle = update_page_title('[% tab.tag %]');
       update_browser_history('[% tab.tag %]', pgtitle);
       copy_navbar_to_sidebar('[% tab.tag %]');
+      [% IF tab.tag == 'ports' %]
+      $.cookie(
+        'nd_ports-form'
+        ,$('#ports_form').find("input")
+                         .not('#nd_port-query,input[name="q"],input[name="tab"]')
+                         .serialize()
+        ,{ expires: 365 }
+      );
+      [% END %]
       do_search(event, '[% tab.tag %]');
     });
     [% END %]
diff --git a/Netdisco/share/views/layouts/main.tt b/Netdisco/share/views/layouts/main.tt
index 2c7d8d4c..afad2173 100644
--- a/Netdisco/share/views/layouts/main.tt
+++ b/Netdisco/share/views/layouts/main.tt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 <!--  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-migrate-1.1.1.js"></script> -->
   <script type="text/javascript" src="[% uri_base %]/javascripts/jquery-ui.custom.min.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="[% uri_base %]/javascripts/jquery-history.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="[% uri_base %]/javascripts/jquery.cookie.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="[% uri_base %]/javascripts/jquery-deserialize.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="[% uri_base %]/javascripts/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="[% uri_base %]/javascripts/underscore.min.js"></script>