diff --git a/src/Query/SimpleQueryStringQuery.php b/src/Query/SimpleQueryStringQuery.php
index a39e076..c832a47 100644
--- a/src/Query/SimpleQueryStringQuery.php
+++ b/src/Query/SimpleQueryStringQuery.php
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 namespace Erichard\ElasticQueryBuilder\Query;
 
 use Erichard\ElasticQueryBuilder\Contracts\QueryInterface;
+use Erichard\ElasticQueryBuilder\Features\HasBoost;
 use Erichard\ElasticQueryBuilder\Features\HasMinimumShouldMatch;
 
 class SimpleQueryStringQuery implements QueryInterface
 {
+    use HasBoost;
     use HasMinimumShouldMatch;
 
     /**
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@ public function build(): array
         }
 
         $this->buildMinimumShouldMatchTo($data);
+        $this->buildBoostTo($data);
 
         $build = $this->params;
         $build['simple_query_string'] = $data;
diff --git a/tests/Query/SimpleQueryStringQueryTest.php b/tests/Query/SimpleQueryStringQueryTest.php
index 4727cdf..f7bc6a3 100644
--- a/tests/Query/SimpleQueryStringQueryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Query/SimpleQueryStringQueryTest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Tests\Erichard\ElasticQueryBuilder\Query;
 
-use Erichard\ElasticQueryBuilder\Query\MultiMatchQuery;
 use Erichard\ElasticQueryBuilder\Query\SimpleQueryStringQuery;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
@@ -94,4 +93,49 @@ public function testItBuildTheQueryWithAFuzziness(): void
                 ],
         ], $query->build());
     }
+
+    public function testItBuildTheQueryWithBoost(): void
+    {
+        $query = new SimpleQueryStringQuery(
+            ['subject', 'body'],
+            '~brown fox',
+            'ALL',
+            true,
+            50,
+            0,
+            "1%",
+            "or",
+            "standard",
+            false,
+            "",
+            false,
+            true
+
+        );
+        $query->setBoost(3);
+
+        $this->assertEquals([
+                'simple_query_string' =>
+                    [
+                        'query' => '~brown fox',
+                        'fields' =>
+                            [
+                                'subject',
+                                'body',
+                            ],
+                        'flags' => 'ALL',
+                        'fuzzy_transpositions' => true,
+                        'fuzzy_max_expansions' => 50,
+                        'fuzzy_prefix_length' => 0,
+                        'default_operator' => 'or',
+                        'analyzer' => 'standard',
+                        'lenient' => false,
+                        'quote_field_suffix' => '',
+                        'analyze_wildcard' => false,
+                        'auto_generate_synonyms_phrase_query' => true,
+                        'minimum_should_match' => '1%',
+                        'boost' => 3,
+                    ],
+        ], $query->build()); 
+    }
 }