diff --git a/lib/searchkick/query.rb b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
index e577b93..34b8f75 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/query.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ module Searchkick
         json: !@json.nil?,
         match_suffix: @match_suffix,
         highlighted_fields: @highlighted_fields || [],
-        misspellings: @misspellings
+        misspellings: @misspellings,
+        term: term
       }
 
       if options[:debug]
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/results.rb b/lib/searchkick/results.rb
index 9ccfe4f..e4af90a 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/results.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/results.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ module Searchkick
     def suggestions
       if response["suggest"]
         response["suggest"].values.flat_map { |v| v.first["options"] }.sort_by { |o| -o["score"] }.map { |o| o["text"] }.uniq
+      elsif options[:term] == "*"
+        []
       else
         raise "Pass `suggest: true` to the search method for suggestions"
       end
diff --git a/test/suggest_test.rb b/test/suggest_test.rb
index 9319ea2..083ee3c 100644
--- a/test/suggest_test.rb
+++ b/test/suggest_test.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ class SuggestTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_raises(ArgumentError) { Searchkick.search("How Big is a Tigre Shar", suggest: true) }
   end
 
+  def test_star
+    assert_equal [], Product.search("*", suggest: true).suggestions
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def assert_suggest(term, expected, options = {})
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