diff --git a/src/config.zsh b/src/config.zsh
index 73d98fe..4353736 100644
--- a/src/config.zsh
+++ b/src/config.zsh
@@ -47,3 +47,6 @@ ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_PARTIAL_ACCEPT_WIDGETS=(
 	vi-forward-blank-word
 	vi-forward-blank-word-end
 )
+
+# Max size of buffer to trigger autosuggestion. Leave undefined for no upper bound.
+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE=
diff --git a/src/widgets.zsh b/src/widgets.zsh
index 89b9f2c..b2f8a0e 100644
--- a/src/widgets.zsh
+++ b/src/widgets.zsh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_modify() {
 	# Get a new suggestion if the buffer is not empty after modification
 	local suggestion
 	if [ $#BUFFER -gt 0 ]; then
-		if [ -z "$ZSH_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE" -o $#BUFFER -lt "$ZSH_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE" ]; then
+		if [ -z "$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE" -o $#BUFFER -lt "$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE" ]; then
 			suggestion="$(_zsh_autosuggest_suggestion "$BUFFER")"
 		fi
 	fi
diff --git a/test/widgets/modify_test.zsh b/test/widgets/modify_test.zsh
index 8ba5b4b..7ed6346 100644
--- a/test/widgets/modify_test.zsh
+++ b/test/widgets/modify_test.zsh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ oneTimeSetUp() {
 setUp() {
 	BUFFER=''
 	POSTDISPLAY=''
-	ZSH_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE=''
+	ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE=''
 }
 
 tearDown() {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ testModify() {
 
 testModifyBufferTooLarge() {
 
-	ZSH_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE='20'
+	ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE='20'
 
 	stub_and_eval \
 		_zsh_autosuggest_invoke_original_widget \