diff --git a/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.Autocomplete.tsx b/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.Autocomplete.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8e62b1929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.Autocomplete.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import React, { ChangeEvent, useState } from 'react';
+import { Chip, TextField } from '@material-ui/core';
+import {
+  Autocomplete,
+  AutocompleteGetTagProps,
+  AutocompleteRenderInputParams,
+} from '@material-ui/lab';
+import { useSearch } from '../SearchContext';
+import { useAsyncFilterValues } from './hooks';
+import { SearchFilterComponentProps } from './SearchFilter';
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ */
+export type SearchAutocompleteFilterProps = SearchFilterComponentProps & {
+  multiple?: boolean;
+  limitTags?: number;
+};
+
+export const AutocompleteFilter = (props: SearchAutocompleteFilterProps) => {
+  const {
+    asyncValues,
+    asyncDebounce,
+    className,
+    multiple,
+    name,
+    values: givenValues,
+    label,
+    limitTags,
+  } = props;
+  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState<string>('');
+  const { value: values, loading } = useAsyncFilterValues(
+    asyncValues,
+    inputValue,
+    givenValues,
+    asyncDebounce,
+  );
+  const { setFilters } = useSearch();
+
+  // Set new filter values on input change.
+  const handleChange = (
+    _: ChangeEvent<{}>,
+    newValue: string | string[] | null,
+  ) => {
+    setFilters(prevState => {
+      const { [name]: filter, ...others } = prevState;
+
+      if (newValue) {
+        return { ...others, [name]: newValue };
+      }
+      return { ...others };
+    });
+  };
+
+  // Provide the input field.
+  const renderInput = (params: AutocompleteRenderInputParams) => (
+    <TextField
+      {...params}
+      name="search"
+      variant="outlined"
+      label={label || name}
+      fullWidth
+    />
+  );
+
+  // Render tags as primary-colored chips.
+  const renderTags = (
+    tagValue: string[],
+    getTagProps: AutocompleteGetTagProps,
+  ) =>
+    tagValue.map((option: string, index: number) => (
+      <Chip label={option} color="primary" {...getTagProps({ index })} />
+    ));
+
+  return (
+    <Autocomplete
+      multiple={multiple}
+      className={className}
+      id={`${multiple ?? 'multi-'}select-filter-${name}--select`}
+      options={values || []}
+      loading={loading}
+      limitTags={limitTags}
+      onChange={handleChange}
+      onInputChange={(_, newValue) => setInputValue(newValue)}
+      renderInput={renderInput}
+      renderTags={renderTags}
+    />
+  );
+};
diff --git a/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.stories.tsx b/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.stories.tsx
index dbedff8c63..e2a73a42bc 100644
--- a/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.stories.tsx
+++ b/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.stories.tsx
@@ -72,3 +72,49 @@ export const AsyncSelectFilter = () => {
     </Paper>
   );
 };
+
+export const Autocomplete = () => {
+  return (
+    <Paper style={{ padding: 10 }}>
+      <SearchFilter.Autocomplete
+        name="autocomplete"
+        label="Single-Select Autocomplete Filter"
+        values={['abba', 'cadaver']}
+      />
+    </Paper>
+  );
+};
+
+export const MultiSelectAutocomplete = () => {
+  return (
+    <Paper style={{ padding: 10 }}>
+      <SearchFilter.Autocomplete
+        multiple
+        name="autocomplete"
+        label="Multi-Select Autocomplete Filter"
+        values={['abba', 'cadaver']}
+      />
+    </Paper>
+  );
+};
+
+export const AsyncMultiSelectAutocomplete = () => {
+  return (
+    <Paper style={{ padding: 10 }}>
+      <SearchFilter.Autocomplete
+        multiple
+        name="starwarsPerson"
+        label="Starwars Character"
+        asyncValues={async partial => {
+          if (partial === '') return [];
+          const response = await fetch(
+            `https://swapi.dev/api/people?search=${partial}`,
+          );
+          const json: { results: Array<{ name: string }> } =
+            await response.json();
+          return json.results.map(r => r.name);
+        }}
+      />
+    </Paper>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.tsx b/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.tsx
index 93d0bd2fd7..23761ee4a9 100644
--- a/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.tsx
+++ b/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ import {
   FormLabel,
 } from '@material-ui/core';
 
+import {
+  AutocompleteFilter,
+  SearchAutocompleteFilterProps,
+} from './SearchFilter.Autocomplete';
 import { useSearch } from '../SearchContext';
 import { useAsyncFilterValues } from './hooks';
 
@@ -196,6 +200,16 @@ SearchFilter.Select = (
     SearchFilterComponentProps,
 ) => <SearchFilter {...props} component={SelectFilter} />;
 
+/**
+ * A control surface for a given filter field name, rendered as an autocomplete
+ * textfield. A hard-coded list of values may be provided, or an async function
+ * which returns values may be provided instead.
+ * @public
+ */
+SearchFilter.Autocomplete = (props: SearchAutocompleteFilterProps) => (
+  <SearchFilter {...props} component={AutocompleteFilter} />
+);
+
 /**
  * @deprecated This component was used for rapid prototyping of the Backstage
  * Search platform. Now that the API has stabilized, you should use the
diff --git a/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/index.ts b/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/index.ts
index af5fca182c..86cd66ff6b 100644
--- a/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/search/src/components/SearchFilter/index.ts
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ export type {
   SearchFilterComponentProps,
   SearchFilterWrapperProps,
 } from './SearchFilter';
+export type { SearchAutocompleteFilterProps } from './SearchFilter.Autocomplete';
diff --git a/plugins/search/src/index.ts b/plugins/search/src/index.ts
index 7a63ccd471..99c3f5177b 100644
--- a/plugins/search/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/search/src/index.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export type {
 export { SearchContextProvider, useSearch } from './components/SearchContext';
 export { SearchFilter, SearchFilterNext } from './components/SearchFilter';
 export type {
+  SearchAutocompleteFilterProps,
   SearchFilterComponentProps,
   SearchFilterWrapperProps,
 } from './components/SearchFilter';