diff --git a/src/backend/memory.js b/src/backend/memory.js
index 347f2ccf..1c98be13 100644
--- a/src/backend/memory.js
+++ b/src/backend/memory.js
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
       var numRows = queryObj.size;
       var start = queryObj.from;
       results = this.datasets[model.id].documents;
+      _.each(queryObj.filters, function(filter) {
+        results = _.filter(results, function(doc) {
+          var fieldId = _.keys(filter.term)[0];
+          return (doc[fieldId] == filter.term[fieldId]);
+        });
+      });
       // not complete sorting!
       _.each(queryObj.sort, function(sortObj) {
         var fieldName = _.keys(sortObj)[0];
diff --git a/test/backend.test.js b/test/backend.test.js
index 666818b7..9b5453d3 100644
--- a/test/backend.test.js
+++ b/test/backend.test.js
@@ -79,7 +79,17 @@ test('Memory Backend: query sort', function () {
   });
 });
 
+test('Memory Backend: filters', function () {
+  var dataset = makeBackendDataset();
+  dataset.queryState.addTermFilter('country', 'UK');
+  dataset.query().then(function() {
+    equal(dataset.currentDocuments.length, 3);
+    deepEqual(dataset.currentDocuments.pluck('country'), ['UK', 'UK', 'UK']);
+  });
+});
+
 test('Memory Backend: facet', function () {
+  console.log('here');
   var dataset = makeBackendDataset();
   dataset.queryState.addFacet('country');
   dataset.query().then(function() {