diff --git a/config/schema/search_api_page.schema.yml b/config/schema/search_api_page.schema.yml
index 09e913d..bba7f18 100644
--- a/config/schema/search_api_page.schema.yml
+++ b/config/schema/search_api_page.schema.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ search_api_page.search_api_page.*:
     show_search_form:
       type: boolean
       label: 'Show search form'
+    parse_mode:
+      type: string
+      label: 'Parse mode'
     uuid:
       type: string
 
diff --git a/src/Controller/SearchApiPageController.php b/src/Controller/SearchApiPageController.php
index c934bf5..6b0deb3 100644
--- a/src/Controller/SearchApiPageController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/SearchApiPageController.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use Drupal\search_api\ParseMode\ParseModePluginManager;
 use Drupal\search_api\Query\ResultSetInterface;
 use Drupal\search_api\SearchApiException;
 use Drupal\search_api_page\Entity\SearchApiPage;
-use Drupal\search_api_page\Form\SearchApiPageBlockForm;
 use Drupal\search_api_page\SearchApiPageInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
@@ -144,12 +143,13 @@ class SearchApiPageController extends ControllerBase {
   protected function createItemRenderArray(ItemInterface $item, SearchApiPageInterface $search_api_page) {
     try {
       $originalObject = $item->getOriginalObject();
-      if ($originalObject === null) {
+      if ($originalObject === NULL) {
         return [];
       }
       /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity */
       $entity = $originalObject->getValue();
-    } catch (SearchApiException $e) {
+    }
+    catch (SearchApiException $e) {
       return [];
     }
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class SearchApiPageController extends ControllerBase {
     $query->setSearchID('search_api_page:' . $search_api_page->id());
 
     /** @var \Drupal\search_api\ParseMode\ParseModeInterface $parse_mode */
-    $parse_mode = $this->parseModePluginManager->createInstance('direct');
+    $parse_mode = $this->parseModePluginManager->createInstance($search_api_page->getParseMode());
     $query->setParseMode($parse_mode);
 
     // Add filter for current language.
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class SearchApiPageController extends ControllerBase {
       ->getId();
     $query->setLanguages([
       $langcode,
-      LanguageInterface::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED
+      LanguageInterface::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
     ]);
 
     $query->setFulltextFields($search_api_page->getSearchedFields());
diff --git a/src/Entity/SearchApiPage.php b/src/Entity/SearchApiPage.php
index 5b27fa7..a865170 100644
--- a/src/Entity/SearchApiPage.php
+++ b/src/Entity/SearchApiPage.php
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ class SearchApiPage extends ConfigEntityBase implements SearchApiPageInterface {
    */
   protected $show_search_form = TRUE;
 
+  /**
+   * The query parse mode.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $parse_mode = 'direct';
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
@@ -244,6 +251,13 @@ class SearchApiPage extends ConfigEntityBase implements SearchApiPageInterface {
     return new ViewMode($this->view_mode_configuration);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getParseMode() {
+    return $this->parse_mode;
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
diff --git a/src/Form/SearchApiPageForm.php b/src/Form/SearchApiPageForm.php
index 1081b2e..8ae10a2 100644
--- a/src/Form/SearchApiPageForm.php
+++ b/src/Form/SearchApiPageForm.php
@@ -164,6 +164,25 @@ class SearchApiPageForm extends EntityForm {
       '#states' => $default_index_states,
     ];
 
+    $plugin_manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.search_api.parse_mode');
+    $instances = $plugin_manager->getInstances();
+    $options = [];
+    foreach ($instances as $name => $instance) {
+      if ($instance->isHidden()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      $options[$name] = $instance->label();
+    }
+
+    $form['page_fieldset']['parse_mode'] = [
+      '#type' => 'select',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Parse mode'),
+      '#description' => $this->t('Parse mode for search keywords'),
+      '#options' => $options,
+      '#default_value' => $search_api_page->getParseMode(),
+      '#required' => TRUE,
+    ];
+
     if (empty($default_index)) {
       return $form;
     }
@@ -175,7 +194,7 @@ class SearchApiPageForm extends EntityForm {
       '#states' => [
         'visible' => [
           ':input[name="style"]' => ['value' => 'view_modes'],
-          ':input[name="index"]' => ['value' => $default_index]
+          ':input[name="index"]' => ['value' => $default_index],
         ],
       ],
     ];
diff --git a/src/SearchApiPageInterface.php b/src/SearchApiPageInterface.php
index 9c691b7..8ff8671 100644
--- a/src/SearchApiPageInterface.php
+++ b/src/SearchApiPageInterface.php
@@ -113,4 +113,12 @@ interface SearchApiPageInterface extends ConfigEntityInterface {
    */
   public function getViewModeConfig();
 
+  /**
+   * The parse mode to use for query keywords.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Can be any ID of a parse mode plugin.
+   */
+  public function getParseMode();
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/ParseModeTest.php b/tests/src/Functional/ParseModeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e44b772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Functional/ParseModeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\search_api_page\Functional;
+
+/**
+ * Provides web tests for the parse mode option of Search API Pages.
+ *
+ * @group search_api_page
+ */
+class ParseModeTest extends FunctionalTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->adminUser);
+    $this->setupSearchApi();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test the parse mode configuration in the admin form of a Search API Page.
+   */
+  public function testAdminFormParseMode() {
+    $assert_session = $this->assertSession();
+
+    // Create a Search API Page and verify that it exists.
+    $step1 = [
+      'label' => 'Search Page Test',
+      'id' => 'search_page_test',
+      'index' => $this->index->id(),
+    ];
+    $this->drupalPostForm('admin/config/search/search-api-pages/add', $step1, 'Next');
+    $step2 = [
+      'path' => 'search-page-test',
+    ];
+    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $step2, 'Save');
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/config/search/search-api-pages');
+    $assert_session->statusCodeEquals(200);
+    $assert_session->pageTextContains('Search Page Test');
+
+    // Test whether all parse mode plugins can be chosen.
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/config/search/search-api-pages/search_page_test');
+    $assert_session->statusCodeEquals(200);
+    $assert_session->pageTextContains('Parse mode for search keywords');
+
+    $plugin_manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.search_api.parse_mode');
+    $instances = $plugin_manager->getInstances();
+    foreach ($instances as $name => $instance) {
+      $assert_session->responseContains($name);
+    }
+
+    // Test whether the field can be filled and submitted.
+    $edit = [
+      'parse_mode' => 'terms',
+    ];
+    $this->drupalPostForm('admin/config/search/search-api-pages/search_page_test', $edit, 'Save');
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/config/search/search-api-pages/search_page_test');
+    $assert_session->statusCodeEquals(200);
+    $assert_session->responseContains('terms');
+  }
+
+}