diff --git a/docs/components/content/examples/SelectMenuExampleAsyncSearch.vue b/docs/components/content/examples/SelectMenuExampleAsyncSearch.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77fa206f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/components/content/examples/SelectMenuExampleAsyncSearch.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<script setup>
+const search = async (q) => {
+  const users = await $fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users', { params: { q } })
+
+  return users.map(user => ({ id: user.id, label: user.name, suffix: user.email })).filter(Boolean)
+}
+
+const selected = ref([])
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <USelectMenu
+    v-model="selected"
+    :searchable="search"
+    placeholder="Search for a user..."
+    multiple
+    by="id"
+  />
+</template>
diff --git a/docs/content/3.forms/4.select-menu.md b/docs/content/3.forms/4.select-menu.md
index 26116650..ed48128a 100644
--- a/docs/content/3.forms/4.select-menu.md
+++ b/docs/content/3.forms/4.select-menu.md
@@ -149,6 +149,40 @@ props:
 ---
 ::
 
+### Async search
+
+Pass a function to the `searchable` prop to customize the search behavior and filter options according to your needs. The function will receive the query as its first argument and should return an array.
+
+Use the `debounce` prop to adjust the delay of the function.
+
+::component-example
+#default
+:select-menu-example-async-search{class="max-w-[12rem] w-full"}
+
+#code
+```vue
+<script setup>
+const search = async (q) => {
+  const users = await $fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users', { params: { q } })
+
+  return users.map(user => ({ id: user.id, label: user.name, suffix: user.email })).filter(Boolean)
+}
+
+const selected = ref([])
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <USelectMenu
+    v-model="selected"
+    :searchable="search"
+    placeholder="Search for a user..."
+    multiple
+    by="id"
+  />
+</template>
+```
+::
+
 ## Slots
 
 ### `label`
diff --git a/src/runtime/components/forms/SelectMenu.vue b/src/runtime/components/forms/SelectMenu.vue
index 5bdf6b61..6398aaba 100644
--- a/src/runtime/components/forms/SelectMenu.vue
+++ b/src/runtime/components/forms/SelectMenu.vue
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ import {
   ListboxOptions as HListboxOptions,
   ListboxOption as HListboxOption
 } from '@headlessui/vue'
+import { computedAsync, useDebounceFn } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { defu } from 'defu'
 import UIcon from '../elements/Icon.vue'
 import UAvatar from '../elements/Avatar.vue'
@@ -219,13 +220,17 @@ export default defineComponent({
       default: false
     },
     searchable: {
-      type: Boolean,
+      type: [Boolean, Function] as PropType<boolean | ((query: string) => Promise<any[]> | any[])>,
       default: false
     },
     searchablePlaceholder: {
       type: String,
       default: 'Search...'
     },
+    debounce: {
+      type: Number,
+      default: 200
+    },
     creatable: {
       type: Boolean,
       default: false
@@ -373,15 +378,23 @@ export default defineComponent({
       )
     })
 
-    const filteredOptions = computed(() =>
-      query.value === ''
-        ? props.options
-        : (props.options as any[]).filter((option: any) => {
-            return (props.searchAttributes?.length ? props.searchAttributes : [props.optionAttribute]).some((searchAttribute: any) => {
-              return typeof option === 'string' ? option.search(new RegExp(query.value, 'i')) !== -1 : (option[searchAttribute] && option[searchAttribute].search(new RegExp(query.value, 'i')) !== -1)
-            })
-          })
-    )
+    const debouncedSearch = typeof props.searchable === 'function' ? useDebounceFn(props.searchable, props.debounce) : undefined
+
+    const filteredOptions = computedAsync(async () => {
+      if (props.searchable && debouncedSearch) {
+        return await debouncedSearch(query.value)
+      }
+
+      if (query.value === '') {
+        return props.options
+      }
+
+      return (props.options as any[]).filter((option: any) => {
+        return (props.searchAttributes?.length ? props.searchAttributes : [props.optionAttribute]).some((searchAttribute: any) => {
+          return typeof option === 'string' ? option.search(new RegExp(query.value, 'i')) !== -1 : (option[searchAttribute] && option[searchAttribute].search(new RegExp(query.value, 'i')) !== -1)
+        })
+      })
+    })
 
     const queryOption = computed(() => {
       return query.value === '' ? null : { [props.optionAttribute]: query.value }