diff --git a/searx/autocomplete.py b/searx/autocomplete.py
index f2faa4538..6fb5537a2 100644
--- a/searx/autocomplete.py
+++ b/searx/autocomplete.py
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@ def wikipedia(query, lang):
     return []
 
 
+def yandex(query, _lang):
+    # yandex autocompleter
+    url = "https://suggest.yandex.com/suggest-ff.cgi?{0}"
+
+    resp = loads(get(url.format(urlencode(dict(part=query)))).text)
+    if len(resp) > 1:
+        return resp[1]
+    return []
+
+
 backends = {
     'dbpedia': dbpedia,
     'duckduckgo': duckduckgo,
@@ -162,6 +172,7 @@ backends = {
     'qwant': qwant,
     'wikipedia': wikipedia,
     'brave': brave,
+    'yandex': yandex,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 96ebd9715..197d7f949 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ brand:
 search:
   # Filter results. 0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict
   safe_search: 0
-  # Existing autocomplete backends: "dbpedia", "duckduckgo", "google",
+  # Existing autocomplete backends: "dbpedia", "duckduckgo", "google", "yandex",
   # "seznam", "startpage", "swisscows", "qwant", "wikipedia" - leave blank to turn it off
   # by default.
   autocomplete: ""