diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.js b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.js
index f6df87f5a1fe4..947cb7cbf7951 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/__tests__/validateThemeConfig.test.js
@@ -103,6 +103,20 @@ describe('validateThemeConfig', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('externalUrlMatch config', () => {
+    const algolia = {
+      indexName: 'index',
+      apiKey: 'apiKey',
+      externalUrlMatch: 'http://external-domain.com',
+    };
+    expect(testValidateThemeConfig({algolia})).toEqual({
+      algolia: {
+        ...DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        ...algolia,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
   test('searchParameters.facetFilters search config', () => {
     const algolia = {
       indexName: 'index',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchBar/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchBar/index.js
index bde8d2d68dfbc..b518ceab0f784 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchBar/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchBar/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {useBaseUrlUtils} from '@docusaurus/useBaseUrl';
 import Link from '@docusaurus/Link';
 import Head from '@docusaurus/Head';
 import useSearchQuery from '@theme/hooks/useSearchQuery';
+import {withRegex} from '@theme/utils';
 import {DocSearchButton, useDocSearchKeyboardEvents} from '@docsearch/react';
 import useAlgoliaContextualFacetFilters from '@theme/hooks/useAlgoliaContextualFacetFilters';
 import {translate} from '@docusaurus/Translate';
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ function ResultsFooter({state, onClose}) {
   );
 }
 
-function DocSearch({contextualSearch, ...props}) {
+function DocSearch({contextualSearch, externalUrlMatch, ...props}) {
   const {siteMetadata} = useDocusaurusContext();
 
   const contextualSearchFacetFilters = useAlgoliaContextualFacetFilters();
@@ -102,21 +103,28 @@ function DocSearch({contextualSearch, ...props}) {
 
   const navigator = useRef({
     navigate({itemUrl}) {
-      history.push(itemUrl);
+      // Algolia results could contain URL's from other domains which cannot
+      // be served through history and should navigate with window.location
+      if (withRegex(externalUrlMatch).test(itemUrl)) {
+        window.location.href = itemUrl;
+      } else {
+        history.push(itemUrl);
+      }
     },
   }).current;
 
   const transformItems = useRef((items) => {
     return items.map((item) => {
-      // We transform the absolute URL into a relative URL.
-      // Alternatively, we can use `new URL(item.url)` but it's not
-      // supported in IE.
-      const a = document.createElement('a');
-      a.href = item.url;
+      // If Algolia contains a external domain, we should navigate without relative URL
+      if (withRegex(externalUrlMatch).test(item.url)) {
+        return item;
+      }
 
+      // We transform the absolute URL into a relative URL.
+      const url = new URL(item.url);
       return {
         ...item,
-        url: withBaseUrl(`${a.pathname}${a.hash}`),
+        url: withBaseUrl(`${url.pathname}${url.hash}`),
       };
     });
   }).current;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchPage/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchPage/index.js
index 8c3ac8b7d7a68..ce7f5fea9efd5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchPage/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/SearchPage/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
 import useDocusaurusContext from '@docusaurus/useDocusaurusContext';
 import {useAllDocsData} from '@theme/hooks/useDocs';
 import useSearchQuery from '@theme/hooks/useSearchQuery';
+import {withRegex} from '@theme/utils';
 import Layout from '@theme/Layout';
 import Translate, {translate} from '@docusaurus/Translate';
 import styles from './styles.module.css';
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ function SearchPage() {
   const {
     siteConfig: {
       themeConfig: {
-        algolia: {appId, apiKey, indexName},
+        algolia: {appId, apiKey, indexName, externalUrlMatch},
       },
     },
     i18n: {currentLocale},
@@ -205,14 +206,16 @@ function SearchPage() {
           _highlightResult: {hierarchy},
           _snippetResult: snippet = {},
         }) => {
-          const {pathname, hash} = new URL(url);
+          const parsedURL = new URL(url);
           const titles = Object.keys(hierarchy).map((key) => {
             return sanitizeValue(hierarchy[key].value);
           });
 
           return {
             title: titles.pop(),
-            url: pathname + hash,
+            url: withRegex(externalUrlMatch).test(parsedURL.href)
+              ? parsedURL.href
+              : parsedURL.pathname + parsedURL.hash,
             summary: snippet.content
               ? `${sanitizeValue(snippet.content.value)}...`
               : '',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/utils/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/utils/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c505158efd28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/theme/utils/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Utility to convert an optional string into a Regex case sensitive and global
+ * @param {string} regexAsString
+ * @returns  { {test: () => boolean }}
+ */
+export function withRegex(regexAsString) {
+  if (!regexAsString) {
+    return {test: () => false};
+  }
+  return new RegExp(regexAsString, 'gi');
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/validateThemeConfig.js b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/validateThemeConfig.js
index 1c514229b732b..303f3b298ae10 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/validateThemeConfig.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-search-algolia/src/validateThemeConfig.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const Schema = Joi.object({
   algolia: Joi.object({
     // Docusaurus attributes
     contextualSearch: Joi.boolean().default(DEFAULT_CONFIG.contextualSearch),
-
+    externalUrlMatch: Joi.string().optional(),
     // Algolia attributes
     appId: Joi.string().default(DEFAULT_CONFIG.appId),
     apiKey: Joi.string().required(),
diff --git a/website/docs/search.md b/website/docs/search.md
index 26fd0e483bc3b..777adca3d8961 100644
--- a/website/docs/search.md
+++ b/website/docs/search.md
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ module.exports = {
       // Optional: see doc section below
       contextualSearch: true,
 
+      // Optional: Specify domains where the navigation should occur through window.location instead on history.push. Useful when our Algolia config crawls multiple documentation sites and we want to navigate with window.location.href to them.
+      externalUrlMatch: 'external.com|domain.com',
+
       // Optional: see doc section below
       appId: 'YOUR_APP_ID',