diff --git a/packages/client-search/src/types/SearchOptions.ts b/packages/client-search/src/types/SearchOptions.ts
index b825431e3..f7cca8a00 100644
--- a/packages/client-search/src/types/SearchOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/client-search/src/types/SearchOptions.ts
@@ -334,4 +334,12 @@ export type SearchOptions = {
    * Engine's default: true
    */
   readonly enableABTest?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Enable word segmentation (also called decompounding) at query time for
+   * compatible languages. For example, this turns the Dutch query
+   * "spaanplaatbehang" into "spaan plaat behang" to retrieve more relevant
+   * results.
+   */
+  readonly decompoundQuery?: boolean;
 };
diff --git a/packages/client-search/src/types/Settings.ts b/packages/client-search/src/types/Settings.ts
index 3d5bad5fa..fb03200a6 100644
--- a/packages/client-search/src/types/Settings.ts
+++ b/packages/client-search/src/types/Settings.ts
@@ -283,4 +283,12 @@ export type Settings = {
    * Custom userData that could be added to the Settings.
    */
   readonly userData?: any;
+
+  /**
+   * Enable word segmentation (also called decompounding) at query time for
+   * compatible languages. For example, this turns the Dutch query
+   * "spaanplaatbehang" into "spaan plaat behang" to retrieve more relevant
+   * results.
+   */
+  readonly decompoundQuery?: boolean;
 };