diff --git a/src/model.js b/src/model.js
index 5649b1d8..c18aa2fb 100644
--- a/src/model.js
+++ b/src/model.js
@@ -510,6 +510,23 @@ my.Query = Backbone.Model.extend({
     filters.push(ourfilter);
     this.trigger('change:filters:new-blank');
   },
+  replaceFilter: function(filter) {
+    // delete filter on the same field, then add
+    var filters = this.get('filters');
+    var idx = -1;
+    _.each(this.get('filters'), function(filter, key, list) {
+      if (filter.field == filter.field) {
+        idx = key;
+      }
+    });
+    // trigger just one event (change:filters:new-blank) instead of one for remove and 
+    // one for add
+    if (idx >= 0) {
+      filters.splice(idx, 1);
+      this.set({filters: filters});
+    }
+    this.addFilter(filter);
+  },
   updateFilter: function(index, value) {
   },
   // ### removeFilter
diff --git a/test/model.test.js b/test/model.test.js
index 00797ef0..506ef2bd 100644
--- a/test/model.test.js
+++ b/test/model.test.js
@@ -374,4 +374,24 @@ test('Query.addFilter', function () {
   deepEqual(exp, query.get('filters')[2]);
 });
 
+test('Query.replaceFilter', function () {
+  var query = new recline.Model.Query();
+  query.addFilter({type: 'term', field: 'xyz'});
+  var exp = {
+    field: 'xyz',
+    type: 'term',
+    term: ''
+  };
+  deepEqual(query.get('filters')[0], exp);
+
+  query.replaceFilter({type: 'term', field: 'abc'});
+  exp = {
+    field: 'abc',
+    type: 'term',
+    term: ''
+  };
+  deepEqual(query.get('filters')[0], exp);
+
+});
+
 })(this.jQuery);