diff --git a/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap b/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
index c252d780..17932a7f 100644
--- a/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
+++ b/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
@@ -453,6 +453,149 @@ exports[`<Select/> component <Select/> renders with clearable 1`] = `
 </div>
 `;
 
+exports[`<Select/> component <Select/> renders with custom search function 1`] = `
+.emotion-6 {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  position: relative;
+  display: -webkit-box;
+  display: -webkit-flex;
+  display: -ms-flexbox;
+  display: flex;
+  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+  width: 100%;
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  padding: 2px 5px;
+  -webkit-flex-direction: row;
+  -ms-flex-direction: row;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  direction: ltr;
+  -webkit-align-items: center;
+  -webkit-box-align: center;
+  -ms-flex-align: center;
+  align-items: center;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  min-height: 36px;
+  pointer-events: all;
+}
+
+.emotion-6:hover,
+.emotion-6:focus-within {
+  border-color: #0074D9;
+}
+
+.emotion-6:focus,
+.emotion-6:focus-within {
+  outline: 0;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(0,116,217,0.2);
+}
+
+.emotion-6 * {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+
+.emotion-2 {
+  display: -webkit-box;
+  display: -webkit-flex;
+  display: -ms-flexbox;
+  display: flex;
+  -webkit-flex: 1;
+  -ms-flex: 1;
+  flex: 1;
+  -webkit-flex-wrap: wrap;
+  -ms-flex-wrap: wrap;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+
+.emotion-0 {
+  line-height: inherit;
+  border: none;
+  margin-left: 5px;
+  background: transparent;
+  font-size: smaller;
+}
+
+.emotion-0:focus {
+  outline: none;
+}
+
+.emotion-4 {
+  text-align: center;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  margin: 0 0 0 5px;
+  -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg);
+  -ms-transform: rotate(180deg);
+  transform: rotate(180deg);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.emotion-4 svg {
+  width: 16px;
+  height: 16px;
+}
+
+.emotion-4:hover path {
+  stroke: #0074D9;
+}
+
+.emotion-4:focus {
+  outline: none;
+}
+
+.emotion-4:focus path {
+  stroke: #0074D9;
+}
+
+<div>
+  <div
+    className="react-dropdown-select undefined emotion-6 emotion-7"
+    color="#0074D9"
+    direction="ltr"
+    disabled={false}
+    onClick={[Function]}
+    onKeyDown={[Function]}
+    tabIndex="0"
+  >
+    <div
+      className="react-dropdown-select-content react-dropdown-select-type-single emotion-2 emotion-3"
+      onClick={[Function]}
+    >
+      <input
+        className="react-dropdown-select-input emotion-0 emotion-1"
+        disabled={false}
+        onBlur={[Function]}
+        onChange={[Function]}
+        onClick={[Function]}
+        onFocus={[Function]}
+        onKeyPress={[Function]}
+        placeholder="Select..."
+        readOnly={false}
+        size={3}
+        tabIndex="-1"
+        value="Zer"
+      />
+    </div>
+    <div
+      className="react-dropdown-select-dropdown-handle emotion-4 emotion-5"
+      color="#0074D9"
+      onClick={[Function]}
+      onKeyDown={[Function]}
+      onKeyPress={[Function]}
+      rotate={1}
+      tabIndex="-1"
+    >
+      <svg
+        fill="currentColor"
+        viewBox="0 0 40 40"
+      >
+        <path
+          d="M31 26.4q0 .3-.2.5l-1.1 1.2q-.3.2-.6.2t-.5-.2l-8.7-8.8-8.8 8.8q-.2.2-.5.2t-.5-.2l-1.2-1.2q-.2-.2-.2-.5t.2-.5l10.4-10.4q.3-.2.6-.2t.5.2l10.4 10.4q.2.2.2.5z"
+        />
+      </svg>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;
+
 exports[`<Select/> component <Select/> renders with loading 1`] = `
 .emotion-8 {
   box-sizing: border-box;
diff --git a/__tests__/components/Dropdown.spec.js b/__tests__/components/Dropdown.spec.js
index 5e43dace..19ad3452 100644
--- a/__tests__/components/Dropdown.spec.js
+++ b/__tests__/components/Dropdown.spec.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ const props = {
     dropdownHeight: '300px'
   },
   state: {
-    selectBounds: {}
+    selectBounds: {},
+    searchResults: [],
   },
   methods: {
     searchResults: () => [],
diff --git a/__tests__/index.spec.js b/__tests__/index.spec.js
index 235cefb7..b64c2a21 100644
--- a/__tests__/index.spec.js
+++ b/__tests__/index.spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import TestRenderer from 'react-test-renderer';
+import { LIB_NAME } from '../src/constants';
 
