diff --git a/src/search.ts b/src/search.ts
index 74bcd37..30736ea 100644
--- a/src/search.ts
+++ b/src/search.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import {
   extractHeadingsFromCache,
   getAliasesFromMetadata,
+  removeDiacritics,
   stringsToRegex,
   stripMarkdownCharacters,
   wait,
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ export async function initGlobalSearchIndex(): Promise<void> {
   resetNotesCache()
   minisearchInstance = new MiniSearch({
     tokenize,
+    processTerm: term =>
+      settings.ignoreDiacritics ? removeDiacritics(term) : term,
     idField: 'path',
     fields: [
       'basename',
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 5c5a836..c284629 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ interface WeightingSettings {
 export interface OmnisearchSettings extends WeightingSettings {
   respectExcluded: boolean
   reindexInRealTime: boolean
+  ignoreDiacritics: boolean
   showIndexingNotices: boolean
   showShortName: boolean
   CtrlJK: boolean
@@ -68,6 +69,19 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
         }),
       )
 
+    // Ignore diacritics
+    // new Setting(containerEl)
+    //   .setName('Ignore diacritics')
+    //   .setDesc(
+    //     'Normalize diacritics in search terms. Words like "brûlée" or "žluťoučký" will be indexed as "brulee" and "zlutoucky". Needs a restart to take effect.',
+    //   )
+    //   .addToggle(toggle =>
+    //     toggle.setValue(settings.ignoreDiacritics).onChange(async v => {
+    //       settings.ignoreDiacritics = v
+    //       await saveSettings(this.plugin)
+    //     }),
+    //   )
+
     // #endregion Behavior
 
     // #region User Interface
@@ -129,7 +143,9 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
     new Setting(containerEl).setName('Shortcuts').setHeading()
 
     new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Use [Ctrl/Cmd]+j/k to navigate up/down in the results, if Vim mode is enabled')
+      .setName(
+        'Use [Ctrl/Cmd]+j/k to navigate up/down in the results, if Vim mode is enabled',
+      )
       .addToggle(toggle =>
         toggle.setValue(settings.CtrlJK).onChange(async v => {
           settings.CtrlJK = v
@@ -138,7 +154,9 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       )
 
     new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName('Use [Ctrl/Cmd]+n/p to navigate up/down in the results, if Vim mode is enabled')
+      .setName(
+        'Use [Ctrl/Cmd]+n/p to navigate up/down in the results, if Vim mode is enabled',
+      )
       .addToggle(toggle =>
         toggle.setValue(settings.CtrlNP).onChange(async v => {
           settings.CtrlNP = v
@@ -163,6 +181,7 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: OmnisearchSettings = {
   respectExcluded: true,
   reindexInRealTime: false,
+  ignoreDiacritics: true,
 
   showIndexingNotices: false,
   showShortName: false,
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 5b7c742..3b1748c 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -143,3 +143,10 @@ export function getAliasesFromMetadata(
     .map(s => (s ? s.trim() : s))
     .filter(s => !!s)
 }
+
+/**
+ * https://stackoverflow.com/a/37511463
+ */
+export function removeDiacritics(str: string): string {
+  return str.normalize('NFD').replace(/\p{Diacritic}/gu, '')
+}