diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51b59c9..6d9d913 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## 3.0.0 [unreleased]
 
 - Better performance
+- Added support for Chinese
 
 Breaking changes
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3d8aaf..bcf5910 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -291,6 +291,14 @@ end
 
 [See the list of stemmers](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-stemmer-tokenfilter.html)
 
+For Chinese, install the [elasticsearch-analysis-ik plugin](https://github.com/medcl/elasticsearch-analysis-ik) and use:
+
+```ruby
+class Product < ApplicationRecord
+  searchkick language: "chinese"
+end
+```
+
 ### Synonyms
 
 ```ruby
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/index_options.rb b/lib/searchkick/index_options.rb
index 96a8432..88f582d 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/index_options.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/index_options.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,22 @@ module Searchkick
           }
         }
 
+        if language == "chinese"
+          settings[:analysis][:analyzer].merge!(
+            default_analyzer => {
+              type: "ik_smart"
+            },
+            searchkick_search: {
+              type: "ik_smart"
+            },
+            searchkick_search2: {
+              type: "ik_max_word"
+            }
+          )
+
+          settings[:analysis][:filter].delete(:searchkick_stemmer)
+        end
+
         if Searchkick.env == "test"
           settings[:number_of_shards] = 1
           settings[:number_of_replicas] = 0
diff --git a/test/language_test.rb b/test/language_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab5d9c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/language_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+require_relative "test_helper"
+
+class LanguageTest < Minitest::Test
+  def setup
+    Song.destroy_all
+  end
+
+  def test_chinese
+    skip unless ENV["CHINESE"]
+    store_names ["中华人民共和国国歌"], Song
+    assert_search "中华人民共和国", ["中华人民共和国国歌"], {}, Song
+    assert_search "国歌", ["中华人民共和国国歌"], {}, Song
+    assert_search "人", [], {}, Song
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 334c37a..8c1127e 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ if defined?(Mongoid)
 
     field :name
   end
+
+  class Song
+    include Mongoid::Document
+
+    field :name
+  end
 elsif defined?(NoBrainer)
   NoBrainer.configure do |config|
     config.app_name = :searchkick
@@ -184,6 +190,13 @@ elsif defined?(NoBrainer)
     field :id,   type: String
     field :name, type: String
   end
+
+  class Song
+    include NoBrainer::Document
+
+    field :id,   type: Object
+    field :name, type: String
+  end
 elsif defined?(Cequel)
   cequel =
     Cequel.connect(
@@ -272,7 +285,14 @@ elsif defined?(Cequel)
     column :name, :text
   end
 
-  [Product, Store, Region, Speaker, Animal].each(&:synchronize_schema)
+  class Song
+    include Cequel::Record
+
+    key :id, :timeuuid, auto: true
+    column :name, :text
+  end
+
+  [Product, Store, Region, Speaker, Animal, Sku, Song].each(&:synchronize_schema)
 else
   require "active_record"
 
@@ -363,6 +383,10 @@ else
     t.string :name
   end
 
+  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table :songs do |t|
+    t.string :name
+  end
+
   class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
     belongs_to :store
   end
@@ -388,6 +412,9 @@ else
 
   class Sku < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
+
+  class Song < ActiveRecord::Base
+  end
 end
 
 class Product
@@ -508,6 +535,10 @@ class Sku
   searchkick callbacks: defined?(ActiveJob) ? :async : true
 end
 
+class Song
+  searchkick language: "chinese"
+end
+
 Product.searchkick_index.delete if Product.searchkick_index.exists?
 Product.reindex
 Product.reindex # run twice for both index paths
@@ -517,6 +548,7 @@ Store.reindex
 Animal.reindex
 Speaker.reindex
 Region.reindex
+Song.reindex
 
 class Minitest::Test
   def setup
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