diff --git a/assets/js/fastsearch.js b/assets/js/fastsearch.js
index 357867b2..e76f9193 100644
--- a/assets/js/fastsearch.js
+++ b/assets/js/fastsearch.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function loadSearch() {
                             'content'
                         ]
                     };
+                    {{ if . }}options = {{ jsonify . }}{{ end }} // load custom options from .Site.Params.fuseOpts
                     fuse = new Fuse(data, options); // build the index from the json file
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index f257b688..05837007 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 <!-- Search -->
 {{- if (eq .Layout `search`) -}}
 <link rel="preload" as="fetch" href="../index.json" crossOrigin="anonymous">
-{{- $fastsearch := resources.Get "js/fastsearch.js" }}
+{{- $fastsearch := resources.Get "js/fastsearch.js" | resources.ExecuteAsTemplate "js/fastsearch.js" .Site.Params.fuseOpts }}
 {{- $fusejs := resources.Get "js/fuse.js" }}
 {{- if not .Site.Params.assets.disableFingerprinting }}
 {{- $search := (slice $fusejs $fastsearch ) | resources.Concat "assets/js/search.js" | minify | fingerprint }}