diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 7d94df7b..6ea7753b 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Upcoming Release (TBD)
 Features
 --------
 * Make control-r reverse search style configurable.
+* Make fzf search key bindings more compatible with traditional isearch.
 
 
 Internal
diff --git a/mycli/packages/toolkit/fzf.py b/mycli/packages/toolkit/fzf.py
index 68caa9c1..35211460 100644
--- a/mycli/packages/toolkit/fzf.py
+++ b/mycli/packages/toolkit/fzf.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def search_history(event: KeyPressEvent, incremental: bool = False) -> None:
 
     result = fzf.prompt(
         formatted_history_items,
-        fzf_options="--scheme=history --tiebreak=index --preview-window=down:wrap --preview=\"printf '%s' {}\"",
+        fzf_options="--scheme=history --tiebreak=index --bind ctrl-r:up,alt-r:up --preview-window=down:wrap --preview=\"printf '%s' {}\"",
     )
 
     if result: