diff --git a/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearch.tsx b/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearch.tsx
index c769c65..9106b55 100644
--- a/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearch.tsx
+++ b/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearch.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export interface DocSearchProps {
   navigator?: AutocompleteOptions<InternalDocSearchHit>['navigator'];
   translations?: DocSearchTranslations;
   getMissingResultsUrl?: ({ query }: { query: string }) => string;
+  matomoSearchAnalytics?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function DocSearch(props: DocSearchProps) {
diff --git a/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearchModal.tsx b/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearchModal.tsx
index 56f7bb9..dbfc710 100644
--- a/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearchModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearchModal.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import type { AutocompleteState } from '@algolia/autocomplete-core';
 import { createAutocomplete } from '@algolia/autocomplete-core';
 import React from 'react';
 
+import { createMatomoPlugin } from './MatomoPlugin';
+
 import { MAX_QUERY_SIZE } from './constants';
 import type { DocSearchProps } from './DocSearch';
 import type { FooterTranslations } from './Footer';
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ export function DocSearchModal({
   initialQuery: initialQueryFromProp = '',
   translations = {},
   getMissingResultsUrl,
+  matomoSearchAnalytics = false,
 }: DocSearchModalProps) {
   const {
     footer: footerTranslations,
@@ -125,6 +128,13 @@ export function DocSearchModal({
     [favoriteSearches, recentSearches, disableUserPersonalization]
   );
 
+  var plugins_to_load: any = [];
+
+  if (matomoSearchAnalytics) {
+    const matomoPlugin = createMatomoPlugin();
+    plugins_to_load.push(matomoPlugin);
+  };
+
   const autocomplete = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       createAutocomplete<
@@ -282,6 +292,7 @@ export function DocSearchModal({
               );
             });
         },
+        plugins: plugins_to_load,
       }),
     [
       typesenseCollectionName,
diff --git a/packages/docsearch-react/src/MatomoPlugin.tsx b/packages/docsearch-react/src/MatomoPlugin.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..350cd54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docsearch-react/src/MatomoPlugin.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import debounce from 'lodash/debounce';
+
+declare global {
+    interface Window {
+        _paq: any;
+    }
+}
+
+var query_cache = "";
+
+function _matomoSiteSearch(query: string, hits: string) {
+        query_cache = query;
+        var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || [];
+        _paq.push(['trackSiteSearch', query, false, hits]);
+}
+
+var matomoSiteSearch_debounced = debounce(_matomoSiteSearch, 500);
+
+export function createMatomoPlugin() {
+    return {
+        onStateChange({ state }) {
+            if ( state.isOpen && state.query.length > 2 && query_cache !== state.query ) {
+                matomoSiteSearch_debounced(state.query, state.context.nbHits);
+            }
+        },
+    };
+};
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