diff --git a/pages/autosuggest/search.page.tsx b/pages/autosuggest/search.page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b597e2ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/autosuggest/search.page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import React, { useContext, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { Badge, Box, Checkbox, SpaceBetween } from '~components';
+import Autosuggest, { AutosuggestProps } from '~components/autosuggest';
+
+import AppContext, { AppContextType } from '../app/app-context';
+import { SimplePage } from '../app/templates';
+
+type PageContext = React.Context<
+  AppContextType<{
+    empty?: boolean;
+    hideEnteredTextOption?: boolean;
+    showMatchesCount?: boolean;
+  }>
+>;
+
+const options: AutosuggestProps.Option[] = [
+  { value: '_orange_', label: 'Orange', tags: ['sweet'] },
+  { value: '_banana_', label: 'Banana', tags: ['sweet'] },
+  { value: '_apple_', label: 'Apple' },
+  { value: '_sweet_apple_', label: 'Apple (sweet)', tags: ['sweet'] },
+  { value: '_pineapple_', label: 'Pineapple XL', description: 'pine+apple' },
+];
+const enteredTextLabel = (value: string) => `Search for: "${value}"`;
+
+// This performs a simple fuzzy-search to illustrate how options order can change when searching,
+// which can be helpful to increase the search quality.
+function findMatchedOptions(options: AutosuggestProps.Option[], searchText: string) {
+  searchText = searchText.toLowerCase();
+
+  const getOptionMatchScore = (option: AutosuggestProps.Option) => [
+    getPropertyMatchScore(option.label),
+    getPropertyMatchScore(option.description),
+    getPropertyMatchScore((option.tags ?? []).join(' ')),
+  ];
+
+  const getPropertyMatchScore = (property = '') => {
+    property = property.toLowerCase();
+    return property.indexOf(searchText) === -1
+      ? Number.MAX_VALUE
+      : property.indexOf(searchText) + (property.length - searchText.length);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    [...options]
+      // Remove not matched.
+      .filter(o => getOptionMatchScore(o).some(score => score !== Number.MAX_VALUE))
+      // Sort the rest by best match using fuzzy-search with priorities.
+      .sort((a, b) => {
+        const aScore = getOptionMatchScore(a);
+        const bScore = getOptionMatchScore(b);
+        for (let index = 0; index < Math.min(aScore.length, bScore.length); index++) {
+          if (aScore[index] !== bScore[index]) {
+            return aScore[index] - bScore[index];
+          }
+        }
+        return 0;
+      })
+  );
+}
+
+export default function AutosuggestPage() {
+  const {
+    urlParams: { empty = false, hideEnteredTextOption = true, showMatchesCount = true },
+    setUrlParams,
+  } = useContext(AppContext as PageContext);
+  const [searchText, setSearchText] = useState('');
+  const [selection, setSelection] = useState<null | string | AutosuggestProps.Option>(null);
+  const matchedOptions = findMatchedOptions(options, searchText);
+
+  // The entered text option indicates that the search text is selectable either from the options dropdown
+  // or by pressing Enter. This can be used e.g. to navigate the user to a search page.
+  const onSelectWithFreeSearch: AutosuggestProps['onSelect'] = ({ detail }) => {
+    if (detail.selectedOption) {
+      setSelection(detail.selectedOption);
+      setSearchText('');
+    } else {
+      setSelection(detail.value);
+      setSearchText('');
+    }
+  };
+
+  // When the search text is not selectable, pressing Enter from the input can be used to select the best
+  // matched (first) option instead.
+  const onSelectWithAutoMatch: AutosuggestProps['onSelect'] = ({ detail }) => {
