diff --git a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term-search.component.ts b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term-search.component.ts
index d4beb66c..cb3121a2 100644
--- a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term-search.component.ts
+++ b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term-search.component.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-import { CheckboxChecked, CheckboxUnchecked, Dropdown, Empty, Search, Theme } from '@netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/solid-crs-theme';
+import { CheckboxChecked, CheckboxUnchecked, Dropdown, Empty, Plus, Search, Theme } from '@netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/solid-crs-theme';
 import { html, unsafeCSS, css, TemplateResult, CSSResult, property, query, internalProperty, PropertyValues, queryAll } from 'lit-element';
 import { RxLitElement } from 'rx-lit';
-import { Interpreter } from 'xstate';
+import { interpret, Interpreter } from 'xstate';
 import { unsafeSVG } from 'lit-html/directives/unsafe-svg';
-import { Alert, FormActors, FormContext, FormEvents } from '@netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/solid-crs-components';
+import { Alert, FormActors, FormContext, FormEvents, formMachine, FormSubmittedEvent } from '@netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/solid-crs-components';
 import { ArgumentError, Logger, Term, TermSource, Translator } from '@netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/solid-crs-core';
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { from } from 'rxjs';
+import { v4 } from 'uuid';
 import { AppEvents } from '../../../app.events';
 import { ClickedCancelTermEvent } from '../object.events';
-import { ClickedSubmitEvent, ClickedTermEvent, QueryUpdatedEvent } from './term.events';
+import { ClickedAddEvent, ClickedSubmitEvent, ClickedTermEvent, QueryUpdatedEvent } from './term.events';
 import { TermContext, TermStates } from './term.machine';
 
 /**
@@ -47,6 +48,18 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
   @internalProperty()
   public formActor: Interpreter<FormContext<{ query: string; sources: TermSource[] }>>;
 
+  /**
+   * The form machine used by the form actor
+   */
+  @internalProperty()
+  formMachineLocalTerm = formMachine<Term>();
+
+  /**
+   * The actor responsible for form validation in this component.
+   */
+  @internalProperty()
+  formActorLocalTerm = interpret(this.formMachineLocalTerm, { devTools: true });
+
   /**
    * The field that for which Terms are being edited
    */
@@ -71,12 +84,6 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
   @internalProperty()
   selectedTerms: Term[];
 
-  /**
-   * A the user's query input
-   */
-  @internalProperty()
-  query: string;
-
   /**
    * The user's selected sources
    */
@@ -94,6 +101,9 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
   @query('nde-form-element.term input')
   public searchInput: HTMLInputElement;
 
+  @query('nde-form-element input')
+  public localTermInput: HTMLInputElement;
+
   /**
    * Hook called on every update after connection to the DOM.
    */
@@ -137,14 +147,14 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
 
   groupSearchResults(searchResults: Term[]): { [key: string]: Term[] } {
 
-    return searchResults?.reduce<{ [key: string]: Term[] }>((searchResultsMap, term) => {
+    return searchResults.length > 0 ? searchResults?.reduce<{ [key: string]: Term[] }>((searchResultsMap, term) => {
 
       const key = 'source';
       (searchResultsMap[term[key]] = searchResultsMap[term[key]] || []).push(term);
 
       return searchResultsMap;
 
-    }, {});
+    }, {}) : {};
 
   }
 
@@ -181,29 +191,50 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
     // Create an alert components for each alert.
     const alerts = this.alerts?.map((alert) => html`<nde-alert .logger='${this.logger}' .translator='${this.translator}' .alert='${alert}' @dismiss="${this.handleDismiss}"></nde-alert>`);
 
-    if (this.formActor) {
+    this.formActor?.onEvent((event) => {
 
-      this.formActor.onEvent((event) => {
+      if (event.type === FormEvents.FORM_VALIDATED) {
 
-        if (event.type === FormEvents.FORM_VALIDATED) {
+        const selectedSources = Array.from(this.sourceCheckboxes)
+          .filter((checkbox: HTMLInputElement) => checkbox.checked)
+          .map((checkbox: HTMLInputElement) => checkbox.id);
 
