diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchBar/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchBar/index.js
index 6ef3809b01..a219cf11ee 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchBar/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchBar/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import React, {useRef, useCallback} from 'react';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 
 import useDocusaurusContext from '@docusaurus/useDocusaurusContext';
+import {useHistory} from '@docusaurus/router';
 
 import './styles.css';
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ const Search = props => {
   const {
     themeConfig: {algolia},
   } = siteConfig;
+  const history = useHistory();
 
   const initAlgolia = () => {
     if (!initialized.current) {
@@ -31,6 +33,22 @@ const Search = props => {
         indexName: algolia.indexName,
         inputSelector: '#search_input_react',
         algoliaOptions: algolia.algoliaOptions,
+        // Override algolia's default selection event, allowing us to do client-side
+        // navigation and avoiding a full page refresh.
+        handleSelected: (_input, _event, suggestion) => {
+          // Use an anchor tag to parse the absolute url into a relative url
+          // Alternatively, we can use new URL(suggestion.url) but its not supported in IE
+          const a = document.createElement('a');
+          a.href = suggestion.url;
+
+          // Algolia use closest parent element id #__docusaurus when a h1 page title does not have an id
+          // So, we can safely remove it. See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/1828 for more details.
+          const routePath =
+            `#__docusaurus` === a.hash
+              ? `${a.pathname}`
+              : `${a.pathname}${a.hash}`;
+          history.push(routePath);
+        },
       });
       initialized.current = true;
     }