diff --git a/addon/components/power-select-infinity.js b/addon/components/power-select-infinity.js
index b6b5dd4..ec44452 100644
--- a/addon/components/power-select-infinity.js
+++ b/addon/components/power-select-infinity.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default Component.extend({
   estimateHeight: 28,
   bufferSize: 5,
   staticHeight: false,
+  minCharacters: 0,
   fastboot: computed(function() {
     return getOwner(this).lookup(`service:fastboot`);
   }),
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ export default Component.extend({
                     select.actions.choose(null);
                 }
             }
+        },
+        onInput(text) {
+            return text.length >= get(this, 'minCharacters');
         }
     }
 });
diff --git a/addon/templates/components/power-select-infinity.hbs b/addon/templates/components/power-select-infinity.hbs
index cfe0c03..199b9c8 100644
--- a/addon/templates/components/power-select-infinity.hbs
+++ b/addon/templates/components/power-select-infinity.hbs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         onchange=onchange
         onclose=onclose
         onfocus=(action "handleFocus")
-        oninput=oninput
+        oninput=(action "onInput")
         onkeydown=(action "onKeyDown")
         onopen=onopen
         opened=opened
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         onchange=onchange
         onclose=onclose
         onfocus=(action "handleFocus")
-        oninput=oninput
+        oninput=(action "onInput")
         onkeydown=(action "onKeyDown")
         onopen=onopen
         opened=opened
diff --git a/tests/dummy/app/templates/application.hbs b/tests/dummy/app/templates/application.hbs
index cc7e4a5..712d91b 100644
--- a/tests/dummy/app/templates/application.hbs
+++ b/tests/dummy/app/templates/application.hbs
@@ -52,4 +52,22 @@
                 {{user.name}}
         {{/power-select-infinity}}
     </div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="row justify-content-center">
+    <div class="col-4">
+        With min length
+        {{#power-select-infinity
+            search=(action 'search')
+            loadMore=(action 'loadMore')
+            selected=selected
+            onchange=(action (mut selected))
+            extra=(hash labelPath="name")
+            inputClass="form-control"
+            minCharacters=3
+            loadingComponent='loading-component'
+            as |user|}}
+                {{user.name}}
+        {{/power-select-infinity}}
+    </div>
 </div>
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