diff --git a/app/renderer/components/navigation/urlBar.js b/app/renderer/components/navigation/urlBar.js
index cc71a93072..3b113af4c5 100644
--- a/app/renderer/components/navigation/urlBar.js
+++ b/app/renderer/components/navigation/urlBar.js
@@ -192,19 +192,16 @@ class UrlBar extends React.Component {
       case KeyCodes.TAB:
         this.hideAutoComplete()
         break
-      // Do not trigger rendering of suggestions if you are pressing alt or shift
-      case KeyCodes.ALT:
-      case KeyCodes.SHIFT:
-      case KeyCodes.CMD1:
-      case KeyCodes.CMD2:
-      case KeyCodes.CTRL:
-        break
       default:
         this.keyPressed = true
-        windowActions.setRenderUrlBarSuggestions(true)
-        // Any other keydown is fair game for autocomplete to be enabled.
-        if (!this.props.autocompleteEnabled) {
-          windowActions.urlBarAutocompleteEnabled(true)
+        // Only enable suggestions and autocomplete if we are typing in
+        // a printable character without cmd/ctrl
+        if (e.key && e.key.length === 1 && !e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey) {
+          windowActions.setRenderUrlBarSuggestions(true)
+          // Any other keydown is fair game for autocomplete to be enabled.
+          if (!this.props.autocompleteEnabled) {
+            windowActions.urlBarAutocompleteEnabled(true)
+          }
         }
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/lib/brave.js b/test/lib/brave.js
index aa9513dcf6..4ae9a9f243 100644
--- a/test/lib/brave.js
+++ b/test/lib/brave.js
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ var exports = {
     DOWN: '\ue015',
     UP: '\ue013',
     PAGEDOWN: '\uE00F',
-    END: '\uE010'
+    END: '\uE010',
+    NULL: '\uE000'
   },
 
   defaultTimeout: 10000,
diff --git a/test/navbar-components/urlBarTest.js b/test/navbar-components/urlBarTest.js
index 7e14665d1e..2ed7ccfdfa 100644
--- a/test/navbar-components/urlBarTest.js
+++ b/test/navbar-components/urlBarTest.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* global describe, it, before, beforeEach */
 
+const assert = require('assert')
 const Brave = require('../lib/brave')
 const {urlInput, urlBarSuggestions, urlbarIcon, reloadButton} = require('../lib/selectors')
 const searchProviders = require('../../js/data/searchProviders')
@@ -183,6 +184,27 @@ describe('urlBar tests', function () {
       })
     })
 
+    describe('press keyboard shortcut', function () {
+      beforeEach(function * () {
+        this.page = Brave.server.url('page1.html')
+        return yield this.app.client
+          .tabByIndex(0)
+          .loadUrl(this.page)
+          .windowByUrl(Brave.browserWindowUrl)
+      })
+
+      it('does not show autosuggest', function * () {
+        return yield this.app.client
+          .ipcSend('shortcut-focus-url')
+          .waitForElementFocus(urlInput)
+          .keys(Brave.keys.CONTROL)
+          .keys('c')
+          .keys(Brave.keys.NULL) // needed to release the modifier key
+          .pause(100) // wait for the suggestions
+          .isExisting(urlBarSuggestions).then((isExisting) => assert(!isExisting))
+      })
+    })
+
     describe('press escape key', function () {
       beforeEach(function * () {
         this.page = Brave.server.url('page1.html')