 import Select from '../src/index';
 
@@ -59,9 +60,31 @@ describe('<Select/> component', () => {
     expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
+  it('<Select/> renders with custom search function', () => {
+    const options = [
+      { id: 0, name: 'Zero' },
+      { id: 1, name: 'One' },
+      { id: 2, name: 'Two' },
+    ];
+
+    const searchFn = ({ props, state }) => {
+      return props.options.filter(({ name }) => new RegExp(state.search).test(name) );
+    };
+
+    const component = selectWithProps(<Select {...props({ searchFn, options })} />);
+
+    const input = component.root.find(element => element.props.className === `${LIB_NAME}-input`);
+
+    TestRenderer.act(() => input.props.onChange({ target: { value: 'Zer' } }));
+
+    expect(component.toTree().instance.state.search).toBe('Zer');
+    expect(component.toTree().instance.state.searchResults).toStrictEqual([{ id: 0, name: 'Zero'}])
+    expect(component.toJSON()).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
   it('<Select/> is disabled', () => {
     const tree = selectWithProps(<Select {...props({ disabled: true })} />).toJSON();
 
     expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
-  })
+  });
 });
diff --git a/docs/src/examples/WithSearchFn.js b/docs/src/examples/WithSearchFn.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72421e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/examples/WithSearchFn.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { Heading } from './components/Heading';
+import Select from '../../../src';
+
+import {
+  getByPath,
+} from '../../../src/util';
+
+const WithSearchFn = ({ options, title }) => {
+  const onSearch = ({ props, state, methods }) => {
+    console.log({ props, state, methods });
+
+    const regexp = new RegExp(methods.safeString(state.search), 'i');
+    return methods
+      .sortBy()
+      .filter((item) =>
+        regexp.test(getByPath(item, props.searchBy) || getByPath(item, props.valueField))
+      );
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <React.Fragment>
+      <Heading
+        title={title}
+        source="https://github.com/sanusart/react-dropdown-select/tree/master/docs/src/examples/WithSearchFn.js"
+      />
+      <Select
+        options={options}
+        searchFn={onSearch}
+      />
+    </React.Fragment>
+  );
+};
+
+WithSearchFn.propTypes = {};
+
+export default WithSearchFn;
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/examples.js b/docs/src/pages/examples.js
index 9dcb34d2..48d2399b 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/examples.js
+++ b/docs/src/pages/examples.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import ExternalClear from '../examples/ExternalClear';
 import AccessDataByPath from '../examples/AccessDataByPath';
 import CustomDropdownHandle from '../examples/CustomDropdownHandle';
 import WithAnimation from '../examples/WithAnimation';
+import WithSearchFn from '../examples/WithSearchFn';
 
 const demoOptions = options.map((option) => ({
   ...option,
@@ -116,6 +117,10 @@ const Examples = () => (
       <WithAnimation title={`With animations`} options={demoOptions} />
     </Wrapper>
 
