diff --git a/src/components/Dropdown.react.js b/src/components/Dropdown.react.js
index 82b8a1f3d..271941aad 100644
--- a/src/components/Dropdown.react.js
+++ b/src/components/Dropdown.react.js
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ export default class Dropdown extends Component {
                             setProps({value});
                         }
                     }}
+                    onInputChange={search_value => setProps({search_value})}
                     {...omit(['setProps', 'value'], this.props)}
                 />
             </div>
@@ -195,6 +196,11 @@ Dropdown.propTypes = {
      */
     searchable: PropTypes.bool,
 
+    /**
+     * The value typed in the DropDown for searching.
+     */
+    search_value: PropTypes.string,
+
     /**
      * Dash-assigned callback that gets fired when the input changes
      */
diff --git a/tests/integration/dropdown/test_dynamic_options.py b/tests/integration/dropdown/test_dynamic_options.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3d75917b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/dropdown/test_dynamic_options.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import dash
+from dash.dependencies import Input, Output, State
+from dash.exceptions import PreventUpdate
+import dash.testing.wait as wait
+import dash_core_components as dcc
+
+
+def test_dddo001_dynamic_options(dash_duo):
+    options = [
+        {"label": "New York City", "value": "NYC"},
+        {"label": "Montreal", "value": "MTL"},
+        {"label": "San Francisco", "value": "SF"},
+    ]
+
+    app = dash.Dash(__name__)
+    app.layout = dcc.Dropdown(id="my-dynamic-dropdown", options=[])
+
+    @app.callback(
+        dash.dependencies.Output("my-dynamic-dropdown", "options"),
+        [dash.dependencies.Input("my-dynamic-dropdown", "search_value")],
+    )
+    def update_options(search_value):
+        if not search_value:
+            raise PreventUpdate
+        return [o for o in options if search_value in o["label"]]
+
+    dash_duo.start_server(app)
+
+    # Get the inner input used for search value.
+    dropdown = dash_duo.find_element("#my-dynamic-dropdown")
+    input_ = dropdown.find_element_by_css_selector("input")
+
+    # Focus on the input to open the options menu
+    input_.send_keys("x")
+
+    # No options to be found with `x` in them, should show the empty message.
+    dash_duo.wait_for_text_to_equal(".Select-noresults", "No results found")
+
+    input_.clear()
+    input_.send_keys("o")
+
+    options = dropdown.find_elements_by_css_selector(".VirtualizedSelectOption")
+
+    # Should show all options.
+    assert len(options) == 3
+
+    # Searching for `on`
+    input_.send_keys("n")
+
+    options = dropdown.find_elements_by_css_selector(".VirtualizedSelectOption")
+
+    assert len(options) == 1
+    print(options)
+    assert options[0].text == "Montreal"
diff --git a/tests/integration/dropdown/test_search_value.py b/tests/integration/dropdown/test_search_value.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16941350c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/dropdown/test_search_value.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import dash
+from dash.dependencies import Input, Output, State
+import dash.testing.wait as wait
+import dash_core_components as dcc
+import dash_html_components as html
+
+
+def test_ddsv001_search_value(dash_duo):
+    app = dash.Dash(__name__)
+    app.layout = html.Div(
+        [dcc.Dropdown(id="dropdown", search_value="something"), html.Div(id="output")]
+    )
+
+    @app.callback(
+        Output("output", "children"), inputs=[Input("dropdown", "search_value")]
+    )
+    def update_output(search_value):
+        return 'search_value="{}"'.format(search_value)
+
+    dash_duo.start_server(app)
+
+    # Get the inner input used for search value.
+    input_ = dash_duo.find_element("#dropdown input")
+
+    dash_duo.wait_for_text_to_equal("#output", 'search_value="something"')
+
+    input_.send_keys("x")
+    dash_duo.wait_for_text_to_equal("#output", 'search_value="x"')
diff --git a/tests/unit/Dropdown.test.js b/tests/unit/Dropdown.test.js
index 2cd3176e2..559add644 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Dropdown.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/Dropdown.test.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe('Props can be set properly', () => {
         multi: false,
         placeholder: 'pick something',
         searchable: true,
+        search_value: "hello",
         style: {backgroundColor: 'hotpink'},
         loading_state: {
             is_loading: false,