diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index 7d75693..fb04be4 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ modes_can_change_cursor: bool = true,
 enable_auto_save: bool = false,
 limit_auto_save_file_types: ?[]const []const u8 = null, // null means *all*
 enable_prefix_keyhints: bool = true,
+enable_auto_find: bool = true,
 
 indent_size: usize = 4,
 tab_width: usize = 8,
diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index 334389f..7a38573 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -1432,6 +1432,7 @@ pub fn handle_editor_event(self: *Self, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) tp.result
             return self.clear_auto_find(editor);
         if (try m.match(.{ tp.any, tp.any, tp.extract(&sel.begin.row), tp.extract(&sel.begin.col), tp.extract(&sel.end.row), tp.extract(&sel.end.col) })) {
             if (editor.have_matches_not_of_type(.auto_find)) return;
+            if (!tui.config().enable_auto_find) return;
             sel.normalize();
             if (sel.end.row - sel.begin.row > ed.max_match_lines)
                 return self.clear_auto_find(editor);