diff --git a/src-ui/e2e/document-list/document-list.spec.ts b/src-ui/e2e/document-list/document-list.spec.ts
index 6d21d2835..449683110 100644
--- a/src-ui/e2e/document-list/document-list.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/e2e/document-list/document-list.spec.ts
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ test('basic filtering', async ({ page }) => {
 test('text filtering', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.routeFromHAR(REQUESTS_HAR2, { notFound: 'fallback' })
   await page.goto('/documents')
-  await page.getByRole('main').getByRole('textbox').click()
-  await page.getByRole('main').getByRole('textbox').fill('test')
+  await page.getByRole('main').getByRole('combobox').click()
+  await page.getByRole('main').getByRole('combobox').fill('test')
   await expect(page.locator('pngx-document-list')).toHaveText(/32 documents/)
   await expect(page).toHaveURL(/title_content=test/)
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Title & content' }).click()
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ test('text filtering', async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(page.locator('pngx-document-list')).toHaveText(/26 documents/)
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Advanced search' }).click()
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'ASN' }).click()
-  await page.getByRole('main').getByRole('textbox').fill('1123')
+  await page.getByRole('main').getByRole('combobox').nth(1).fill('1123')
   await expect(page).toHaveURL(/archive_serial_number=1123/)
   await expect(page.locator('pngx-document-list')).toHaveText(/one document/i)
   await page.locator('select').selectOption('greater')
-  await page.getByRole('main').getByRole('textbox').click()
-  await page.getByRole('main').getByRole('textbox').fill('1123')
+  await page.getByRole('main').getByRole('combobox').nth(1).click()
+  await page.getByRole('main').getByRole('combobox').nth(1).fill('1123')
   await expect(page).toHaveURL(/archive_serial_number__gt=1123/)
   await expect(page.locator('pngx-document-list')).toHaveText(/5 documents/)
   await page.locator('select').selectOption('less')
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.spec.ts
index 2815b6ae9..34c4f2a40 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   NgbModalRef,
   NgbPopoverModule,
   NgbTooltipModule,
+  NgbTypeaheadModule,
 } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { ClearableBadgeComponent } from '../common/clearable-badge/clearable-badge.component'
 import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ describe('DocumentListComponent', () => {
         NgbTooltipModule,
         NgxBootstrapIconsModule.pick(allIcons),
         NgSelectModule,
+        NgbTypeaheadModule,
       ],
     }).compileComponents()
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
index 89900e087..c6c287ef5 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
@@ -22,7 +22,13 @@
             <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="x"></i-bs>
           </button>
         }
-        <input #textFilterInput class="form-control form-control-sm" type="text" [disabled]="textFilterModifierIsNull" [(ngModel)]="textFilter" (keyup)="textFilterKeyup($event)" [readonly]="textFilterTarget === 'fulltext-morelike'">
+        <input #textFilterInput class="form-control form-control-sm" type="text"
+        [disabled]="textFilterModifierIsNull"
+        [(ngModel)]="textFilter"
+        (keyup)="textFilterKeyup($event)"
+        [ngbTypeahead]="searchAutoComplete"
+        (selectItem)="itemSelected($event)"
+        [readonly]="textFilterTarget === 'fulltext-morelike'">
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.spec.ts
index d9e92092e..5c393168f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.spec.ts
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ import {
 } from '@angular/core/testing'
 import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser'
-import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing'
 import {
   NgbDropdownModule,
   NgbDatepickerModule,
   NgbDropdownItem,
+  NgbTypeaheadModule,
 } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { NgSelectComponent } from '@ng-select/ng-select'
-import { of } from 'rxjs'
+import { of, throwError } from 'rxjs'
 import {
   FILTER_TITLE,
   FILTER_TITLE_CONTENT,
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ import {
   PermissionsService,
 } from 'src/app/services/permissions.service'
 import { environment } from 'src/environments/environment'
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router'
+import { SearchService } from 'src/app/services/rest/search.service'
 
 const tags: Tag[] = [
   {
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ describe('FilterEditorComponent', () => {
   let settingsService: SettingsService
   let permissionsService: PermissionsService
   let httpTestingController: HttpTestingController
+  let searchService: SearchService
 
   beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
@@ -197,12 +200,13 @@ describe('FilterEditorComponent', () => {
       ],
       imports: [
         HttpClientTestingModule,
-        RouterTestingModule,
+        RouterModule,
         NgbDropdownModule,
         FormsModule,
         ReactiveFormsModule,
         NgbDatepickerModule,
         NgxBootstrapIconsModule.pick(allIcons),
+        NgbTypeaheadModule,
       ],
     }).compileComponents()
 
