diff --git a/src/backend/elasticsearch.js b/src/backend/elasticsearch.js
index ea18ff39..4667f4cc 100644
--- a/src/backend/elasticsearch.js
+++ b/src/backend/elasticsearch.js
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ this.recline.Backend.ElasticSearch = this.recline.Backend.ElasticSearch || {};
       out[filter.type] = {}
       if (filter.type === 'term') {
         out.term[filter.field] = filter.term;
-      } else if (filter.type === 'geo_point') {
-        out.geo_point[filter.field] = filter.point;
-        out.geo_point[filter.distance] = filter.distance;
+      } else if (filter.type === 'geo_distance') {
+        out.geo_distance[filter.field] = filter.point;
+        out.geo_distance.distance = filter.distance;
       }
       return out;
     },
diff --git a/test/backend/elasticsearch.test.js b/test/backend/elasticsearch.test.js
index 7dfeb8ff..9170b5cb 100644
--- a/test/backend/elasticsearch.test.js
+++ b/test/backend/elasticsearch.test.js
@@ -49,6 +49,31 @@ test("queryNormalize", function() {
     }
   };
   deepEqual(out, exp);
+
+  var in_ = new recline.Model.Query();
+  in_.addFilter({
+    type: 'geo_distance',
+    field: 'xyz'
+  });
+  var out = backend._normalizeQuery(in_);
+  var exp = {
+    constant_score: {
+      query: {
+        match_all: {}
+      },
+      filter: {
+        and: [
+          {
+            geo_distance: {
+              distance: '10km',
+              'xyz': { lon: 0, lat: 0 }
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  deepEqual(out, exp);
 });
 
 var mapping_data = {