-          const selectedSources = Array.from(this.sourceCheckboxes)
-            .filter((checkbox: HTMLInputElement) => checkbox.checked)
-            .map((checkbox: HTMLInputElement) => checkbox.id);
+        this.actor.send(new QueryUpdatedEvent(this.searchInput?.value, selectedSources));
 
-          this.actor.send(new QueryUpdatedEvent(this.searchInput?.value, selectedSources));
+      }
 
-        }
+    });
 
-      });
+    this.actor?.onEvent((event) => {
 
-    }
+      if (event instanceof ClickedAddEvent){
+
+        const uri = `#${v4()}`;
+
+        this.formMachineLocalTerm = formMachine<Term>().withContext({
+          data: {
+            name: '',
+            uri,
+          },
+          original: {
+            name: '',
+            uri,
+          },
+        });
+
+        this.formActorLocalTerm = interpret(this.formMachineLocalTerm, { devTools: true });
+        this.formActorLocalTerm.onDone((context) => this.actor.send(new ClickedTermEvent(context.data.data)));
+        this.formActorLocalTerm.start();
+
+      }
+
+    });
 
     const loading = !this.actor?.state.matches(TermStates.IDLE);
 
     return html`
 
-      ${ (loading || !this.sources) && !alerts ? html`<nde-progress-bar></nde-progress-bar>` : html`` }
+      ${ (loading || !this.sources) && !alerts ? html`<nde-progress-bar></nde-progress-bar>` : '' }
 
       ${ alerts }
 
@@ -245,6 +276,28 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
           <button type="button" class="cancel gray" @click="${() => this.actor.parent.send(new ClickedCancelTermEvent())}">${this.translator.translate('term.search.cancel')}</button>
         </div>
       </form> 
+      
+      <a id="create-term" @click="${() => this.actor.send(new ClickedAddEvent())}">${this.translator.translate('term.add-local-term')}</a>
+
+      <!-- show local term input -->
+      ${ this.actor?.state?.matches(TermStates.CREATING) ? html `
+      <nde-large-card
+        id="create-term-card"
+        class="term-card"
+        .showImage="${false}"
+        .showContent="${false}"
+      >
+        <nde-form-element slot="title" class="title inverse" .showLabel="${false}" hideValidation debounceTimeout="0" .actor="${this.formActorLocalTerm}" .translator="${this.translator}" field="name">
+          <input type="text" slot="input"  class="name" placeholder="${this.translator.translate('term.title-placeholder')}"/>
+        </nde-form-element>
+
+        <div slot="subtitle">${this.translator.translate('term.description-placeholder')}</div>
+
+        <div slot="icon" @click=${() => this.formActorLocalTerm.send(new FormSubmittedEvent())}>
+          ${unsafeSVG(Plus)}
+        </div>
+      </nde-large-card>
+      `: ''}
 
       <!-- show selected terms -->
       ${this.selectedTerms?.length > 0 ? html`
@@ -264,14 +317,14 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
               ${unsafeSVG(CheckboxChecked)}
             </div>
             <div slot="content">
-              ${ term.description?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.description')}: ${ term.description }</p>` : html``}
-              ${ term.alternateName?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.alternateName')}: ${ term.alternateName.join(', ') }</p>` : html``}
-              ${ term.broader?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.broader')}: ${ term.broader.map((broader) => broader.name).join(', ') }</p>` : html``}
-              ${ term.narrower?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.narrower')}: ${ term.narrower.map((narrower) => narrower.name).join(', ') }</p>` : html``}
-              ${ term.hiddenName?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.hiddenName')}: ${ term.hiddenName  }</p>` : html``}
+              ${ term.description?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.description')}: ${ term.description }</p>` : ''}
+              ${ term.alternateName?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.alternateName')}: ${ term.alternateName.join(', ') }</p>` : ''}
+              ${ term.broader?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.broader')}: ${ term.broader.map((broader) => broader.name).join(', ') }</p>` : ''}
+              ${ term.narrower?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.narrower')}: ${ term.narrower.map((narrower) => narrower.name).join(', ') }</p>` : ''}
+              ${ term.hiddenName?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.hiddenName')}: ${ term.hiddenName  }</p>` : ''}
             </div>
           </nde-large-card>`)}
-      </div>` : html``}
+      </div>` : ''}
 