@@ -210,6 +214,7 @@ describe('FilterEditorComponent', () => {
     settingsService = TestBed.inject(SettingsService)
     settingsService.currentUser = users[0]
     permissionsService = TestBed.inject(PermissionsService)
+    searchService = TestBed.inject(SearchService)
     jest
       .spyOn(permissionsService, 'currentUserCan')
       .mockImplementation((action, type) => {
@@ -1829,4 +1834,40 @@ describe('FilterEditorComponent', () => {
       name: $localize`More like`,
     })
   })
+
+  it('should call autocomplete endpoint on input', fakeAsync(() => {
+    component.textFilterTarget = 'fulltext-query' // TEXT_FILTER_TARGET_FULLTEXT_QUERY
+    const autocompleteSpy = jest.spyOn(searchService, 'autocomplete')
+    component.searchAutoComplete(of('hello')).subscribe()
+    tick(250)
+    expect(autocompleteSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    component.searchAutoComplete(of('hello world 1')).subscribe()
+    tick(250)
+    expect(autocompleteSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  }))
+
+  it('should handle autocomplete backend failure gracefully', fakeAsync(() => {
+    component.textFilterTarget = 'fulltext-query' // TEXT_FILTER_TARGET_FULLTEXT_QUERY
+    const serviceAutocompleteSpy = jest.spyOn(searchService, 'autocomplete')
+    serviceAutocompleteSpy.mockReturnValue(
+      throwError(() => new Error('autcomplete failed'))
+    )
+    // serviceAutocompleteSpy.mockReturnValue(of([' world']))
+    let result
+    component.searchAutoComplete(of('hello')).subscribe((res) => {
+      result = res
+    })
+    tick(250)
+    expect(serviceAutocompleteSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(result).toEqual([])
+  }))
+
+  it('should support choosing a autocomplete item', () => {
+    expect(component.textFilter).toBeNull()
+    component.itemSelected({ item: 'hello', preventDefault: () => true })
+    expect(component.textFilter).toEqual('hello ')
+    component.itemSelected({ item: 'world', preventDefault: () => true })
+    expect(component.textFilter).toEqual('hello world ')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
index 5a84b16e2..b7be4b57c 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ import {
 import { Tag } from 'src/app/data/tag'
 import { Correspondent } from 'src/app/data/correspondent'
 import { DocumentType } from 'src/app/data/document-type'
-import { Observable, Subject, Subscription } from 'rxjs'
+import { Observable, Subject, Subscription, from } from 'rxjs'
 import {
+  catchError,
   debounceTime,
   distinctUntilChanged,
   filter,
+  map,
+  switchMap,
   takeUntil,
 } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import { DocumentTypeService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document-type.service'
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ import {
   PermissionsService,
 } from 'src/app/services/permissions.service'
 import { ComponentWithPermissions } from '../../with-permissions/with-permissions.component'
+import { SearchService } from 'src/app/services/rest/search.service'
 
 const TEXT_FILTER_TARGET_TITLE = 'title'
 const TEXT_FILTER_TARGET_TITLE_CONTENT = 'title-content'
@@ -240,7 +244,8 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent
     private correspondentService: CorrespondentService,
     private documentService: DocumentService,
     private storagePathService: StoragePathService,
-    public permissionsService: PermissionsService
+    public permissionsService: PermissionsService,
+    private searchService: SearchService
   ) {
     super()
   }
@@ -922,7 +927,12 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent
         distinctUntilChanged(),
         filter((query) => !query.length || query.length > 2)
       )
-      .subscribe((text) => this.updateTextFilter(text))
+      .subscribe((text) =>
+        this.updateTextFilter(
+          text,
+          this.textFilterTarget !== TEXT_FILTER_TARGET_FULLTEXT_QUERY
+        )
+      )
 
     if (this._textFilter) this.documentService.searchQuery = this._textFilter
   }
@@ -973,10 +983,12 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent
     this.storagePathSelectionModel.apply()
   }
 
-  updateTextFilter(text) {
+  updateTextFilter(text, updateRules = true) {
     this._textFilter = text
-    this.documentService.searchQuery = text
-    this.updateRules()
+    if (updateRules) {
+      this.documentService.searchQuery = text
+      this.updateRules()
+    }
   }
 
   textFilterKeyup(event: KeyboardEvent) {
@@ -1025,4 +1037,40 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent
       this.updateRules()
     }
   }
+
+  searchAutoComplete = (text$: Observable<string>) =>
+    text$.pipe(
+      debounceTime(200),
+      distinctUntilChanged(),
+      filter(() => this.textFilterTarget === TEXT_FILTER_TARGET_FULLTEXT_QUERY),
+      map((term) => {
+        if (term.lastIndexOf(' ') != -1) {
+          return term.substring(term.lastIndexOf(' ') + 1)
+        } else {
+          return term
+        }
+      }),
+      switchMap((term) =>
+        term.length < 2
+          ? from([[]])
+          : this.searchService.autocomplete(term).pipe(
+              catchError(() => {
+                return from([[]])
+              })
+            )
+      )
+    )
+
+  itemSelected(event) {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    let currentSearch: string = this._textFilter ?? ''
+    let lastSpaceIndex = currentSearch.lastIndexOf(' ')
+    if (lastSpaceIndex != -1) {
+      currentSearch = currentSearch.substring(0, lastSpaceIndex + 1)
+      currentSearch += event.item + ' '
+    } else {
+      currentSearch = event.item + ' '
+    }
+    this.updateTextFilter(currentSearch)
+  }
 }