diff --git a/modules/search/views_handler_argument_search.inc b/modules/search/views_handler_argument_search.inc
index f0a4a44..14e8bf3 100644
--- a/modules/search/views_handler_argument_search.inc
+++ b/modules/search/views_handler_argument_search.inc
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@
 class views_handler_argument_search extends views_handler_argument {
 
   /**
+   * Overrides views_handler_argument::option_definition().
+   */
+  function option_definition() {
+    $options = parent::option_definition();
+
+    $options['remove_score'] = array('default' => FALSE, 'bool' => TRUE);
+
+    return $options;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides views_handler_argument::options_form().
+   */
+  function options_form(&$form, &$form_state) {
+    parent::options_form($form, $form_state);
+
+    $form['remove_score'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => t('Remove search score'),
+      '#description' => t('Check this box to remove the search score from the query. This can help reduce help reduce duplicate search results when using this filter.'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['remove_score'],
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Take sure that parseSearchExpression is runned and everything is set up for it.
    *
    * @param $input
@@ -51,12 +76,14 @@ class views_handler_argument_search extends views_handler_argument {
 
       $search_condition = db_and();
 
-      // Create a new join to relate the 'search_total' table to our current 'search_index' table.
-      $join = new views_join;
-      $join->construct('search_total', $search_index, 'word', 'word');
-      $search_total = $this->query->add_relationship('search_total', $join, $search_index);
+      if (!$this->options['remove_score']) {
+        // Create a new join to relate the 'search_total' table to our current 'search_index' table.
+        $join = new views_join;
+        $join->construct('search_total', $search_index, 'word', 'word');
+        $search_total = $this->query->add_relationship('search_total', $join, $search_index);
 
-      $this->search_score = $this->query->add_field('', "SUM($search_index.score * $search_total.count)", 'score', array('aggregate' => TRUE));
+        $this->search_score = $this->query->add_field('', "SUM($search_index.score * $search_total.count)", 'score', array('aggregate' => TRUE));
+      }
 
       if (empty($this->query->relationships[$this->relationship])) {
         $base_table = $this->query->base_table;