       <!-- show search results -->
       ${this.searchResultsMap && Object.keys(this.searchResultsMap).length > 0 ? html`
@@ -292,17 +345,17 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
                 ${ this.selectedTerms?.find((selected) => selected.uri === term.uri) ? unsafeSVG(CheckboxChecked) : unsafeSVG(CheckboxUnchecked)}
               </div>
               <div slot="content">
-              ${ term.description?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.description')}: ${ term.description }</p>` : html``}
-              ${ term.alternateName?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.alternateName')}: ${ term.alternateName.join(', ') }</p>` : html``}
-              ${ term.broader?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.broader')}: ${ term.broader.map((broader) => broader.name).join(', ') }</p>` : html``}
-              ${ term.narrower?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.narrower')}: ${ term.narrower.map((narrower) => narrower.name).join(', ') }</p>` : html``}
-              ${ term.hiddenName?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.hiddenName')}: ${ term.hiddenName  }</p>` : html``}
+              ${ term.description?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.description')}: ${ term.description }</p>` : ''}
+              ${ term.alternateName?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.alternateName')}: ${ term.alternateName.join(', ') }</p>` : ''}
+              ${ term.broader?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.broader')}: ${ term.broader.map((broader) => broader.name).join(', ') }</p>` : ''}
+              ${ term.narrower?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.narrower')}: ${ term.narrower.map((narrower) => narrower.name).join(', ') }</p>` : ''}
+              ${ term.hiddenName?.length > 0 ? html`<p>${this.translator.translate('term.field.hiddenName')}: ${ term.hiddenName  }</p>` : ''}
               </div>
             </nde-large-card>
           `)}
         `)}
       </div>
-      ` : html``}
+      ` : ''}
 
         ${(this.searchResultsMap && Object.keys(this.searchResultsMap).length < 1)
     ? html`
@@ -310,7 +363,7 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
           ${unsafeSVG(Empty)}
           <p>${this.translator?.translate('term.no-search-results')}</p>
         </div>
-    ` : html``}
+    ` : ''}
 
       `;
 
@@ -339,6 +392,11 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
         :host > * {
           margin-bottom: var(--gap-large);
         }
+        a {
+          cursor: pointer;
+          text-decoration: underline;
+          color: var(--colors-primary-light);
+        }
         nde-progress-bar {
           position: absolute;
           width: 100%;
@@ -392,6 +450,14 @@ export class TermSearchComponent extends RxLitElement {
         nde-form-element {
           margin: 0;
         }
+        nde-large-card nde-form-element input {
+          height: var(--gap-normal);
+          padding: 0;
+          line-height: var(--gap-normal);
+          overflow: hidden;
+          font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold);
+          font-size: var(--font-size-normal);
+        }
         .empty {
           width: 100%;
           height: 100%;
diff --git a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term-search.components.spec.ts b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term-search.components.spec.ts
index 162859c1..3e57d9c7 100644
--- a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term-search.components.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term-search.components.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Alert, FormActors, FormUpdatedEvent, FormValidatedEvent, LargeCardCompo
 import { ArgumentError, Term } from '@netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/solid-crs-core';
 import { interpret, Interpreter } from 'xstate';
 import { AppEvents } from '../../../app.events';
-import { ClickedCancelTermEvent, ObjectEvents } from '../object.events';
+import { ClickedCancelTermEvent } from '../object.events';
 import { TermSearchComponent } from './term-search.component';
 import { ClickedSubmitEvent, ClickedTermEvent, QueryUpdatedEvent } from './term.events';
 import { TermContext, termMachine, TermStates } from './term.machine';
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ describe('TermSearchComponent', () => {
       .withContext({
         termService: termService as any,
         selectedTerms: [],
+        searchResults: [],
       }));
 
     component = window.document.createElement('nde-term-search') as TermSearchComponent;
@@ -333,6 +334,30 @@ describe('TermSearchComponent', () => {
 
   });
 