+    const selectedOption = detail.selectedOption ?? matchedOptions[0];
+    if (selectedOption) {
+      setSelection(selectedOption);
+      setSearchText('');
+    }
+  };
+
+  const onSelect = hideEnteredTextOption ? onSelectWithAutoMatch : onSelectWithFreeSearch;
+
+  return (
+    <SimplePage title="Search" subtitle="This demo shows how Autosuggest can be used as a search input">
+      <SpaceBetween size="m">
+        <SpaceBetween size="s" direction="horizontal">
+          <Checkbox checked={empty} onChange={({ detail }) => setUrlParams({ empty: detail.checked })}>
+            Empty
+          </Checkbox>
+          <Checkbox
+            checked={hideEnteredTextOption}
+            onChange={({ detail }) => setUrlParams({ hideEnteredTextOption: detail.checked })}
+          >
+            Hide entered text option
+          </Checkbox>
+          <Checkbox
+            checked={showMatchesCount}
+            onChange={({ detail }) => setUrlParams({ showMatchesCount: detail.checked })}
+          >
+            Show matches count
+          </Checkbox>
+        </SpaceBetween>
+
+        <Autosuggest
+          value={searchText}
+          options={empty ? [] : matchedOptions}
+          onChange={event => setSearchText(event.detail.value)}
+          onSelect={onSelect}
+          enteredTextLabel={enteredTextLabel}
+          ariaLabel="website search"
+          selectedAriaLabel="selected"
+          empty="No suggestions"
+          hideEnteredTextOption={hideEnteredTextOption}
+          filteringResultsText={
+            showMatchesCount
+              ? () => (matchedOptions.length ? `${matchedOptions.length} items` : `No matches`)
+              : undefined
+          }
+        />
+
+        <Box>
+          {selection && typeof selection === 'object' ? (
+            <Badge color="green">
+              {selection?.label} ({selection?.value})
+            </Badge>
+          ) : typeof selection === 'string' ? (
+            <Badge color="grey">Search for &quot;{selection}&quot;</Badge>
+          ) : (
+            'Nothing selected'
+          )}
+        </Box>
+      </SpaceBetween>
+    </SimplePage>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/__tests__/snapshot-tests/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap b/src/__tests__/snapshot-tests/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap
index ebbaca80b8..de1bef7739 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/snapshot-tests/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/__tests__/snapshot-tests/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap
@@ -3363,6 +3363,13 @@ Note: Manual filtering doesn't disable match highlighting.",
       "optional": true,
       "type": "string",
     },
+    {
+      "defaultValue": "false",
+      "description": "Defines whether entered text option is shown as the first option in the dropdown when value is non-empty.",
+      "name": "hideEnteredTextOption",
+      "optional": true,
+      "type": "boolean",
+    },
     {
       "deprecatedTag": "The usage of the \`id\` attribute is reserved for internal use cases. For testing and other use cases,
 use [data attributes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Howto/Use_data_attributes). If you must
diff --git a/src/autosuggest/__tests__/autosuggest.test.tsx b/src/autosuggest/__tests__/autosuggest.test.tsx
index 7bd790ccb0..b3f7396bca 100644
--- a/src/autosuggest/__tests__/autosuggest.test.tsx
+++ b/src/autosuggest/__tests__/autosuggest.test.tsx
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ test('should display entered text option/label', () => {
   expect(wrapper.findEnteredTextOption()!.getElement()).toHaveTextContent('Custom function with 1 placeholder');
 });
 
