diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index f95d093..d7d47b4 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ state.</li>
 <h3 id="bugs">Bugs</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>Text drawing: Pango will sometimes spit out errors for invalid
-markup. Silencing this would be a good idea.</li>
+markup. Silencing this would be a good idea.
+<ul>
+<li>Simply make sure characters are valid UTF-8 characters. Remove
+anything else in the drw_text function.</li>
+</ul></li>
 <li>Image support: Images take a long time to load sometimes,
 particularly when items are selected using the cursor so what we really
 need is a way to skip over images after a set time limit.</li>
diff --git a/docs/docs.md b/docs/docs.md
index 047c0e1..80eb32b 100644
--- a/docs/docs.md
+++ b/docs/docs.md
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ You may use long, descriptive arguments or the shorter arguments.
 `-nr, --no-incremental`
 :   Don't print text every time a key is pressed
 
+`-rm, --require-match`
+:   Require that input text matches an item
+
+`-nrm, --no-require-match`
+:   Don't require that input text matches an item
+
 `-F, --fuzzy`
 :   Enable fuzzy matching
 
diff --git a/docs/example.Xresources b/docs/example.Xresources
index 5bc512b..9e27c7e 100644
--- a/docs/example.Xresources
+++ b/docs/example.Xresources
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ spmenu.managed:             0
 spmenu.mon:                 -1
 spmenu.printindex:          0
 spmenu.incremental:         0
+spmenu.requirematch:        0
 spmenu.coloritems:          1
 spmenu.sgr:                 1
 
diff --git a/libs/argv.c b/libs/argv.c
index 254769e..4cd12d4 100644
--- a/libs/argv.c
+++ b/libs/argv.c
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ void readargs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             incremental = 1;
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nr") || (!strcmp(argv[i], "--no-incremental"))) { // no incremental
             incremental = 0;
+        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-rm") || (!strcmp(argv[i], "--require-match"))) { // require match
+            requirematch = 1;
+        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nrm") || (!strcmp(argv[i], "--no-require-match"))) { // no incremental
+            requirematch = 0;
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-rw") || (!strcmp(argv[i], "--relative-width"))) {  // relative width
             accuratewidth = 1;
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nrw") || (!strcmp(argv[i], "--no-relative-width"))) {   // no relative width
@@ -463,6 +467,8 @@ void usage(void) {
             "spmenu -f,       --fast                                      Grabs keyboard before reading stdin\n"
             "spmenu -r,       --incremental                               Print text every time a key is pressed\n"
             "spmenu -nr,      --no-incremental                            Don't print text every time a key is pressed\n"
+            "spmenu -rm,      --require-match                             Require that input text matches an item\n"
+            "spmenu -nrm,     --no-require-match                          Don't require that input text matches an item\n"
             "spmenu -F,       --fuzzy                                     Enable fuzzy matching\n"
             "spmenu -NF,      --no-fuzzy                                  Disable fuzzy matching\n"
             "spmenu -P,       --password                                  Hide characters\n"
diff --git a/libs/xresources.h b/libs/xresources.h
index 436deb6..81bf7bc 100644
--- a/libs/xresources.h
+++ b/libs/xresources.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ ResourcePref resources[] = {
     { "globalcolors",                INTEGER, &globalcolors },
     { "coloritems",                  INTEGER, &coloritems },
     { "sgr",                         INTEGER, &sgr },
+    { "requirematch",                INTEGER, &requirematch },
     { "menuposition",                INTEGER, &menuposition },
     { "xpos",                        INTEGER, &xpos },
     { "ypos",                        INTEGER, &ypos },
diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index fe05f34..2c05548 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ static int pango_password              = 0; /* Enable support for pango markup f
 
 /* Misc */
 static int printindex                  = 0; /* Print index instead of the text itself (0/1) */
+static int requirematch                = 0; /* Require input text to match an item (0/1) */
 static int incremental                 = 0; /* Print text every time a key is pressed (0/1) */
 static int coloritems                  = 1; /* Color items (0/1) */
 static int sgr                         = 1; /* Support SGR sequences (0/1) */
diff --git a/spmenu.1 b/spmenu.1
index 50b6746..909721a 100644
--- a/spmenu.1
+++ b/spmenu.1
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ Print text every time a key is pressed
 \f[V]-nr, --no-incremental\f[R]
 Don\[cq]t print text every time a key is pressed
 .TP
+\f[V]-rm, --require-match\f[R]
+Require that input text matches an item
+.TP
+\f[V]-nrm, --no-require-match\f[R]
+Don\[cq]t require that input text matches an item
+.TP
 \f[V]-F, --fuzzy\f[R]
 Enable fuzzy matching
 .TP
diff --git a/spmenu.c b/spmenu.c
index a20f5f3..e2016ba 100644
--- a/spmenu.c
+++ b/spmenu.c
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ void insert(const char *str, ssize_t n) {
     if (strlen(text) + n > sizeof text - 1)
         return;
 
+    static char l[BUFSIZ] = "";
+    if (requirematch) memcpy(l, text, BUFSIZ);
+
     // move existing text out of the way, insert new text, and update cursor
     memmove(&text[cursor + n], &text[cursor], sizeof text - cursor - MAX(n, 0));
 
@@ -446,6 +449,12 @@ void insert(const char *str, ssize_t n) {
     // add to cursor position and continue matching
     cursor += n;
     match();
+
+    if (!matches && requirematch) {
+        memcpy(text, l, BUFSIZ);
+        cursor -= n;
+        match();
+    }
 }
 
 size_t nextrune(int inc) {
diff --git a/spmenu.html b/spmenu.html
index 5017868..18af78e 100644
--- a/spmenu.html
+++ b/spmenu.html
@@ -243,6 +243,14 @@ Print text every time a key is pressed
 <dd>
 Don’t print text every time a key is pressed
 </dd>
+<dt><code>-rm, --require-match</code></dt>
+<dd>
+Require that input text matches an item
+</dd>
+<dt><code>-nrm, --no-require-match</code></dt>
+<dd>
+Don’t require that input text matches an item
+</dd>
 <dt><code>-F, --fuzzy</code></dt>
 <dd>
 Enable fuzzy matching