diff --git a/pages/autosuggest/search.page.tsx b/pages/autosuggest/search.page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3e7500c9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/autosuggest/search.page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import React, { useContext, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { Badge, Box, Checkbox, ExpandableSection, Header, SpaceBetween } from '~components';
+import Autosuggest, { AutosuggestProps } from '~components/autosuggest';
+
+import AppContext, { AppContextType } from '../app/app-context';
+
+type PageContext = React.Context<
+  AppContextType<{
+    empty?: boolean;
+    showEnteredTextOption?: boolean;
+    showMatchesCount?: boolean;
+  }>
+>;
+
+const options = [
+  { value: '__apple__', label: 'Apple' },
+  { value: '__orange__', label: 'Orange', tags: ['sweet'] },
+  { value: '__banana__', label: 'Banana', tags: ['sweet'] },
+  { value: '__pineapple__', label: 'Pineapple', description: 'pine+apple' },
+];
+const enteredTextLabel = (value: string) => `Use: ${value}`;
+
+export default function AutosuggestPage() {
+  const {
+    urlParams: { empty = false, showEnteredTextOption = true, showMatchesCount = true },
+    setUrlParams,
+  } = useContext(AppContext as PageContext);
+  const [value, setValue] = useState('');
+  const [selection, setSelection] = useState('');
+  const ref = useRef<AutosuggestProps.Ref>(null);
+  return (
+    <Box margin="m">
+      <SpaceBetween size="m">
+        <Header
+          variant="h1"
+          description="This demo shows how an updated version of Autosuggest can be used as a search input"
+        >
+          Search
+        </Header>
+
+        <ExpandableSection defaultExpanded={true} headerText="Settings">
+          <Checkbox checked={empty} onChange={({ detail }) => setUrlParams({ empty: detail.checked })}>
+            Empty
+          </Checkbox>
+          <Checkbox
+            checked={showEnteredTextOption}
+            onChange={({ detail }) => setUrlParams({ showEnteredTextOption: detail.checked })}
+          >
+            Show entered text option
+          </Checkbox>
+          <Checkbox
+            checked={showMatchesCount}
+            onChange={({ detail }) => setUrlParams({ showMatchesCount: detail.checked })}
+          >
+            Show matches count
+          </Checkbox>
+        </ExpandableSection>
+
+        <Autosuggest
+          ref={ref}
+          value={value}
+          options={empty ? [] : options}
+          onChange={event => setValue(event.detail.value)}
+          onSelect={event => {
+            if (options.some(o => o.value === event.detail.value)) {
+              setSelection(event.detail.value);
+              setValue('');
+            }
+          }}
+          enteredTextLabel={enteredTextLabel}
+          ariaLabel={'simple autosuggest'}
+          selectedAriaLabel="Selected"
+          empty="No suggestions"
+          showEnteredTextOption={showEnteredTextOption}
+          filteringResultsText={
+            showMatchesCount
+              ? matchesCount => {
+                  matchesCount = showEnteredTextOption ? matchesCount - 1 : matchesCount;
+                  return matchesCount ? `${matchesCount} items` : `No matches`;
+                }
+              : undefined
+          }
+        />
+
+        <SpaceBetween size="s" direction="horizontal">
+          <Box>Selection: {selection || 'none'}</Box>
+          {options.map(option => (
+            <Badge key={option.value} color={selection === option.value ? 'green' : 'grey'}>
+              {option.label}
+            </Badge>
+          ))}
+        </SpaceBetween>
+      </SpaceBetween>
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/__tests__/snapshot-tests/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap b/src/__tests__/snapshot-tests/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap
index 9fab7d22ebe..03e659eb711 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/snapshot-tests/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/__tests__/snapshot-tests/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap
@@ -2052,6 +2052,14 @@ This is required to provide a good screen reader experience. For more informatio
       "optional": true,
       "type": "string",
     },
+    {
+      "defaultValue": "true",
+      "description": "Defines whether entered text option is shown as the first option in the dropdown when value is non-empty.
+Defaults to \`true\`.",
+      "name": "showEnteredTextOption",
+      "optional": true,
+      "type": "boolean",
+    },
     {
       "defaultValue": "'finished'",
       "description": "Specifies the current status of loading more options.
diff --git a/src/autosuggest/index.tsx b/src/autosuggest/index.tsx
index 05de5d7460c..616c1ea2746 100644
--- a/src/autosuggest/index.tsx
+++ b/src/autosuggest/index.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ export { AutosuggestProps };
 
 const Autosuggest = React.forwardRef(
   (
-    { filteringType = 'auto', statusType = 'finished', disableBrowserAutocorrect = false, ...props }: AutosuggestProps,
+    {
+      filteringType = 'auto',
+      statusType = 'finished',
+      disableBrowserAutocorrect = false,
+      showEnteredTextOption = true,
+      ...props
+    }: AutosuggestProps,
     ref: React.Ref<AutosuggestProps.Ref>
   ) => {
     const baseComponentProps = useBaseComponent('Autosuggest', {
@@ -26,6 +32,7 @@ const Autosuggest = React.forwardRef(
         filteringType,
         readOnly: props.readOnly,
         virtualScroll: props.virtualScroll,
+        showEnteredTextOption,
       },
     });
 
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ const Autosuggest = React.forwardRef(
         filteringType={filteringType}
         statusType={statusType}
         disableBrowserAutocorrect={disableBrowserAutocorrect}
+        showEnteredTextOption={showEnteredTextOption}
         {...externalProps}
         {...baseComponentProps}
         ref={ref}
diff --git a/src/autosuggest/interfaces.ts b/src/autosuggest/interfaces.ts
index 0863a04ec40..6c06a435eef 100644
--- a/src/autosuggest/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/autosuggest/interfaces.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ 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.
+   * Defaults to `true`.
+   */
+  showEnteredTextOption?: 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 03b36eac847..25b6cc4872e 100644
--- a/src/autosuggest/internal.tsx
+++ b/src/autosuggest/internal.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const InternalAutosuggest = React.forwardRef((props: InternalAutosuggestProps, r
     ariaLabel,
     ariaRequired,
     enteredTextLabel,
+    showEnteredTextOption,
     filteringResultsText,
     onKeyDown,
     virtualScroll,
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ const InternalAutosuggest = React.forwardRef((props: InternalAutosuggestProps, r
     filterText: value,
     filteringType,
     enteredTextLabel,
-    hideEnteredTextLabel: false,
+    hideEnteredTextLabel: !showEnteredTextOption,
     onSelectItem: (option: AutosuggestItem) => {
       const value = option.value || '';
       fireNonCancelableEvent(onChange, { value });
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ const InternalAutosuggest = React.forwardRef((props: InternalAutosuggestProps, r
   });
 
   const shouldRenderDropdownContent = !isEmpty || dropdownStatus.content;
+  const dropdownExpanded = autosuggestItemsState.items.length > 1 || dropdownStatus.content !== null;
 
   return (
     <AutosuggestInput
@@ -222,9 +224,10 @@ const InternalAutosuggest = React.forwardRef((props: InternalAutosuggestProps, r
       expandToViewport={expandToViewport}
       ariaControls={listId}
       ariaActivedescendant={highlightedOptionId}
-      dropdownExpanded={autosuggestItemsState.items.length > 1 || dropdownStatus.content !== null}
+      dropdownExpanded={dropdownExpanded}
       dropdownContent={
-        shouldRenderDropdownContent && (
+        shouldRenderDropdownContent &&
+        dropdownExpanded && (
           <AutosuggestOptionsList
             statusType={statusType}
             autosuggestItemsState={autosuggestItemsState}