diff --git a/.flowconfig b/.flowconfig
index 363b337..b68c78d 100644
--- a/.flowconfig
+++ b/.flowconfig
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 [lints]
 
 [options]
+suppress_comment= \\(.\\|\n\\)*\\$FlowFixMe
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diff --git a/src/Typeahead.jsx b/src/Typeahead.jsx
index 81ec75b..d124ba9 100644
--- a/src/Typeahead.jsx
+++ b/src/Typeahead.jsx
@@ -186,8 +186,9 @@ export default class Typeahead extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
         this.setState({
             typedLabel: label
         }, () => {
+            const highlightedRowIndex = this._gethighlightedRowIndexByTypedLabel();
             this.setState({
-                highlightedRowIndex: this._gethighlightedRowIndexByTypedLabel()
+                highlightedRowIndex: highlightedRowIndex
             });
 
             if (label === '' && this.props.isClearable) {
@@ -256,9 +257,15 @@ export default class Typeahead extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     };
 
     _gethighlightedRowIndexByTypedLabel = (): number | typeof undefined => {
-        const optionIndex = this._getFilteredOptions().findIndex(this._byTypedLabel);
-        const typedLabelFoundInOptions = optionIndex !== -1;
-        return typedLabelFoundInOptions ? optionIndex : NOTHING_HIGHLIGHTED;
+        const rows = this._generateRows(
+            this._getFilteredOptions(),
+            this.props.groups,
+            this.props,
+            this._isUnknownValue()
+        );
+        // $FlowFixMe Flow does not recognize that filter narrowed down the list to only OptionRows
+        const foundRow = rows.filter(_isOptionRow).find(this._rowByTypedLabel);
+        return foundRow ? foundRow.rowIndex : NOTHING_HIGHLIGHTED;
     };
 
     _updateValue = (afterValueUpdated: Function): void => {
@@ -378,6 +385,9 @@ export default class Typeahead extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     _byTypedLabel = (option: Option | Group) => this._typedLabelHasText() &&
         option.label.toLowerCase().includes(this.state.typedLabel.toLowerCase());
 
+    _rowByTypedLabel = (row: OptionRow) => this._typedLabelHasText() &&
+        row.option.label.toLowerCase().includes(this.state.typedLabel.toLowerCase());
+
     _byGroupAndTypedLabel = (option: Option) => {
         if (this.props.groups !== undefined) {
             const matchingGroupValues = this.props.groups.filter(this._byTypedLabel).map(group => group.value);
@@ -636,8 +646,8 @@ export default class Typeahead extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
         return this.props.menuWidth
             ? this.props.menuWidth
             : this.props.estimateMenuWidth
-                ? this._estimateMenuWidth(this.props.estimateMenuWidth, rows)
-                : undefined;
+                   ? this._estimateMenuWidth(this.props.estimateMenuWidth, rows)
+                   : undefined;
     };
 
     renderMenu(): Node {
@@ -784,7 +794,7 @@ function _estimateMenuWidth(rows: Row[]): Optional<number> {
         : undefined;
 }
 
-function _isOptionRow(row) {
+function _isOptionRow(row: Row): boolean {
     return row.hasOwnProperty('option');
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Typeahead.spec.jsx b/src/Typeahead.spec.jsx
index ca72f35..c999aa9 100644
--- a/src/Typeahead.spec.jsx
+++ b/src/Typeahead.spec.jsx
@@ -849,6 +849,25 @@ describe('Typeahead should', () => {
         expect(group2.exists()).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('select single option when exactly searching for an option in a grouped list', () => {
+        const singleGroup = [
+            {label: 'Group 1', value: 'group1'}
+        ];
+        const optionsWithGroups = [
+            {label: 'label1', value: 'value1', group: 'group1'},
+            {label: 'label2', value: 'value2', group: 'group1'}
+        ];
+        const wrapper = mount(<Typeahead fieldName="fieldName" options={optionsWithGroups} groups={singleGroup}/>);
+        wrapper.find('input').simulate('focus');
+        simulateKeys(wrapper.find('input'), 'label2');
+        const value2Option = wrapper.find('.typeahead__option[data-value="value2"]');
+        expect(value2Option.exists()).toBe(true);
+        expect(value2Option.prop('data-group')).toEqual('group1');
+        expect(Boolean(value2Option.prop('data-highlighted'))).toEqual(true);
+        wrapper.find('input').simulate('blur');
+        expect(wrapper.state('value')).toEqual('value2');
+    });
+
     it('render options of a group when searching for a group label', () => {
         const wrapper = mount(<Typeahead fieldName="fieldName" options={optionsWithGroups} groups={groups}/>);
         wrapper.find('input').simulate('focus');
@@ -1108,4 +1127,4 @@ describe('Typeahead should', () => {
         window.top = top;
         window.dispatchEvent(resizeEvent);
     }
-});
+});
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