diff --git a/src/components/PreferencesPage.vue b/src/components/PreferencesPage.vue
index 49c86f35..02b021d0 100644
--- a/src/components/PreferencesPage.vue
+++ b/src/components/PreferencesPage.vue
@@ -136,6 +136,16 @@
             @change="onChange($event)"
         />
     </label>
+    <label class="pref" for="chkShowSearchSuggestions">
+        <strong v-t="'actions.show_search_suggestions'" />
+        <input
+            id="chkShowSearchSuggestions"
+            v-model="searchSuggestions"
+            class="checkbox"
+            type="checkbox"
+            @change="onChange($event)"
+        />
+    </label>
     <label class="pref" for="chkStoreSearchHistory">
         <strong v-t="'actions.store_search_history'" />
         <input
@@ -387,6 +397,7 @@ export default {
             minimizeRecommendations: false,
             minimizeChapters: false,
             showWatchOnYouTube: false,
+            searchSuggestions: true,
             watchHistory: false,
             searchHistory: false,
             hideWatched: false,
@@ -504,6 +515,7 @@ export default {
             this.minimizeRecommendations = this.getPreferenceBoolean("minimizeRecommendations", false);
             this.minimizeChapters = this.getPreferenceBoolean("minimizeChapters", false);
             this.showWatchOnYouTube = this.getPreferenceBoolean("showWatchOnYouTube", false);
+            this.searchSuggestions = this.getPreferenceBoolean("searchSuggestions", true);
             this.watchHistory = this.getPreferenceBoolean("watchHistory", false);
             this.searchHistory = this.getPreferenceBoolean("searchHistory", false);
             this.selectedLanguage = this.getPreferenceString("hl", await this.defaultLanguage);
@@ -560,6 +572,7 @@ export default {
                 localStorage.setItem("minimizeRecommendations", this.minimizeRecommendations);
                 localStorage.setItem("minimizeChapters", this.minimizeChapters);
                 localStorage.setItem("showWatchOnYouTube", this.showWatchOnYouTube);
+                localStorage.setItem("searchSuggestions", this.searchSuggestions);
                 localStorage.setItem("watchHistory", this.watchHistory);
                 localStorage.setItem("searchHistory", this.searchHistory);
                 if (!this.searchHistory) localStorage.removeItem("search_history");
diff --git a/src/components/SearchSuggestions.vue b/src/components/SearchSuggestions.vue
index 1a31e4ca..20b07305 100644
--- a/src/components/SearchSuggestions.vue
+++ b/src/components/SearchSuggestions.vue
@@ -50,13 +50,16 @@ export default {
             if (!this.searchText) {
                 if (this.getPreferenceBoolean("searchHistory", false))
                     this.searchSuggestions = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("search_history")) ?? [];
-            } else {
+            } else if (this.getPreferenceBoolean("searchSuggestions", true)) {
                 this.searchSuggestions =
                     (
                         await this.fetchJson(this.apiUrl() + "/opensearch/suggestions", {
                             query: this.searchText,
                         })
                     )?.[1] ?? [];
+            } else {
+                this.searchSuggestions = [];
+                return;
             }
             this.searchSuggestions.unshift(this.searchText);
             this.setSelected(0);
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index e067db69..11c679ea 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@
         "create_group": "Create group",
         "group_name": "Group name",
         "cancel": "Cancel",
-        "okay": "Okay"
+        "okay": "Okay",
+        "show_search_suggestions": "Show search suggestions"
     },
     "comment": {
         "pinned_by": "Pinned by {author}",