diff --git a/etc/zebradb/etc/phrases-icu.xml b/etc/zebradb/etc/phrases-icu.xml
index 5045a49d5e..69cc12453e 100644
--- a/etc/zebradb/etc/phrases-icu.xml
+++ b/etc/zebradb/etc/phrases-icu.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   <transliterate rule="{ Æ > ae "/>
   <!-- Remove control characters except \t\n\r -->
   <transform rule="[\x00-\x08\x0B\x0C\x0E-\x1F\x7F] Any-Remove"/>
+  <tokenize rule="l"/>
   <transform rule="[:Punctuation:] Remove"/>
   <transform rule="NFD"/>
   <transform rule="[:Nonspacing Mark:] Remove"/>