diff --git a/src/config/options.inc b/src/config/options.inc
index 4e93f7931..42d31a93a 100644
--- a/src/config/options.inc
+++ b/src/config/options.inc
@@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ static union option_info config_options_info[] = {
 		N_("Whether the search should match the document text while "
 		"maintaining case sensitivity.")),
 
+	INIT_OPT_BOOL("document.browse.search", N_("Ignore history in typeahead"),
+		"ignore_history", 0, 0,
+		N_("Whether to ignore searching history in the typeahead mode. "
+		"Cursor up and cursor down will only show latest search results.")),
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRE
 	INIT_OPT_INT("document.browse.search", N_("Regular expressions"),
 		"regex", 0, 0, 2, 0,
diff --git a/src/viewer/text/search.c b/src/viewer/text/search.c
index 0358a45be..1d99e664b 100644
--- a/src/viewer/text/search.c
+++ b/src/viewer/text/search.c
@@ -1832,6 +1832,10 @@ search_typeahead(struct session *ses, struct document_view *doc_view,
 		default:
 			if (doc_view->document->nlinks) {
 				handler = link_typeahead_handler;
+
+				if (get_opt_bool("document.browse.search.ignore_history", NULL)) {
+					history = NULL;
+				}
 				break;
 			}