diff --git a/src/components/search/searchfields.template.html b/src/components/search/searchfields.template.html
index 7da5e240c5..2ba21492b7 100644
--- a/src/components/search/searchfields.template.html
+++ b/src/components/search/searchfields.template.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="searchFieldsInner flex align-items-center justify-content-center">
     <span class="searchfields-icon material-icons search"></span>
     <div class="inputContainer flex-grow" style="margin-bottom: 0;">
-        <input is="emby-input" class="searchfields-txtSearch" type="text" data-keyboard="false" placeholder="${Search}" autocomplete="off" maxlength="40" autofocus />
+        <input is="emby-input" class="searchfields-txtSearch" type="text" data-keyboard="true" placeholder="${Search}" autocomplete="off" maxlength="40" autofocus />
     </div>
 </div>
 <div class="alphaPicker align-items-center hide"></div>