diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go b/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go
index d7f735e957db9..c607d780ef968 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	unicodeNormalizeName = "unicodeNormalize"
 	maxBatchSize         = 16
+	// fuzzyDenominator determines the levenshtein distance per each character of a keyword
+	fuzzyDenominator = 4
 )
 
 func addUnicodeNormalizeTokenFilter(m *mapping.IndexMappingImpl) error {
@@ -239,15 +241,12 @@ func (b *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, opts *internal.SearchOptions) (int
 		keywordQuery query.Query
 	)
 
+	phraseQuery := bleve.NewMatchPhraseQuery(opts.Keyword)
+	phraseQuery.FieldVal = "Content"
+	phraseQuery.Analyzer = repoIndexerAnalyzer
+	keywordQuery = phraseQuery
 	if opts.IsKeywordFuzzy {
-		phraseQuery := bleve.NewMatchPhraseQuery(opts.Keyword)
-		phraseQuery.FieldVal = "Content"
-		phraseQuery.Analyzer = repoIndexerAnalyzer
-		keywordQuery = phraseQuery
-	} else {
-		prefixQuery := bleve.NewPrefixQuery(opts.Keyword)
-		prefixQuery.FieldVal = "Content"
-		keywordQuery = prefixQuery
+		phraseQuery.Fuzziness = len(opts.Keyword) / fuzzyDenominator
 	}
 
 	if len(opts.RepoIDs) > 0 {
diff --git a/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go b/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go
index b96875343e5ea..21422b281c498 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go
@@ -20,17 +20,11 @@ func NumericEqualityQuery(value int64, field string) *query.NumericRangeQuery {
 }
 
 // MatchPhraseQuery generates a match phrase query for the given phrase, field and analyzer
-func MatchPhraseQuery(matchPhrase, field, analyzer string) *query.MatchPhraseQuery {
+func MatchPhraseQuery(matchPhrase, field, analyzer string, fuzziness int) *query.MatchPhraseQuery {
 	q := bleve.NewMatchPhraseQuery(matchPhrase)
 	q.FieldVal = field
 	q.Analyzer = analyzer
-	return q
-}
-
-// PrefixQuery generates a match prefix query for the given prefix and field
-func PrefixQuery(matchPrefix, field string) *query.PrefixQuery {
-	q := bleve.NewPrefixQuery(matchPrefix)
-	q.FieldVal = field
+	q.Fuzziness = fuzziness
 	return q
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go b/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go
index 927ad58cd4c57..1f54be721b37c 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ func addUnicodeNormalizeTokenFilter(m *mapping.IndexMappingImpl) error {
 	})
 }
 
-const maxBatchSize = 16
+const (
+	maxBatchSize = 16
+	// fuzzyDenominator determines the levenshtein distance per each character of a keyword
+	fuzzyDenominator = 4
+)
 
 // IndexerData an update to the issue indexer
 type IndexerData internal.IndexerData
@@ -156,19 +160,16 @@ func (b *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, options *internal.SearchOptions) (
 	var queries []query.Query
 
 	if options.Keyword != "" {
+		fuzziness := 0
 		if options.IsFuzzyKeyword {
-			queries = append(queries, bleve.NewDisjunctionQuery([]query.Query{
-				inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "title", issueIndexerAnalyzer),
-				inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "content", issueIndexerAnalyzer),
-				inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "comments", issueIndexerAnalyzer),
-			}...))
-		} else {
-			queries = append(queries, bleve.NewDisjunctionQuery([]query.Query{
-				inner_bleve.PrefixQuery(options.Keyword, "title"),
-				inner_bleve.PrefixQuery(options.Keyword, "content"),
-				inner_bleve.PrefixQuery(options.Keyword, "comments"),
-			}...))
+			fuzziness = len(options.Keyword) / fuzzyDenominator
 		}
+
+		queries = append(queries, bleve.NewDisjunctionQuery([]query.Query{
+			inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "title", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
+			inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "content", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
+			inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "comments", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
+		}...))
 	}
 
 	if len(options.RepoIDs) > 0 || options.AllPublic {
diff --git a/tests/integration/repo_search_test.go b/tests/integration/repo_search_test.go
index cf199e98c2895..56cc45d9010e5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/repo_search_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/repo_search_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestSearchRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	repo, err := repo_model.GetRepositoryByOwnerAndName(db.DefaultContext, "user2", "repo1")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	executeIndexer(t, repo, code_indexer.UpdateRepoIndexer)
+	code_indexer.UpdateRepoIndexer(repo)
 
 	testSearch(t, "/user2/repo1/search?q=Description&page=1", []string{"README.md"})
 
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ func TestSearchRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	repo, err = repo_model.GetRepositoryByOwnerAndName(db.DefaultContext, "user2", "glob")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	executeIndexer(t, repo, code_indexer.UpdateRepoIndexer)
+	code_indexer.UpdateRepoIndexer(repo)
 
 	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=loren&page=1", []string{"a.txt"})
-	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file3&page=1", []string{"x/b.txt"})
-	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file4&page=1", []string{})
-	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file5&page=1", []string{})
+	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=loren&page=1&t=match", []string{"a.txt"})
+	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file3&page=1", []string{"x/b.txt", "a.txt"})
+	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file3&page=1&t=match", []string{"x/b.txt", "a.txt"})
+	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file4&page=1&t=match", []string{"x/b.txt", "a.txt"})
+	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file5&page=1&t=match", []string{"x/b.txt", "a.txt"})
 }
 
 func testSearch(t *testing.T, url string, expected []string) {
@@ -57,7 +59,3 @@ func testSearch(t *testing.T, url string, expected []string) {
 	filenames := resultFilenames(t, NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body))
 	assert.EqualValues(t, expected, filenames)
 }
-
-func executeIndexer(t *testing.T, repo *repo_model.Repository, op func(*repo_model.Repository)) {
-	op(repo)
-}