+    <Wrapper>
+      <WithSearchFn title={`With a custom search function`} options={demoOptions} />
+    </Wrapper>
+
     <br />
     <br />
     <br />
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/state.md b/docs/src/pages/state.md
index 680ae084..b03f0c84 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/state.md
+++ b/docs/src/pages/state.md
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ Access to current state of &lt;Select/&gt; component
 | dropdown     | boolean | check if dropdown is open                            |
 | values       | array   | selected value(s)                                    |
 | search       | string  | current search string                                |
+| searchResults| string  | Filtered search results
+|
 | selectBounds | object  | current `getBoundingClientRect()` of &lt;Select/&gt; |
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index aef639f1..88aefe33 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4139,7 +4139,8 @@
         },
         "minimist": {
           "version": "1.2.0",
-          "resolved": "",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
           "dev": true
         },
         "schema-utils": {
@@ -12782,7 +12783,8 @@
         },
         "minimist": {
           "version": "1.2.0",
-          "resolved": "",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
           "dev": true
         },
         "tapable": {
@@ -12851,7 +12853,8 @@
         },
         "minimist": {
           "version": "1.2.0",
-          "resolved": "",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
           "dev": true
         },
         "string-width": {
diff --git a/src/components/Dropdown.js b/src/components/Dropdown.js
index 10a23829..407d0618 100644
--- a/src/components/Dropdown.js
+++ b/src/components/Dropdown.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const Dropdown = ({ props, state, methods }) => (
             {props.createNewLabel.replace('{search}', `"${state.search}"`)}
           </AddNew>
         )}
-        {methods.searchResults().length === 0 ? (
+        {state.searchResults.length === 0 ? (
           <NoData
             className={`${LIB_NAME}-no-data`}
             state={state}
@@ -57,19 +57,18 @@ const Dropdown = ({ props, state, methods }) => (
             methods={methods}
           />
         ) : (
-          methods
-            .searchResults()
-            .map((item, itemIndex) => (
-              <Item
-                key={item[props.valueField]}
-                item={item}
-                itemIndex={itemIndex}
-                state={state}
-                props={props}
-                methods={methods}
-              />
-            ))
-        )}
+            state.searchResults
+              .map((item, itemIndex) => (
+                <Item
+                  key={item[props.valueField]}
+                  item={item}
+                  itemIndex={itemIndex}
+                  state={state}
+                  props={props}
+                  methods={methods}
+                />
+              ))
+          )}
       </React.Fragment>
     )}
   </DropDown>
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 5c1d88ba..1b5dbba8 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ export class Select extends Component {
       values: props.values,
       search: '',
       selectBounds: {},
-      cursor: null
+      cursor: null,
+      searchResults: props.options,
     };
 
     this.methods = {
@@ -289,7 +290,9 @@ export class Select extends Component {
     });
 
     this.setState({
-      search: event.target.value
+      search: event.target.value,
+    }, () => {
+      this.setState({ searchResults: this.searchResults() })
     });
   };
 
@@ -391,7 +394,7 @@ export class Select extends Component {
   };
 
   handleKeyDownFn = ({ event, state, props, methods, setState }) => {
-    const { cursor } = state;
+    const { cursor, searchResults } = state;
     const escape = event.key === 'Escape';
     const enter = event.key === 'Enter';
     const arrowUp = event.key === 'ArrowUp';
@@ -423,7 +426,7 @@ export class Select extends Component {
     }
 
     if (enter) {
-      const currentItem = methods.searchResults()[cursor];
+      const currentItem = searchResults[cursor];
       if (currentItem && !currentItem.disabled) {
         if (props.create && valueExistInSelected(state.search, state.values, props)) {
           return null;
@@ -433,7 +436,7 @@ export class Select extends Component {
       }
     }
 
-    if ((arrowDown || (tab && state.dropdown)) && methods.searchResults().length === cursor) {
+    if ((arrowDown || (tab && state.dropdown)) && searchResults.length === cursor) {
       return setState({
         cursor: 0
       });
@@ -453,7 +456,7 @@ export class Select extends Component {
 
     if ((arrowUp || (shiftTab && state.dropdown)) && cursor === 0) {
       setState({
-        cursor: methods.searchResults().length
+        cursor: searchResults.length
       });
     }