diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_results.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_results.html
index 6f575259e..7554187eb 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_results.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_results.html
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 {% load i18n %}
+
+{% if is_restricted %}
+    <p class="help-block help-warning">
+        {% blocktrans with type=page_type.get_verbose_name %}
+            Only pages of type "{{ type }}" may be chosen for this field. Search results will exclude pages of other types.
+        {% endblocktrans %}
+    </p>
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if not is_searching %}
     <h2>{% trans "Explorer" %}</h2>
     {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/breadcrumb.html" with page=parent_page choosing=1 %}
-
 {% else %}
     <h2>
-        {% blocktrans count counter=pages.count %}
+        {% blocktrans count counter=pages|length %}
             There is one match
         {% plural %}
             There are {{ counter }} matches
@@ -13,8 +21,10 @@
     </h2>
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if is_searching %}
-    {% include "wagtailadmin/pages/list.html" with choosing=1 show_parent=1 pages=pages parent_page=parent_page %}
-{% else %}
-    {% include "wagtailadmin/pages/list.html" with choosing=1 allow_navigation=1 orderable=0 pages=pages parent_page=parent_page %}
+{% if pages %}
+    {% if is_searching%}
+        {% include "wagtailadmin/pages/list.html" with choosing=1 show_parent=1 pages=pages parent_page=parent_page %}
+    {% else %}
+        {% include "wagtailadmin/pages/list.html" with choosing=1 allow_navigation=1 orderable=0 pages=pages parent_page=parent_page %}
+    {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/browse.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/browse.html
index 5714ddb45..50e81c0f1 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/browse.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/browse.html
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 {% load i18n %}
-{% trans "Choose a page" as choose_str %}
-{% include "wagtailadmin/shared/header.html" with title=choose_str search_url="wagtailadmin_choose_page" icon="doc-empty-inverse" %}
+{% if is_restricted %}
+	{% trans "Choose" as choose_str %}
+	{% trans page_type.get_verbose_name as subtitle %}
+{% else %}
+	{% trans "Choose a page" as choose_str %}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% include "wagtailadmin/shared/header.html" with title=choose_str subtitle=subtitle search_url="wagtailadmin_choose_page" query_parameters="page_type="|add:page_type_string icon="doc-empty-inverse" %}
 
 <div class="nice-padding">
     {% include 'wagtailadmin/chooser/_link_types.html' with current='internal' %}
 
     <div class="page-results">
-        {# content in here will be replaced by live search results #}
-
         {% include 'wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_results.html' %}
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/header.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/header.html
index be391989d..b5de84832 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/header.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/header.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                 <h1 class="icon icon-{{ icon }}">{{ title }} <span>{{ subtitle }}</span></h1>
             </div>
             {% if search_url %}
-                <form class="col search-form" action="{% url search_url %}" method="get">
+                <form class="col search-form" action="{% url search_url %}{% if query_parameters %}?{{ query_parameters }}{% endif %}" method="get">
                     <ul class="fields">
                         {% for field in search_form %}
                             {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/field_as_li.html" with field=field field_classes="field-small iconfield" input_classes="icon-search" %}
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/chooser.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/chooser.py
index 31cad20db..f075dd540 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/chooser.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/chooser.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.utils.http import urlencode
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import permission_required
+from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger
 
 from wagtail.wagtailadmin.modal_workflow import render_modal_workflow
 from wagtail.wagtailadmin.forms import SearchForm, ExternalLinkChooserForm, ExternalLinkChooserWithLinkTextForm, EmailLinkChooserForm, EmailLinkChooserWithLinkTextForm
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ def browse(request, parent_page_id=None):
     content_type_app_name, content_type_model_name = page_type.split('.')
 
     is_searching = False
+    is_restricted = page_type != 'wagtailcore.page'
 
     try:
         content_type = ContentType.objects.get_by_natural_key(content_type_app_name, content_type_model_name)
@@ -66,8 +68,11 @@ def browse(request, parent_page_id=None):
         return render(request, 'wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_results.html', {
             'querystring': get_querystring(request),
             'searchform': search_form,
-            'pages': pages,
-            'is_searching': is_searching
+            'pages': shown_pages,
+            'is_searching': is_searching,
+            'page_type_string': page_type,
+            'page_type': desired_class,
+            'is_restricted': is_restricted
         })
 
     return render_modal_workflow(request, 'wagtailadmin/chooser/browse.html', 'wagtailadmin/chooser/browse.js', {
@@ -77,7 +82,10 @@ def browse(request, parent_page_id=None):
         'parent_page': parent_page,
         'pages': shown_pages,
         'search_form': search_form,
-        'is_searching': False
+        'is_searching': False,
+        'page_type_string': page_type,
+        'page_type': desired_class,
+        'is_restricted': is_restricted
     })