diff --git a/themes/finc/scss/components/_forms.scss b/themes/finc/scss/components/_forms.scss
index f500fc35e6c747068e25f78aff8578d3436eacbc..ecdccff6627afe19a7ed20b1a52a68c8c35af0b8 100644
--- a/themes/finc/scss/components/_forms.scss
+++ b/themes/finc/scss/components/_forms.scss
@@ -158,12 +158,14 @@ input {
   }
 
   &[type='email'],
-  &[type='text'] {
+  &[type='text'],
+  &[type='search'] {
     border: $input-email-text-border;
     padding: $input-email-text-padding;
   }
 
-  &[type='text'] {
+  &[type='text'],
+  &[type='search'] {
     &:focus,
     &:hover {
       @include outline($outline-default-style, 2px, $input-border-focus);
diff --git a/themes/finc/templates/search/searchbox.phtml b/themes/finc/templates/search/searchbox.phtml
index 8264e8b9af9bf711d4e35557556efe05d22309d4..322a9c679ab9ebb564b8813f912b49eaefb0acd8 100644
--- a/themes/finc/templates/search/searchbox.phtml
+++ b/themes/finc/templates/search/searchbox.phtml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <?php /* finc: keep "required", keep role="searchbox" */ ?>
     <input id="searchForm_lookfor"
            class="searchForm_lookfor form-control search-query<?php if($this->searchbox()->autocompleteEnabled($this->searchClassId)):?> autocomplete searcher:<?=$this->escapeHtmlAttr($this->searchClassId) ?><?=$this->searchbox()->autocompleteAutoSubmit($this->searchClassId) ? ' ac-auto-submit' : '' ?><?php endif ?>"
-           type="text"
+           type="search"
            name="lookfor"
            value="<?=$this->escapeHtmlAttr($this->lookfor)?>"
       <?php if ($placeholder): ?>