diff --git a/example/index.tsx b/example/index.tsx
index d138f40..84ba8bb 100644
--- a/example/index.tsx
+++ b/example/index.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ root.render(
       autoFocus
       leftIcon={<>🎨</>}
       iconBoxSize="48px"
+      includeMatches={true}
+      highlightStyle={{ fontWeight: "bolder", backgroundColor: "yellow" }}
     />
   </React.StrictMode>
 );
diff --git a/src/dropdown/index.tsx b/src/dropdown/index.tsx
index f5fef2f..2081773 100644
--- a/src/dropdown/index.tsx
+++ b/src/dropdown/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-import { FC } from "react";
+import { CSSProperties, FC } from "react";
 import { StyledDropdown } from "./styles";
 
+// the prototype of fuse.js's search result's match
+// only work when includeMatches == true
+interface Match {
+  indices: number[][];
+  key: string;
+  value: string;
+}
+
 interface IProps {
   onClick: any;
   matchedRecords: [
@@ -9,17 +17,99 @@ interface IProps {
         key: string;
         value: string;
       };
+      matches?: Match[];
     }
   ];
   dropdownHoverColor: string;
   dropdownBorderColor: string;
+  highlightStyle?: CSSProperties;
 }
 
+interface ItemProps {
+  /*
+   * the content
+   */
+  value: string;
+  /*
+   * the matched places, to be highlighted
+   */
+  matches?: Match[];
+  /*
+   * the highlighted span's style
+   * if matches is undefined or empty, this won't work
+   */
+  highlightStyle?: CSSProperties;
+}
+
+const DropDownItem: FC<ItemProps> = ({ value, matches, highlightStyle }) => {
+  if (matches === undefined) {
+    return <div>value</div>;
+  } else {
+    const parts: JSX.Element[] = [];
+    let lastIndex = 0;
+
+    let rawIndexes = matches.map((item) => item.indices).flat();
+    let indexes = mergeIntervals(rawIndexes);
+    indexes.forEach((arr, index) => {
+      let start = arr[0];
+      let end = arr[1];
+      // Add non-highlighted text before the current highlighted text
+      if (start > lastIndex) {
+        parts.push(
+          <span key={`text-before-${index}`}>
+            {value.substring(lastIndex, start)}
+          </span>
+        );
+      }
+      // Add highlighted text
+      parts.push(
+        <span key={`highlight-${index}`} style={highlightStyle}>
+          {value.substring(start, end + 1)}
+        </span>
+      );
+      lastIndex = end + 1;
+    });
+
+    // Add any remaining non-highlighted text after the last highlighted section
+    if (lastIndex < value.length) {
+      parts.push(<span key="text-after">{value.substring(lastIndex)}</span>);
+    }
+
+    return <div>{parts}</div>;
+  }
+};
+
+// merge intervals of spans
+const mergeIntervals = (intervals: number[][]): number[][] => {
+  if (!intervals.length) return [];
+
+  // Sort intervals by their start values
+  intervals.sort((a, b) => a[0] - b[0]);
+
+  const merged: number[][] = [intervals[0]];
+
+  for (let i = 1; i < intervals.length; i++) {
+    const prev = merged[merged.length - 1];
+    const current = intervals[i];
+
+    if (current[0] <= prev[1] + 1) {
+      // Check if current interval overlaps or is consecutive
+      // Merge intervals by updating the end value of the previous interval
+      prev[1] = Math.max(prev[1], current[1]);
+    } else {
+      merged.push(current);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return merged;
+};
+
 const Dropdown: FC<IProps> = ({
   onClick,
   matchedRecords = [],
   dropdownBorderColor,
   dropdownHoverColor,
+  highlightStyle,
 }) => {
   return (
     <StyledDropdown
@@ -41,7 +131,11 @@ const Dropdown: FC<IProps> = ({
               className="react-search-box-dropdown-list-item"
               onClick={() => onClick(record)}
             >
-              {record.item.value}
+              <DropDownItem
+                value={record.item.value}
+                matches={record.matches}
+                highlightStyle={highlightStyle}
+              />
             </li>
           );
         })}
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 4362952..57c5424 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Fuse from "fuse.js";
 import React, {
+  CSSProperties,
   ChangeEvent,
   FC,
   KeyboardEvent,
@@ -102,6 +103,17 @@ interface IProps {
    * The type of the input.
    */
   type?: string;
+
+  /*
+   * If return the matched ranges
+   */
+  includeMatches?: boolean;
+
+  /*
+   * the highlighted span's style
+   * only works if the includeMatches is true
+   */
+  highlightStyle?: CSSProperties;
 }
 
 const ReactSearchBox: FC<IProps> = ({
@@ -124,6 +136,8 @@ const ReactSearchBox: FC<IProps> = ({
   leftIcon,
   iconBoxSize = "24px",
   type = "text",
+  includeMatches = false,
+  highlightStyle,
 }) => {
   const [matchedRecords, setMatchedRecords] = useState<any>([]);
   const [value, setValue] = useState<string>("");
@@ -137,6 +151,7 @@ const ReactSearchBox: FC<IProps> = ({
    * for more details.
    */
   const defaultFuseConfigs = {
+    includeMatches: includeMatches,
     /**
      * At what point does the match algorithm give up. A threshold of 0.0
      * requires a perfect match (of both letters and location), a threshold
@@ -302,6 +317,7 @@ const ReactSearchBox: FC<IProps> = ({
         onClick={handleDropdownItemClick}
         dropdownHoverColor={dropdownHoverColor}
         dropdownBorderColor={dropdownBorderColor}
+        highlightStyle={highlightStyle}
       />
     );
   };