diff --git a/administrator/components/com_contact/views/contact/tmpl/edit.php b/administrator/components/com_contact/views/contact/tmpl/edit.php
index 0069c6244d539..5594f92bdf559 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_contact/views/contact/tmpl/edit.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_contact/views/contact/tmpl/edit.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 JHtml::_('behavior.formvalidator');
 JHtml::_('behavior.keepalive');
-JHtml::_('formbehavior.chosen', 'select');
+JHtml::_('formbehavior.chosen', 'select', null, array('disable_search_threshold' => 0 ));
 
 $app = JFactory::getApplication();
 $input = $app->input;