diff --git a/config/vufind/Summon.ini b/config/vufind/Summon.ini
index 2f0820ac626473f084e7bec42769ed85b7bb6e84..26d25143dfb695b6afd4034bcc7d7a024dbd4db7 100644
--- a/config/vufind/Summon.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/Summon.ini
@@ -338,3 +338,20 @@ next_prev_navigation = false
 ;       regular Syndetics if necessary.
 [List]
 view=full
+
+; This section controls the behavior of the Autocomplete within Summon.
+[Autocomplete]
+; Disabled by default.
+enabled = false
+
+; Define a default_handler
+default_handler = None
+
+; Auto-submit autocomplete on click or enter
+auto_submit = true
+
+; In this section, set the key equal to a search type from [Basic_Searches] and
+; the value equal to an autocomplete handler in order to customize autocompletion
+; behavior when that search type is selected. See searches.ini for a list of
+; available handlers.
+[Autocomplete_Types]
diff --git a/config/vufind/searches.ini b/config/vufind/searches.ini
index 531cd8bfabc633b0ef55d9a02f2bc988d766db4a..45ac7dda10053800127d937e3c160bf00535aebf 100644
--- a/config/vufind/searches.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/searches.ini
@@ -476,6 +476,11 @@ sort = "last_indexed desc"
 ;
 ; The available autocomplete handlers are:
 ;
+; Eds:[Mode]
+;       Use the EBSCO Discovery Service autocomplete handler (only intended to be
+;       used in the context of the EDS backend). [Mode] can be either "holdings" for
+;       title completion in PubFinder or "rawqueries" for completion of basic textual
+;       queries.
 ; None
 ;       Do not provide any suggestions.  You should use this handler if you want to
 ;       disable suggestions for one search type while still providing suggestions
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Options.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Options.php
index 882024b6624c991d1a5d89a161d355216ea6742e..f3c8d1cfebf34d647f22d96022a7d34248427194 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Options.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Options.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 namespace VuFind\Search\Base;
 
 use VuFind\I18n\Translator\TranslatorAwareInterface;
+use Zend\Config\Config;
 
 /**
  * Abstract options search model.
@@ -938,4 +939,20 @@ abstract class Options implements TranslatorAwareInterface
     {
         return $this->firstlastNavigation;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Configure autocomplete preferences from an .ini file.
+     *
+     * @param Config $searchSettings Object representation of .ini file
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function configureAutocomplete(Config $searchSettings)
+    {
+        // Only change settings from current values if they are defined in .ini:
+        $this->autocompleteEnabled = $searchSettings->Autocomplete->enabled
+            ?? $this->autocompleteEnabled;
+        $this->autocompleteAutoSubmit = $searchSettings->Autocomplete->auto_submit
+            ?? $this->autocompleteAutoSubmit;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/EDS/Options.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/EDS/Options.php
index 5756231ac6be1159e4816f1cc62cdb9cdf5ce908..2fa20504888c258251637b76732b0df8a51bfe24 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/EDS/Options.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/EDS/Options.php
@@ -137,14 +137,6 @@ class Options extends \VuFind\Search\Base\Options
                 $facetConf->Advanced_Facet_Settings->translated_facets->toArray()
             );
         }
-        // Load autocomplete preferences:
-        if (isset($searchSettings->Autocomplete->enabled)) {
-            $this->autocompleteEnabled = $searchSettings->Autocomplete->enabled;
-        }
-        if (isset($searchSettings->Autocomplete->auto_submit)) {
-            $this->autocompleteAutoSubmit
-                = $searchSettings->Autocomplete->auto_submit;
-        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -406,6 +398,9 @@ class Options extends \VuFind\Search\Base\Options
         $this->setCommonSettings(
             $searchSettings, 'common_expanders', 'expanderOptions', 'commonExpanders'
         );
+
+        // Load autocomplete preferences:
+        $this->configureAutocomplete($searchSettings);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Solr/Options.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Solr/Options.php
index 1a1bfc43f276c73ea7ff8c4cb9ea202205d88efe..d15add0c4e2719863e7d79e9f46a4d4c08937d10 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Solr/Options.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Solr/Options.php
@@ -209,13 +209,7 @@ class Options extends \VuFind\Search\Base\Options
         }
 
         // Load autocomplete preferences:
-        if (isset($searchSettings->Autocomplete->enabled)) {
-            $this->autocompleteEnabled = $searchSettings->Autocomplete->enabled;
-        }
-        if (isset($searchSettings->Autocomplete->auto_submit)) {
-            $this->autocompleteAutoSubmit
-                = $searchSettings->Autocomplete->auto_submit;
-        }
+        $this->configureAutocomplete($searchSettings);
 
         // Load shard settings
         if (isset($searchSettings->IndexShards)
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Summon/Options.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Summon/Options.php
index ac5fb409c1c9c2cd8452bc2bd373985aa6c567e9..ce8f8888d0d25acf9e7fe82b632f162f678f726b 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Summon/Options.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Summon/Options.php
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ class Options extends \VuFind\Search\Base\Options
                 = $searchSettings->General->empty_search_relevance_override;
         }
 
+        // Load autocomplete preferences:
+        $this->configureAutocomplete($searchSettings);
+
         // Set up views
         $this->initViewOptions($searchSettings);
 
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Options.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Options.php
index 05dcca6376703a1ff32821660d9de8eb3be60360..8ad292ccdd3598d896859423c4e625fd92d767be 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Options.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Tags/Options.php
@@ -75,10 +75,8 @@ class Options extends \VuFind\Search\Base\Options
             'title' => 'sort_title', 'author' => 'sort_author',
             'year DESC' => 'sort_year', 'year' => 'sort_year asc'
         ];
-        // Load autocomplete preference:
-        if (isset($searchSettings->Autocomplete->enabled)) {
-            $this->autocompleteEnabled = $searchSettings->Autocomplete->enabled;
-        }
+        // Load autocomplete preferences:
+        $this->configureAutocomplete($searchSettings);
     }
 
     /**