diff --git a/docs/api/useQueryParams.md b/docs/api/useQueryParams.md
index 1fb73d0..c1e5364 100644
--- a/docs/api/useQueryParams.md
+++ b/docs/api/useQueryParams.md
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ A hook for reading and updating the query string parameters on the page. Updates
 
 
 ```typescript
-export function useQueryParams(
-  parseFn?: (query: string) => QueryParam,
-  serializeFn?: (query: QueryParam) => string
-): [QueryParam, (query: QueryParam, replace?: boolean) => void]
+export function useQueryParams<T extends QueryParam>(
+  parseFn?: (query: string) => T,
+  serializeFn?: (query: Partial<T>) => string
+): [T, (query: T, options?: { replace?: boolean, historyReplace?: boolean }) => void]
 ```
 
 ## Basic
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function UserList ({ users }) {
 
 ## Updating the Query with merge
 
-The second return value from `useQueryParams` is a function that updates the query string. By default it overwrites the entire query, but it can merge with the query object by setting the second param to `{ replace: false }`.
+The second return value from `useQueryParams` is a function that updates the query string. By default it overwrites the entire query, but it can merge with the query object by setting the `replace` option to `false`.
 
 ```jsx
 import { useQueryParams } from 'raviger'
@@ -59,6 +59,25 @@ function UserList ({ users }) {
 
 The `replace: false` setting also preserves the `location.hash`. The intent should be thought of as updating only the part of the URL that the `setQuery` object describes.
 
+You can also control whether the navigation replaces the current history entry by using the `historyReplace` option:
+
+```jsx
+import { useQueryParams } from 'raviger'
+
+function UserList ({ users }) {
+  const [{ startsWith }, setQuery] = useQueryParams()
+  
+  // This will update the query params without adding a new history entry
+  const handleChange = (e) => {
+    setQuery({ startsWith: e.target.value}, { historyReplace: true })
+  }
+  
+  return (
+    <input value={startsWith || ''} onChange={handleChange} />
+  )
+}
+```
+
 > Warning: using `setQuery` inside of a `useEffect` (or other on-mount/on-update lifecycle methods) can result in unwanted navigations, which show up as duplicate entries in the browser history stack.
 
 ## Custom serialization and parsing
diff --git a/src/querystring.ts b/src/querystring.ts
index 374ab6e..7d106ec 100644
--- a/src/querystring.ts
+++ b/src/querystring.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface QueryParam {
 
 export interface setQueryParamsOptions {
   replace?: boolean
+  historyReplace?: boolean
 }
 
 export function useQueryParams<T extends QueryParam>(
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export function useQueryParams<T extends QueryParam>(
 ): [T, (query: T, options?: setQueryParamsOptions) => void] {
   const [querystring, setQuerystring] = useState(getQueryString())
   const setQueryParams = useCallback(
-    (params, { replace = true } = {}) => {
+    (params, { replace = true, historyReplace = false } = {}) => {
       let path = getCurrentPath()
       params = replace ? params : { ...parseFn(querystring), ...params }
       const serialized = serializeFn(params).toString()
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export function useQueryParams<T extends QueryParam>(
       if (serialized) path += '?' + serialized
       if (!replace) path += getCurrentHash()
 
-      navigate(path)
+      navigate(path, { replace: historyReplace })
     },
     [querystring, parseFn, serializeFn]
   )
diff --git a/test/querystring.spec.tsx b/test/querystring.spec.tsx
index bce283f..754edc6 100644
--- a/test/querystring.spec.tsx
+++ b/test/querystring.spec.tsx
@@ -32,10 +32,18 @@ describe('useQueryParams', () => {
 })
 
 describe('setQueryParams', () => {
-  function Route({ replace, foo = 'bar' }: { replace?: boolean; foo?: string | null }) {
+  function Route({
+    replace,
+    historyReplace,
+    foo = 'bar',
+  }: {
+    replace?: boolean
+    historyReplace?: boolean
+    foo?: string | null
+  }) {
     const [query, setQuery] = useQueryParams()
     return (
-      <button data-testid="update" onClick={() => setQuery({ foo }, { replace })}>
+      <button data-testid="update" onClick={() => setQuery({ foo }, { replace, historyReplace })}>
         Set Query: {query.foo}
       </button>
     )
@@ -83,4 +91,26 @@ describe('setQueryParams', () => {
     act(() => void fireEvent.click(getByTestId('update')))
     expect(document.location.hash).toEqual('#test')
   })
+
+  test('uses history.replaceState when historyReplace is true', async () => {
+    const replaceStateSpy = jest.spyOn(window.history, 'replaceState')
+    replaceStateSpy.mockClear()
+    act(() => navigate('/about', { query: { bar: 'foo' } }))
+    const { getByTestId } = render(<Route historyReplace={true} />)
+    act(() => void fireEvent.click(getByTestId('update')))
+    expect(replaceStateSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(document.location.search).toEqual('?foo=bar')
+    replaceStateSpy.mockRestore()
+  })
+
+  test('uses history.pushState when historyReplace is false', async () => {
+    const pushStateSpy = jest.spyOn(window.history, 'pushState')
+    pushStateSpy.mockClear()
+    act(() => navigate('/about', { query: { bar: 'foo' } }))
+    const { getByTestId } = render(<Route historyReplace={false} />)
+    act(() => void fireEvent.click(getByTestId('update')))
+    expect(pushStateSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(document.location.search).toEqual('?foo=bar')
+    pushStateSpy.mockRestore()
+  })
 })