+test('should not display entered text option when hideEnteredTextOption=false', () => {
+  const { wrapper } = renderAutosuggest(
+    <StatefulAutosuggest enteredTextLabel={() => 'X'} value="" options={defaultOptions} hideEnteredTextOption={true} />
+  );
+  wrapper.setInputValue('1');
+  expect(wrapper.findEnteredTextOption()).toBe(null);
+});
+
 test('entered text option should not get screenreader override', () => {
   const { wrapper } = renderAutosuggest(<Autosuggest {...defaultProps} value="1" />);
   wrapper.focus();
@@ -135,7 +143,7 @@ test('entered text option should not get screenreader override', () => {
   ).toBeFalsy();
 });
 
-test('should not close dropdown when no realted target in blur', () => {
+test('should not close dropdown when no related target in blur', () => {
   const { wrapper, container } = renderAutosuggest(
     <div>
       <Autosuggest enteredTextLabel={v => v} value="1" options={defaultOptions} />
@@ -447,6 +455,47 @@ describe('Check if should render dropdown', () => {
 
     expect(wrapper.findDropdown().findOpenDropdown()).not.toBe(null);
   });
+
+  test('should render dropdown when the only visible option is entered text option', () => {
+    const { wrapper } = renderAutosuggest(
+      <StatefulAutosuggest enteredTextLabel={() => 'X'} value="" options={defaultOptions} />
+    );
+
+    wrapper.focus();
+    wrapper.setInputValue('XXX');
+
+    expect(wrapper.findDropdown().findOpenDropdown()).not.toBe(null);
+    expect(wrapper.findDropdown().findOptions()).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(wrapper.findEnteredTextOption()).not.toBe(null);
+  });
+
+  test('should render dropdown when no options matched with a message', () => {
+    const { wrapper } = renderAutosuggest(
+      <StatefulAutosuggest
+        value=""
+        options={defaultOptions}
+        hideEnteredTextOption={true}
+        filteringResultsText={() => 'No matches'}
+      />
+    );
+
+    wrapper.focus();
+    wrapper.setInputValue('XXX');
+
+    expect(wrapper.findDropdown().findOpenDropdown()!.getElement()).toHaveTextContent('No matches');
+    expect(wrapper.findDropdown().findOptions()).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  test('should not render dropdown when no options matched with no message', () => {
+    const { wrapper } = renderAutosuggest(
+      <StatefulAutosuggest value="" options={defaultOptions} hideEnteredTextOption={true} />
+    );
+
+    wrapper.focus();
+    wrapper.setInputValue('XXX');
+
+    expect(wrapper.findDropdown().findOpenDropdown()).toBe(null);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('Ref', () => {
diff --git a/src/autosuggest/index.tsx b/src/autosuggest/index.tsx
index 2cd3863f14..6c45b9cd02 100644
--- a/src/autosuggest/index.tsx
+++ b/src/autosuggest/index.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ export { AutosuggestProps };
 
 const Autosuggest = React.forwardRef(
   (
-    { filteringType = 'auto', statusType = 'finished', disableBrowserAutocorrect = false, ...props }: AutosuggestProps,
+    {
+      filteringType = 'auto',
+      statusType = 'finished',
+      disableBrowserAutocorrect = false,
+      hideEnteredTextOption = false,
+      ...props
+    }: AutosuggestProps,
     ref: React.Ref<AutosuggestProps.Ref>
   ) => {
     const baseComponentProps = useBaseComponent('Autosuggest', {
@@ -27,6 +33,7 @@ const Autosuggest = React.forwardRef(
         filteringType,
         readOnly: props.readOnly,
         virtualScroll: props.virtualScroll,
+        hideEnteredTextOption,
       },
     });
 
@@ -45,6 +52,7 @@ const Autosuggest = React.forwardRef(
         filteringType={filteringType}
         statusType={statusType}
         disableBrowserAutocorrect={disableBrowserAutocorrect}
+        hideEnteredTextOption={hideEnteredTextOption}
         {...externalProps}
         {...baseComponentProps}
         ref={ref}
diff --git a/src/autosuggest/interfaces.ts b/src/autosuggest/interfaces.ts
index 785e866425..4237abb348 100644
--- a/src/autosuggest/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/autosuggest/interfaces.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ export interface AutosuggestProps
    */
   enteredTextLabel?: AutosuggestProps.EnteredTextLabel;
 
+  /**
+   * Defines whether entered text option is shown as the first option in the dropdown when value is non-empty.
+   */
+  hideEnteredTextOption?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Specifies the text to display with the number of matches at the bottom of the dropdown menu while filtering.
    *
diff --git a/src/autosuggest/internal.tsx b/src/autosuggest/internal.tsx
index 4b49ffdce6..60e4f045cf 100644
--- a/src/autosuggest/internal.tsx
+++ b/src/autosuggest/internal.tsx
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ const InternalAutosuggest = React.forwardRef((props: InternalAutosuggestProps, r
     ariaLabel,
     ariaRequired,
     enteredTextLabel,
+    hideEnteredTextOption,
     filteringResultsText,
     onKeyDown,
     virtualScroll,
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ const InternalAutosuggest = React.forwardRef((props: InternalAutosuggestProps, r
     filterText: value,
     filteringType,
     enteredTextLabel,
-    hideEnteredTextLabel: false,
+    hideEnteredTextLabel: hideEnteredTextOption,
     onSelectItem: (option: AutosuggestItem) => {
       const value = option.value || '';
       fireNonCancelableEvent(onChange, { value });
@@ -193,7 +194,8 @@ const InternalAutosuggest = React.forwardRef((props: InternalAutosuggestProps, r
     hasRecoveryCallback: !!onLoadItems,
   });
 
-  const shouldRenderDropdownContent = !isEmpty || !!dropdownStatus.content;
+  const shouldRenderDropdownContent =
+    autosuggestItemsState.items.length !== 0 || !!dropdownStatus.content || (!hideEnteredTextOption && !!value);
 
   return (
     <AutosuggestInput