diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 71c329e..1003b52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,7 +72,15 @@ const objList = [
 matchSorter(objList, 'g', {keys: ['name', 'color']}) // [{name: 'George', color: 'Blue'}, {name: 'Janice', color: 'Green'}]
 matchSorter(objList, 're', {keys: ['color', 'name']}) // [{name: 'Jen', color: 'Red'}, {name: 'Janice', color: 'Green'}, {name: 'Fred', color: 'Orange'}]
 
-//this also works with **nested keys**
+// You can specify a key that is an array of values and the best match from that value is the one that's used for the ranking
+const iceCreamYum = [
+  {favoriteIceCream: ['mint', 'chocolate']},
+  {favoriteIceCream: ['candy cane', 'brownie']},
+  {favoriteIceCream: ['birthday cake', 'rocky road', 'strawberry']},
+]
+matchSorter(iceCreamYum, 'cc', {keys: 'favoriteIceCream'}) // [{favoriteIceCream: ['candy cane', 'brownie']}, {favoriteIceCream: ['mint', 'chocolate']}]
+
+// this also works with **nested keys**
 const nestedObjList = [
   {name: {first: 'Janice'}},
   {name: {first: 'Fred'}},
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 5f9c69b..4625871 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ function getHighestRanking(item, keys, value) {
   if (!keys) {
     return {rank: getMatchRanking(item, value), keyIndex: -1}
   }
-  return keys.reduce(({rank, keyIndex}, key, i) => {
-    const itemValue = getItemValue(item, key)
+  const valuesToRank = getAllValuesToRank(item, keys)
+  return valuesToRank.reduce(({rank, keyIndex}, itemValue, i) => {
     const newRank = getMatchRanking(itemValue, value)
     if (newRank > rank) {
       rank = newRank
@@ -186,4 +186,14 @@ function getItemValue(item, key) {
   return key.split('.').reduce((itemObj, nestedKey) => itemObj[nestedKey], item)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gets all the values for the given keys in the given item and returns an array of those values
+ * @param  {Object} item - the item from which the values will be retrieved
+ * @param  {Array} keys - the keys to use to retrieve the values
+ * @return {Array} the values in an array
+ */
+function getAllValuesToRank(item, keys) {
+  return keys.reduce((allVals, key) => allVals.concat(getItemValue(item, key)), [])
+}
+
 module.exports = exports.default // CommonJS compat
diff --git a/src/index.test.js b/src/index.test.js
index 76b2c25..bad7fe7 100644
--- a/src/index.test.js
+++ b/src/index.test.js
@@ -130,6 +130,35 @@ const tests = {
       {name: {first: 'bat'}},
     ],
   },
+  'can handle keys that are an array of values': {
+    input: [
+      [
+        {favoriteIceCream: ['mint', 'chocolate']},
+        {favoriteIceCream: ['candy cane', 'brownie']},
+        {favoriteIceCream: ['birthday cake', 'rocky road', 'strawberry']},
+      ],
+      'cc',
+      {keys: ['favoriteIceCream']},
+    ],
+    output: [
+      {favoriteIceCream: ['candy cane', 'brownie']},
+      {favoriteIceCream: ['mint', 'chocolate']},
+    ],
+  },
+  'when using arrays of values, when things are equal, the one with the higher index wins': {
+    input: [
+      [
+        {favoriteIceCream: ['mint', 'chocolate']},
+        {favoriteIceCream: ['chocolate', 'brownie']},
+      ],
+      'chocolate',
+      {keys: ['favoriteIceCream']},
+    ],
+    output: [
+      {favoriteIceCream: ['chocolate', 'brownie']},
+      {favoriteIceCream: ['mint', 'chocolate']},
+    ],
+  },
   'when providing a rank threshold of NO_MATCH, it returns all of the items': {
     input: [
       ['orange', 'apple', 'grape', 'banana'],