+  it('should show new term input field when create button is clicked', async () => {
+
+    machine.start();
+    window.document.body.appendChild(component);
+    await component.updateComplete;
+
+    if (machine.state.matches(TermStates.IDLE)) {
+
+      const button = window.document.body.getElementsByTagName('nde-term-search')[0].shadowRoot.querySelector<HTMLAnchorElement>('#create-term');
+      expect(button).toBeTruthy();
+      button.click();
+
+    }
+
+    if (machine.state.matches(TermStates.CREATING)) {
+
+      await component.updateComplete;
+      const card = window.document.body.getElementsByTagName('nde-term-search')[0].shadowRoot.querySelector<HTMLAnchorElement>('#create-term-card input');
+      expect(card).toBeTruthy();
+
+    }
+
+  });
+
   describe('groupSearchResults()', () => {
 
     it('should group search results', () => {
diff --git a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.events.ts b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.events.ts
index 5d89da5b..b55b5c54 100644
--- a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.events.ts
+++ b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.events.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { EventObject } from 'xstate';
 export enum TermEvents {
   CLICKED_SUBMIT  = '[TermEvent: Clicked Submit]',
   CLICKED_TERM    = '[TermEvent: Clicked Term]',
+  CLICKED_ADD    = '[TermEvent: Clicked Add]',
   QUERY_UPDATED   = '[TermEvent: Query Updated]',
 }
 
@@ -29,6 +30,15 @@ export class ClickedTermEvent implements EventObject {
 
 }
 
+/**
+ * Fired when the user clicks a Term search result.
+ */
+export class ClickedAddEvent implements EventObject {
+
+  public type: TermEvents.CLICKED_ADD = TermEvents.CLICKED_ADD;
+
+}
+
 /**
  * Fired when the user changes the input of the Term search inputs.
  */
@@ -44,4 +54,5 @@ export class QueryUpdatedEvent implements EventObject {
  */
 export type TermEvent = ClickedSubmitEvent
 | ClickedTermEvent
-| QueryUpdatedEvent;
+| QueryUpdatedEvent
+| ClickedAddEvent;
diff --git a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.machine.spec.ts b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.machine.spec.ts
index 372a594b..33a05e97 100644
--- a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.machine.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.machine.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { interpret, Interpreter } from 'xstate';
-import { ClickedSubmitEvent, ClickedTermEvent, QueryUpdatedEvent } from './term.events';
+import { ClickedAddEvent, ClickedSubmitEvent, ClickedTermEvent, QueryUpdatedEvent } from './term.events';
 import { TermContext, termMachine, TermStates } from './term.machine';
 
 describe('TermMachine', () => {
@@ -139,4 +139,31 @@ describe('TermMachine', () => {
 
   });
 
+  it('should transition back to IDLE when ClickedTermEvent is fired when CREATING', async (done) => {
+
+    let clickedOnce = false;
+
+    machine.onTransition((state) => {
+
+      if (clickedOnce && state.matches(TermStates.IDLE)) {
+
+        done();
+
+      } else if (state.matches(TermStates.IDLE)) {
+
+        machine.send(new ClickedAddEvent());
+        clickedOnce = true;
+
+      } else if (state.matches(TermStates.CREATING)) {
+
+        machine.send(new ClickedTermEvent(term));
+
+      }
+
+    });
+
+    machine.start();
+
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.machine.ts b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.machine.ts
index ad208c07..26dec4bf 100644
--- a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.machine.ts
+++ b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/features/object/terms/term.machine.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { FormActors, formMachine, State } from '@netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/solid-
 import { Term, TermService, TermSource } from '@netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/solid-crs-core';
 import { assign, createMachine, sendParent, StateMachine } from 'xstate';
 import { AppEvents, ErrorEvent } from '../../../app.events';
-import { TermEvent, TermEvents } from './term.events';
+import { ClickedTermEvent, TermEvent, TermEvents } from './term.events';
 
 /**
  * The context of the term machine.
@@ -52,9 +52,21 @@ export enum TermStates {
   IDLE      = '[TermState: Idle]',
   QUERYING  = '[TermState: Querying]',
   SUBMITTED = '[TermState: Submitted]',
+  CREATING = '[TermState: Creating]',
   LOADING_SOURCES = '[TermState: Loading Sources]',
 }
 
