diff --git a/module/tokenizer.js b/module/tokenizer.js
index 4eb5755..9ced7ad 100644
--- a/module/tokenizer.js
+++ b/module/tokenizer.js
@@ -91,24 +91,35 @@ export class Tokenizer {
 
                 // Get the value to add to the tokenizer
                 let token = null
+                const value = this.input.value.trim()
+                let useInputValue = false
+
                 if (this._options.typeahead) {
 
                     // If the typeahead option is set then look for the
                     // `_token` value against the input.
                     if (this.input._token) {
+
                         token = this.input._token
                         delete this.input._token
+
+                    } else {
+
+                        // Check to see if the typeahead requires a match, if
+                        // not then use the value of the current input.
+                        useInputValue = !this.input._mhTypeahead.mustMatch
                     }
 
                 } else {
                     // If not then check for a value in the input
-                    const value = this.input.value.trim()
+                    useInputValue = true
+                }
 
-                    if (value !== '') {
-                        token = {
-                            'label': value,
-                            value
-                        }
+                // If applicable set the token as the input value
+                if (useInputValue && value !== '') {
+                    token = {
+                        'label': value,
+                        value
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/module/typeahead.js b/module/typeahead.js
index 063c91a..6da71f7 100644
--- a/module/typeahead.js
+++ b/module/typeahead.js
@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ export class Typeahead {
         return this._open
     }
 
+    get mustMatch() {
+        return this._options.mustMatch
+    }
+
     get suggestionCount() {
         return this._suggestions.length
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c04f725..c09232f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "manhattan-typeahead",
-  "version": "1.0.8",
+  "version": "1.0.9",
   "description": "Type-a-head and tokens for form fields.",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=8.9.4"
diff --git a/spec/typeahead.spec.js b/spec/typeahead.spec.js
index 8756093..d67d218 100644
--- a/spec/typeahead.spec.js
+++ b/spec/typeahead.spec.js
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ describe('Typeahead', () => {
             })
         })
 
+        describe('mustMatch', () => {
+            it('should return the must match flag for the typeahead', () => {
+                typeahead.mustMatch.should.be.false
+            })
+        })
+
         describe('suggestionCount', () => {
             it('should return the number of suggestions for the current '
                 + 'query', async () => {