diff --git a/includes/Hooks.php b/includes/Hooks.php
index ccbecf76..5bc237e9 100644
--- a/includes/Hooks.php
+++ b/includes/Hooks.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Hooks {
 		Config $config
 	) {
 		return [
+			'wgVectorSearchHost' => $config->get( 'VectorSearchHost' ),
 			'wgVectorUseCoreSearch' => $config->get( 'VectorUseCoreSearch' ),
 		];
 	}
diff --git a/resources/mediawiki.d.ts b/resources/mediawiki.d.ts
index ff255833..6d5ad08d 100644
--- a/resources/mediawiki.d.ts
+++ b/resources/mediawiki.d.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ interface MediaWiki {
 	};
 	Api: MwApiConstructor;
 	config: {
-		get( configKey: string|null ): string;
+		get( configKey: string|null, fallback?: any|null ): string;
+		set( configKey: string|null, value: any|null ): void;
 	},
 	loader: {
 		/**
diff --git a/resources/skins.vector.js/searchLoader.js b/resources/skins.vector.js/searchLoader.js
index 372a286f..eb52e491 100644
--- a/resources/skins.vector.js/searchLoader.js
+++ b/resources/skins.vector.js/searchLoader.js
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ function initSearchLoader( document ) {
 	var searchForm = document.getElementById( SEARCH_FORM_ID ),
 		searchInput = document.getElementById( SEARCH_INPUT_ID );
 
+	// Allow developers to defined $wgVectorSearchHost in LocalSettings to target different APIs
+	if ( config.wgVectorSearchHost ) {
+		mw.config.set( 'wgVectorSearchHost', config.wgVectorSearchHost );
+	}
+
 	if ( !searchForm || !searchInput ) {
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/resources/skins.vector.search/App.vue b/resources/skins.vector.search/App.vue
index 2913e14d..e87716a3 100644
--- a/resources/skins.vector.search/App.vue
+++ b/resources/skins.vector.search/App.vue
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		},
 		domain: function () {
 			// It might be helpful to allow this to be configurable in future.
-			return location.host;
+			return mw.config.get( 'wgVectorSearchHost', location.host );
 		}
 	},
 	props: {
diff --git a/skin.json b/skin.json
index 7564c131..9b55fa90 100644
--- a/skin.json
+++ b/skin.json
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@
 		}
 	},
 	"config": {
+		"VectorSearchHost": {
+			"value": "",
+			"description": "Override default search API. Can be used with $wgDisableTextSearch and $wgSearchForwardUrl to mimic user experience on production."
+		},
 		"VectorUseIconWatch": {
 			"value": true
 		},