diff --git a/config/vufind/searches.ini b/config/vufind/searches.ini
index eb2f672a90d4bf194ca44a3a624c9514e0048ae5..fe51f11395df68043fcd152ececeefac681324b8 100644
--- a/config/vufind/searches.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/searches.ini
@@ -382,11 +382,14 @@ CallNumber = callnumber-sort
 ;
 ; AlphaBrowseLink:index
 ;       Use the query to generate a link to the specified alphabrowse index
-; DOI:[prefix]
+; DOI:[prefix]:[redirect_exact_match]
 ;       Detect DOIs in the user search query. If a DOI makes up part of the search,
 ;       display a link to resolve it. If it makes up the entire query, redirect to
 ;       the resolver automatically. [prefix] is the URL of the resolver to which
-;       the DOI itself will be appended.
+;       the DOI itself will be appended. [redirect_exact_match] is a boolean; set it
+;       to true if you want a search query that consists only of a DOI to redirect
+;       automatically to the DOI resolver, or set it to false to only display a
+;       message with a link. (Default is "true").
 ; ExternalSearch:[link label]:[url template]
 ;       Display a link to an external search system. The contents of the <a> tag
 ;       will be [link label] (which will be run through the translator -- use a
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Recommend/DOI.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Recommend/DOI.php
index 19a1725d65e97165b8d41b52efb5e3dd374ff1c9..0a6cd6251dbaf4703d69168bb70bb5f6ac8b0847 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Recommend/DOI.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Recommend/DOI.php
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ class DOI implements RecommendInterface
      */
     protected $prefix;
 
+    /**
+     * Are we configured to redirect to the resolver when a full match is found?
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $redirectFullMatch = true;
+
     /**
      * Does the DOI in $match exactly match the user's query?
      *
@@ -72,7 +79,17 @@ class DOI implements RecommendInterface
      */
     public function setConfig($settings)
     {
-        $this->prefix = $settings;
+        // Find the last colon in the configuration that is not part of a URL:
+        $breakPoint = strrpos($settings, ':');
+        if ($breakPoint && substr($settings, $breakPoint + 1, 2) !== '//') {
+            $prefix = substr($settings, 0, $breakPoint);
+            $redirect = substr($settings, $breakPoint + 1);
+        } else {
+            $prefix = $settings;
+            $redirect = true;       // no redirect setting; use default
+        }
+        $this->prefix = $prefix;
+        $this->redirectFullMatch = ($redirect && strtolower($redirect) !== 'false');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -138,4 +155,14 @@ class DOI implements RecommendInterface
     {
         return $this->exact;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Are we configured to redirect to the resolver when a full match is found?
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function redirectFullMatch()
+    {
+        return $this->redirectFullMatch;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/Recommend/DOITest.php b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/Recommend/DOITest.php
index 64bb080f80700410eaab976282020be49e6c4298..07ee35202d3d91bc85c7f60a9e044cc84027a796 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/Recommend/DOITest.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/Recommend/DOITest.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class DOITest extends \VuFindTest\Unit\TestCase
         $this->assertNull($doi->getDOI());
         $this->assertNull($doi->getURL());
         $this->assertFalse($doi->isFullMatch());
+        $this->assertTrue($doi->redirectFullMatch());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ class DOITest extends \VuFindTest\Unit\TestCase
         $this->assertNull($doi->getDOI());
         $this->assertNull($doi->getURL());
         $this->assertFalse($doi->isFullMatch());
+        $this->assertTrue($doi->redirectFullMatch());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ class DOITest extends \VuFindTest\Unit\TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('10.1109/CC.2018.8485472', $doi->getDOI());
         $this->assertEquals('http://doi/10.1109%2FCC.2018.8485472', $doi->getURL());
         $this->assertTrue($doi->isFullMatch());
+        $this->assertTrue($doi->redirectFullMatch());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -90,6 +93,34 @@ class DOITest extends \VuFindTest\Unit\TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('10.1109/CC.2018.8485472', $doi->getDOI());
         $this->assertEquals('http://doi/10.1109%2FCC.2018.8485472', $doi->getURL());
         $this->assertFalse($doi->isFullMatch());
+        $this->assertTrue($doi->redirectFullMatch());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test configuration of the redirect setting:
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testDoiRedirectConfigs()
+    {
+        $testData = [
+            'true' => true,
+            'false' => false,
+            '' => false,
+            '1' => true,
+            '0' => false,
+        ];
+        $url = 'https://doi/';
+        foreach ($testData as $config => $expected) {
+            $doi = $this->getDOI(
+                $this->getMockResults('Yes 10.1109/CC.2018.8485472'),
+                $url . ':' . $config
+            );
+            $this->assertEquals('10.1109/CC.2018.8485472', $doi->getDOI());
+            $this->assertEquals($url . '10.1109%2FCC.2018.8485472', $doi->getURL());
+            $this->assertFalse($doi->isFullMatch());
+            $this->assertEquals($expected, $doi->redirectFullMatch());
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/themes/bootstrap3/templates/Recommend/DOI.phtml b/themes/bootstrap3/templates/Recommend/DOI.phtml
index 81bf1fae901eb2f6d30a15fbdc8f116d02052511..22397c900b08c194ea8b4888b1127f5c74a3836c 100644
--- a/themes/bootstrap3/templates/Recommend/DOI.phtml
+++ b/themes/bootstrap3/templates/Recommend/DOI.phtml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <div class="alert alert-info">
     <?=$this->translate('doi_detected_html', ['%%url%%' => $url, '%%doi%%' => $doi])?>
   </div>
-  <?php if ($this->recommend->isFullMatch()): ?>
+  <?php if ($this->recommend->isFullMatch() && $this->recommend->redirectFullMatch()): ?>
     <?php $redirect = 'document.location.href = "' . $this->escapeJs($url) . '";'; ?>
     <?=$this->inlineScript(\Laminas\View\Helper\HeadScript::SCRIPT, $redirect, 'SET')?>
   <?php endif; ?>