+/**
+ * Action which adds/removes a Term from the context
+ */
+export const toggleTerm = assign<TermContext, ClickedTermEvent>(
+  (context, event) => ({ selectedTerms: !context.selectedTerms?.find((term) => term.uri === event.term.uri)
+  // add the term if it is not yet selected
+    ? context.selectedTerms ? [ ...context.selectedTerms, event.term ] : [ event.term ]
+  // otherwise, remove it from selected terms
+    : context.selectedTerms?.filter((term) => term.uri !== event.term.uri) }),
+);
+
 /**
  * The term machine.
  */
@@ -99,15 +111,10 @@ export const termMachine = (): StateMachine<TermContext, any, TermEvent, State<T
             ),
           },
           [TermEvents.CLICKED_TERM]: {
-            actions: assign(
-              (context, event) => ({ selectedTerms: !context.selectedTerms?.find((term) => term.uri === event.term.uri)
-                // add the term if it is not yet selected
-                ? context.selectedTerms ? [ ...context.selectedTerms, event.term ] : [ event.term ]
-                // otherwise, remove it from selected terms
-                : context.selectedTerms?.filter((term) => term.uri !== event.term.uri) }),
-            ),
+            actions: toggleTerm,
           },
           [TermEvents.CLICKED_SUBMIT]: TermStates.SUBMITTED,
+          [TermEvents.CLICKED_ADD]: TermStates.CREATING,
         },
       },
       /**
@@ -127,6 +134,17 @@ export const termMachine = (): StateMachine<TermContext, any, TermEvent, State<T
           },
         ],
       },
+      /**
+       * The user is adding their own local term
+       */
+      [TermStates.CREATING]: {
+        on: {
+          [TermEvents.CLICKED_TERM]: {
+            target: TermStates.IDLE,
+            actions: toggleTerm,
+          },
+        },
+      },
       /**
        * The user has clicked submit and the machine terminates
        */
diff --git a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/i8n/nl-NL.json b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/i8n/nl-NL.json
index 607cf979..d9357f3a 100644
--- a/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/i8n/nl-NL.json
+++ b/packages/solid-crs-manage/lib/i8n/nl-NL.json
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@
         "terms-selected": "Termen geselecteerd",
         "enter-query": "Zoeken in gemeenschappelijke thesauri, classificatiesystemen en referentielijsten",
         "no-search-results": "Geen zoekresultaten voor deze zoekterm!",
+        "add-local-term": "Voeg een lokale term toe",
+        "title-placeholder": "Klik om een waarde in te vullen",
+        "description-placeholder": "Nieuwe locale term",
         "field": {
             "description": "Beschrijving",
             "alternateName": "Alternatieve naam",
diff --git a/packages/solid-crs-manage/package.json b/packages/solid-crs-manage/package.json
index c2a247a5..dd86861f 100644
--- a/packages/solid-crs-manage/package.json
+++ b/packages/solid-crs-manage/package.json
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@
     ],
     "coverageThreshold": {
       "global": {
-        "statements": 90.28,
+        "statements": 90.23,
         "branches": 87.1,
         "lines": 90.88,
-        "functions": 81.13
+        "functions": 80.75
       }
     },
     "automock": false,
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/solid-crs-presentation/lib/i8n/nl-NL.json b/packages/solid-crs-presentation/lib/i8n/nl-NL.json
index b56933e5..612ae5ee 100644
--- a/packages/solid-crs-presentation/lib/i8n/nl-NL.json
+++ b/packages/solid-crs-presentation/lib/i8n/nl-NL.json
@@ -98,7 +98,12 @@
                 "field": {
                     "identifier": "Objectnummer",
                     "additionalType": "Type",
-                    "name": "Titel",
+                    "name": {
+                        "title": "Titel",
+                        "validation:": {
+                            "max-characters": "De beschrijving mag maximum 100 karakters lang zijn!"
+                        }
+                    },
                     "collection": "Collectie",
                     "description": {
                         "title": "Korte beschrijving",