diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
index 9244f05c4..b0d4294c1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
@@ -1273,6 +1273,22 @@
         <item>@string/grid</item>
     </string-array>
 
+    <string name="search_filter_ui_key">search_filter_ui</string>
+    <string name="search_filter_ui_value">@string/search_filter_ui_dialog_key</string>
+
+    <string name="search_filter_ui_dialog_key">dialog</string>
+    <string name="search_filter_ui_option_menu_style_key">style</string>
+
+    <string-array name="search_filter_ui_values">
+        <item>@string/search_filter_ui_dialog_key</item>
+        <item>@string/search_filter_ui_option_menu_style_key</item>
+    </string-array>
+
+    <string-array name="search_filter_ui_description">
+        <item>@string/search_filter_ui_dialog</item>
+        <item>@string/search_filter_ui_style</item>
+    </string-array>
+
     <string name="tablet_mode_key">tablet_mode</string>
 
     <string name="tablet_mode_auto_key">auto</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 92898a6f9..17c5452d1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -549,6 +549,9 @@
     <string name="list">List</string>
     <string name="grid">Grid</string>
     <string name="auto">Auto</string>
+    <string name="search_filter_ui">Select Search Filter UI</string>
+    <string name="search_filter_ui_dialog">Simple Dialog (default)</string>
+    <string name="search_filter_ui_style">Action Menu styled Dialog</string>
     <!-- Seekbar Preview Thumbnail-->
     <string name="seekbar_preview_thumbnail_title">Seekbar thumbnail preview</string>
     <string name="high_quality_larger">High quality (larger)</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/appearance_settings.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/appearance_settings.xml
index d726e26b7..1e8133379 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/appearance_settings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/appearance_settings.xml
@@ -66,4 +66,14 @@
         app:singleLineTitle="false"
         app:iconSpaceReserved="false" />
 
+    <ListPreference
+        android:defaultValue="@string/search_filter_ui_dialog_key"
+        android:entries="@array/search_filter_ui_description"
+        android:entryValues="@array/search_filter_ui_values"
+        android:key="@string/search_filter_ui_key"
+        android:summary="%s"
+        android:title="@string/search_filter_ui"
+        app:singleLineTitle="false"
+        app:iconSpaceReserved="false" />
+
 </PreferenceScreen>