diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/search/SearchFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/search/SearchFragment.kt
index 118e0adcf..c3408f898 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/search/SearchFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/search/SearchFragment.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import android.graphics.Typeface.ITALIC
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.text.style.StyleSpan
 import android.view.LayoutInflater
+import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import android.view.ViewStub
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import mozilla.components.support.base.feature.ViewBoundFeatureWrapper
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.getColorFromAttr
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.hasCamera
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.isPermissionGranted
+import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.view.hideKeyboard
 import mozilla.components.ui.autocomplete.InlineAutocompleteEditText
 import org.mozilla.fenix.BrowserDirection
 import org.mozilla.fenix.HomeActivity
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ class SearchFragment : Fragment(), UserInteractionHandler {
     private lateinit var searchStore: SearchFragmentStore
     private lateinit var searchInteractor: SearchInteractor
 
+    @Suppress("LongMethod")
     override fun onCreateView(
         inflater: LayoutInflater,
         container: ViewGroup?,
@@ -119,6 +122,14 @@ class SearchFragment : Fragment(), UserInteractionHandler {
 
         awesomeBarView = AwesomeBarView(view.scrollable_area, searchInteractor)
 
+        view.scrollView.setOnTouchListener { _, event ->
+            when (event?.action) {
+                MotionEvent.ACTION_SCROLL, MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE -> {
+                    view.hideKeyboard()
+                }
+            }
+            false
+        }
         toolbarView = ToolbarView(
             view.toolbar_component_wrapper,
             searchInteractor,
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_search.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_search.xml
index 2429dd519..e75cd713e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_search.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_search.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     <androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView
         android:layout_width="0dp"
         android:layout_height="0dp"
+        android:id="@+id/scrollView"
         app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@id/search_divider"
         app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"