diff --git a/doc/bloodhound.md b/doc/bloodhound.md
index 5d1b10b792..645ce188f0 100644
--- a/doc/bloodhound.md
+++ b/doc/bloodhound.md
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ options you can configure.
 * `queryTokenizer` – A function with the signature `(query)` that transforms a
   query into an array of string tokens. **Required**.
 
+* `matchAnyQueryToken` - By default a search result must match ALL query-tokens.
+  Instead, this option returns results that match ANY query-tokens. Defaults to
+  `false`.
+
 * `initialize` – If set to `false`, the Bloodhound instance will not be 
   implicitly initialized by the constructor function. Defaults to `true`.
 
diff --git a/src/bloodhound/options_parser.js b/src/bloodhound/options_parser.js
index d08462b33d..70895a29f7 100644
--- a/src/bloodhound/options_parser.js
+++ b/src/bloodhound/options_parser.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var oParser = (function() {
       identify: _.stringify,
       datumTokenizer: null,
       queryTokenizer: null,
+      matchAnyQueryToken: false,
       sufficient: 5,
       indexRemote: false,
       sorter: null,
diff --git a/src/bloodhound/search_index.js b/src/bloodhound/search_index.js
index 84b8c6a0c7..0577c4fbf2 100644
--- a/src/bloodhound/search_index.js
+++ b/src/bloodhound/search_index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var SearchIndex = window.SearchIndex = (function() {
     this.identify = o.identify || _.stringify;
     this.datumTokenizer = o.datumTokenizer;
     this.queryTokenizer = o.queryTokenizer;
+    this.matchAnyQueryToken = o.matchAnyQueryToken;
 
     this.reset();
   }
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ var SearchIndex = window.SearchIndex = (function() {
         var node, chars, ch, ids;
 
         // previous tokens didn't share any matches
-        if (matches && matches.length === 0) {
+        if (matches && matches.length === 0 && !that.matchAnyQueryToken) {
           return false;
         }
 
@@ -96,8 +97,10 @@ var SearchIndex = window.SearchIndex = (function() {
 
         // break early if we find out there are no possible matches
         else {
-          matches = [];
-          return false;
+          if (!that.matchAnyQueryToken) {
+            matches = [];
+            return false;
+          }
         }
       });
 
diff --git a/test/bloodhound/search_index_spec.js b/test/bloodhound/search_index_spec.js
index 7c577cca68..2ea3365a1f 100644
--- a/test/bloodhound/search_index_spec.js
+++ b/test/bloodhound/search_index_spec.js
@@ -54,11 +54,18 @@ describe('SearchIndex', function() {
     expect(this.index.search('wtf')).toEqual([]);
   });
 
-  it('#serach should handle multi-token queries', function() {
+  it('#search should handle multi-token queries', function() {
     this.index.add({ value: 'foo bar' });
     expect(this.index.search('foo b')).toEqual([{ value: 'foo bar' }]);
   });
 
+  it('#search should return results that match ANY query-token when options.matchAnyQueryToken', function() {
+    this.index = build({matchAnyQueryToken:true});
+    this.index.add({ value: 'foo bar' });
+    expect(this.index.search('blah bar')).toEqual([{ value: 'foo bar' }]);
+    expect(this.index.search('food bark')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it('#all should return all datums', function() {
     expect(this.index.all()).toEqual(fixtures.data.simple);
   });