diff --git a/src/backend/elasticsearch.js b/src/backend/elasticsearch.js
index c2e9331e..ed571fea 100644
--- a/src/backend/elasticsearch.js
+++ b/src/backend/elasticsearch.js
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
         }
         delete out.q;
       }
+      // now do filters (note the *plural*)
+      if (out.filters && out.filters.length) {
+        if (!out.filter) {
+          out.filter = {}
+        }
+        if (!out.filter.and) {
+          out.filter.and = [];
+        }
+        out.filter.and = out.filter.and.concat(out.filters);
+      }
+      if (out.filters != undefined) {
+        delete out.filters;
+      }
       return out;
     },
     query: function(model, queryObj) {
diff --git a/test/backend.elasticsearch.test.js b/test/backend.elasticsearch.test.js
index 4fc931cb..9af34e2d 100644
--- a/test/backend.elasticsearch.test.js
+++ b/test/backend.elasticsearch.test.js
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ test("ElasticSearch queryNormalize", function() {
   in_.q = 'abc';
   var out = backend._normalizeQuery(in_);
   equal(out.query.query_string.query, 'abc');
+
+  var in_ = new recline.Model.Query();
+  in_.addTermFilter('xyz', 'XXX');
+  in_ = in_.toJSON();
+  var out = backend._normalizeQuery(in_);
+  deepEqual(out.filter.and[0], {term: { xyz: 'XXX'}});
 });
 
 var mapping_data = {