diff --git a/searchlib/components/SearchApp/LandingPageApp.jsx b/searchlib/components/SearchApp/LandingPageApp.jsx
index 5e19669d6..853a65a1a 100644
--- a/searchlib/components/SearchApp/LandingPageApp.jsx
+++ b/searchlib/components/SearchApp/LandingPageApp.jsx
@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
+import React from 'react';
 import BasicSearchApp from './BasicSearchApp';
+import { useSearchDriver } from '@eeacms/search/lib/hocs';
+import { stateToQueryString } from '@eeacms/search';
 
 function BoostrapLandingPageView(props) {
-  const { appConfig, registry } = props;
+  const { appConfig, registry, onSubmitSearch } = props;
 
   const InitialViewComponent =
     appConfig.initialView?.factory &&
     registry.resolve[appConfig.initialView.factory].component;
 
+  const driver = useSearchDriver();
+  const timerRef = React.useRef();
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    function handler(state) {
+      timerRef.current && clearTimeout(timerRef.current);
+      timerRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
+        onSubmitSearch(stateToQueryString(state));
+      }, 200);
+    }
+
+    if (driver && onSubmitSearch) {
+      driver.subscriptions.push(handler);
+    }
+
+    return () => timerRef.current && clearTimeout(timerRef.current);
+  }, [driver, onSubmitSearch]);
+
   return <InitialViewComponent {...props} />;
 }
 
diff --git a/searchlib/components/SearchApp/useSearchApp.js b/searchlib/components/SearchApp/useSearchApp.js
index e8bc6fcb3..fdee34e5c 100644
--- a/searchlib/components/SearchApp/useSearchApp.js
+++ b/searchlib/components/SearchApp/useSearchApp.js
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ export default function useSearchApp({
           : {}),
         ...(initialState || {}),
       },
+      // we don't want to track the URL if our search app is configured as
+      // a simple separate app (for ex. search input or landing page that
+      // trampolines to another instance)
+      trackUrlState: appConfig.url ? false : appConfig.trackUrlState,
     }),
     [appConfig, onAutocomplete, onSearch, locationSearchTerm, initialState],
   );
diff --git a/searchlib/index.js b/searchlib/index.js
index 419e368b2..b604020f6 100644
--- a/searchlib/index.js
+++ b/searchlib/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export * from './lib/utils';
 export * from './lib/hocs';
 export * from './lib/search';
 export * from './lib/models';
+export * from './lib/serialize';
 export * from './state';
 export * from './constants';
 
diff --git a/src/SearchBlock/templates/LandingPageView.jsx b/src/SearchBlock/templates/LandingPageView.jsx
index f02f32276..9ef3ecdf4 100644
--- a/src/SearchBlock/templates/LandingPageView.jsx
+++ b/src/SearchBlock/templates/LandingPageView.jsx
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { LandingPageApp } from '@eeacms/search';
+import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { flattenToAppURL } from '@plone/volto/helpers';
 
 function LandingPageView(props) {
+  const history = useHistory();
+  const { registry, appName } = props;
+  const appConfig = registry.searchui[appName];
+  const url = flattenToAppURL(appConfig.url || '');
+
   return (
     <>
-      <LandingPageApp {...props} />
+      <LandingPageApp
+        {...props}
+        onSubmitSearch={
+          url
+            ? (qs) => {
+                history.push(`${url}?${qs}`);
+              }
+            : null
+        }
+      />
       {props.children}
     </>
   );
@@ -15,6 +31,7 @@ LandingPageView.schemaEnhancer = ({ schema }) => {
   schema.properties.url = {
     title: 'Results page',
     widget: 'url',
+    configPath: 'url',
   };
 
   return schema;