diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 92a3bf78..6647b9e9 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: DT
 Type: Package
 Title: A Wrapper of the JavaScript Library 'DataTables'
-Version: 0.29.1
+Version: 0.29.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Yihui", "Xie", email = "xie@yihui.name", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Joe", "Cheng", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d4632ccb..a8fcd20b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # CHANGES IN DT VERSION 0.30
 
+- Fixed a bug that when using `updateSearch()`, the clear button inside the input box doesn't show up, and the table doesn't update when the input is cleared (thanks, @DavidBlairs, #1082).
 
 # CHANGES IN DT VERSION 0.29
 
diff --git a/inst/htmlwidgets/datatables.js b/inst/htmlwidgets/datatables.js
index b930851b..d968d8be 100644
--- a/inst/htmlwidgets/datatables.js
+++ b/inst/htmlwidgets/datatables.js
@@ -493,7 +493,9 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
               $input.parent().hide(); $x.show().trigger('show'); filter[0].selectize.focus();
             },
             input: function() {
-              if ($input.val() === '') filter[0].selectize.setValue([]);
+              var v1 = JSON.stringify(filter[0].selectize.getValue()), v2 = $input.val();
+              if (v1 === '[]') v1 = '';
+              if (v1 !== v2) filter[0].selectize.setValue(v2 === '' ? [] : JSON.parse(v2));
             }
           });
           var $input2 = $x.children('select');
@@ -1398,7 +1400,7 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
           console.log('The search keyword for column ' + i + ' is undefined')
           return;
         }
-        $(td).find('input').first().val(v);
+        $(td).find('input').first().val(v).trigger('input');
         searchColumn(i, v);
       });
       table.draw();