diff --git a/query/search.js b/query/search.js
index 92a9db00..5ab96248 100644
--- a/query/search.js
+++ b/query/search.js
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ query.filter( peliasQuery.view.boundary_circle );
 query.filter( peliasQuery.view.boundary_rect );
 query.filter( peliasQuery.view.sources );
 query.filter( peliasQuery.view.layers );
+query.filter( peliasQuery.view.categories );
+
 // --------------------------------
 
 /**
@@ -63,6 +65,11 @@ function generateQuery( clean ){
   // layers
   vs.var( 'layers', clean.layers);
 
+  // categories
+  if (clean.categories) {
+    vs.var('input:categories', clean.categories);
+  }
+
   // size
   if( clean.querySize ) {
     vs.var( 'size', clean.querySize );
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/search_with_category_filtering.js b/test/unit/fixture/search_with_category_filtering.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57014821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/search_with_category_filtering.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+
+module.exports = {
+  'query': {
+    'filtered': {
+      'query': {
+        'bool': {
+          'must': [{
+            'match': {
+              'name.default': {
+                'query': 'test',
+                'boost': 1,
+                'analyzer': 'peliasIndexOneEdgeGram'
+              }
+            }
+          }],
+          'should': [{
+            'match': {
+              'phrase.default': {
+                'query': 'test',
+                'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
+                'type': 'phrase',
+                'boost': 1,
+                'slop': 2
+              }
+            }
+          }, {
+            'function_score': {
+              'query': {
+                'match': {
+                  'phrase.default': {
+                    'query': 'test',
+                    'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
+                    'type': 'phrase',
+                    'slop': 2,
+                    'boost': 1
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              'max_boost': 20,
+              'score_mode': 'first',
+              'boost_mode': 'replace',
+              'functions': [{
+                'field_value_factor': {
+                  'modifier': 'log1p',
+                  'field': 'popularity',
+                  'missing': 1
+                },
+                'weight': 1
+              }]
+            }
+          }, {
+            'function_score': {
+              'query': {
+                'match': {
+                  'phrase.default': {
+                    'query': 'test',
+                    'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
+                    'type': 'phrase',
+                    'slop': 2,
+                    'boost': 1
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              'max_boost': 20,
+              'score_mode': 'first',
+              'boost_mode': 'replace',
+              'functions': [{
+                'field_value_factor': {
+                  'modifier': 'log1p',
+                  'field': 'population',
+                  'missing': 1
+                },
+                'weight': 2
+              }]
+            }
+          }]
+        }
+      },
+      'filter': {
+        'bool': {
+          'must': [{
+            'terms': {
+              'category': ['retail','food']
+            }
+          }]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  'sort': [ '_score' ],
+  'size': 20,
+  'track_scores': true
+};
diff --git a/test/unit/query/search.js b/test/unit/query/search.js
index 4ff414c0..61d00984 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/search.js
@@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
     t.end();
   });
 
+  test('categories filter', function(t) {
+    var query = generate({
+      'text': 'test',
+      'categories': ['retail','food']
+    });
+
+    var compiled = JSON.parse( JSON.stringify( query ) );
+    var expected = require('../fixture/search_with_category_filtering');
+
+    t.deepEqual(compiled, expected, 'valid search query with category filtering');
+    t.end();
+  });
 };
 
 module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {