diff --git a/man/wofi.5 b/man/wofi.5
index bfeafde..613c68b 100644
--- a/man/wofi.5
+++ b/man/wofi.5
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ Specifies the line wrap mode to use. The options are off, word, char, and word_c
 .TP
 .B global_coords=\fIBOOL\fR
 Specifies whether x and y offsets should be calculated using the global compositor space instead of the current monitor. Default is false. This does not play well with locations and using it with them is not advised.
+.TP
+.B hide_search=\fIBOOL\fR
+Specifies whether the search bar should be hidden. Default is false.
 
 .SH CSS SELECTORS
 Any GTK widget can be selected by using the name of its CSS node, these however might change with updates and are not guarenteed to stay constant. Wofi also provides certain widgets with names and classes which can be referenced from CSS to give access to the most important widgets easily. \fBwofi\fR(7) contains the current widget layout used by wofi so if you want to get into CSS directly using GTK widget names look there for info.
diff --git a/src/wofi.c b/src/wofi.c
index 26f85c6..8a325ad 100644
--- a/src/wofi.c
+++ b/src/wofi.c
@@ -1278,6 +1278,7 @@ void wofi_init(struct map* _config) {
 	sort_order = config_get_mnemonic(config, "sort_order", "default", 2, "default", "alphabetical");
 	line_wrap = config_get_mnemonic(config, "line_wrap", "off", 4, "off", "word", "char", "word_char") - 1;
 	bool global_coords = strcmp(config_get(config, "global_coords", "false"), "true") == 0;
+	bool hide_search = strcmp(config_get(config, "hide_search", "false"), "true") == 0;
 
 	key_up = config_get(config, "key_up", "Up");
 	key_down = config_get(config, "key_down", "Down");
@@ -1370,7 +1371,9 @@ void wofi_init(struct map* _config) {
 
 	gtk_widget_set_name(entry, "input");
 	gtk_entry_set_placeholder_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry), prompt);
-	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(outer_box), entry);
+	if(!hide_search) {
+		gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(outer_box), entry);
+	}
 	if(password_char != NULL) {
 		gtk_entry_set_visibility(GTK_ENTRY(entry), FALSE);
 		gtk_entry_set_invisible_char(GTK_ENTRY(entry), password_char[0]);