diff --git a/packages/react/.changeset/eleven-carrots-press.md b/packages/react/.changeset/eleven-carrots-press.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d595cb808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/.changeset/eleven-carrots-press.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@gadgetinc/react": patch
+---
+
+Added `searchValue` property to `AutoTable` component to control the table's search value
diff --git a/packages/react/src/auto/AutoTable.tsx b/packages/react/src/auto/AutoTable.tsx
index d02f5d9aa..dc57d9d01 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/auto/AutoTable.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/auto/AutoTable.tsx
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@ export type AutoTableProps<
   resourceName?: { singular: string; plural: string };
   condensed?: boolean;
   searchable?: boolean;
+  searchValue?: string;
   paginate?: boolean;
 };
diff --git a/packages/react/src/auto/polaris/PolarisAutoTable.tsx b/packages/react/src/auto/polaris/PolarisAutoTable.tsx
index b812b0620..8925f3df8 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/auto/polaris/PolarisAutoTable.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/auto/polaris/PolarisAutoTable.tsx
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ const PolarisAutoTableComponent = <
     live: props.live,
     initialSort: props.initialSort,
     filter: props.filter,
+    search: props.searchValue,
   } as any);
 
   const { columns, rows, page, fetching, error, search, selection, sort, metadata, data: rawRecords } = methods;