diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5906759..31a5b30 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ Alternatively, you can create an initializer to setup those options:
       # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_ligature
       config.ligatures = { "œ"=>"oe", "æ"=>"ae" }
 
+      # Strip symbols regex to be replaced. These symbols will be replaced by space
+      config.strip_symbols = /[._:;'\"`,?|+={}()!@#%^&*<>~\$\-\\\/\[\]]/
+
+      # Strip accents regex to be replaced. These sybols will be removed after strip_symbols replacing
+      config.strip_accents = /[^\s\p{Alnum}]/
+
       # Minimum word size. Words smaller than it won't be indexed
       config.minimum_word_size = 2
     end
diff --git a/lib/mongoid_search.rb b/lib/mongoid_search.rb
index 09d9d0c..f54ee79 100644
--- a/lib/mongoid_search.rb
+++ b/lib/mongoid_search.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ module Mongoid::Search
   mattr_accessor :minimum_word_size
   @@minimum_word_size = 2
 
+  # Strip special symbols
+  mattr_accessor :strip_symbols
+  @@strip_symbols = /[._:;'\"`,?|+={}()!@#%^&*<>~\$\-\\\/\[\]]/
+
+  # Strip accents
+  mattr_accessor :strip_accents
+  @@strip_accents = /[^\s\p{Alnum}]/
+
   def self.setup
     yield self
   end
diff --git a/lib/mongoid_search/util.rb b/lib/mongoid_search/util.rb
index 44df1dd..ca20d1a 100644
--- a/lib/mongoid_search/util.rb
+++ b/lib/mongoid_search/util.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ def self.normalize_keywords(text)
     ignore_list   = Mongoid::Search.ignore_list
     stem_keywords = Mongoid::Search.stem_keywords
     stem_proc     = Mongoid::Search.stem_proc
+    strip_symbols = Mongoid::Search.strip_symbols
+    strip_accents = Mongoid::Search.strip_accents
 
     return [] if text.blank?
     text = text.to_s.
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ def self.normalize_keywords(text)
       normalize(:kd).
       downcase.
       to_s.
-      gsub(/[._:;'"`,?|+={}()!@#%^&*<>~\$\-\\\/\[\]]/, ' '). # strip punctuation
-      gsub(/[^\s\p{Alnum}]/,'').   # strip accents
+      gsub(strip_symbols, ' '). # strip symbols
+      gsub(strip_accents, '').  # strip accents
       gsub(/[#{ligatures.keys.join("")}]/) {|c| ligatures[c]}.
       split(' ').
       reject { |word| word.size < Mongoid::Search.minimum_word_size }
diff --git a/mongoid_search.gemspec b/mongoid_search.gemspec
index 0a73aa5..992baf2 100644
--- a/mongoid_search.gemspec
+++ b/mongoid_search.gemspec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $:.unshift lib unless $:.include?(lib)
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "mongoid_search"
-  s.version = "0.3.3"
+  s.version = "0.3.4"
   s.authors = ["Mauricio Zaffari"]
   s.email =["mauricio@papodenerd.net"]
   s.homepage = "http://www.papodenerd.net/mongoid-search-full-text-search-for-your-mongoid-models/"