diff --git a/src/app/partials/search.html b/src/app/partials/search.html
index ccddfb14474..2d220b206fd 100644
--- a/src/app/partials/search.html
+++ b/src/app/partials/search.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 				</button>
 				<span style="position: relative;">
 					<input  type="text" placeholder="search dashboards, metrics, or graphs" xng-focus="giveSearchFocus"
-									ng-keydown="keyDown($event)" ng-model="query.query" spellcheck='false' ng-change="search()" />
+									ng-keydown="keyDown($event)" ng-model="query.query" ng-model-options="{ debounce: 500 }" spellcheck='false' ng-change="search()" />
 					<a class="search-tagview-switch" href="javascript:void(0);" ng-class="{'active': tagsOnly}" ng-click="showTags($event)">tags</a>
 				</span>
 			</div>