diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f7a63b..e971745 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ If you have Movies with a textual title, categotized by genre, studio and year w
       belongs_to :year
       belongs_to :studio
       has_and_belongs_to_many :genres
+
+      scope :classics, -> { where("year <= ?", 1980) }
     end
 
 You can then declare the structure of your search like so:
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
   class MovieSearch < FortyFacets::FacetSearch
     model 'Movie' # which model to search for
     text :title   # filter by a generic string entered by the user
+    scope :classics   # only return movies which are in the scope 'classics'
     range :price, name: 'Price' # filter by ranges for decimal fields
     facet :year, name: 'Releaseyear', order: :year # additionally order values in the year field
     facet :studio, name: 'Studio', order: :name
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ end
 | keyword | options       |                                                                                                                         |
 |---------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | text    | prefix:true   | creates a filter to limit search result to entities containing the filter value in the given field                      |
+| scope   |               | creates a filter to limit search result to entities matching the scope with the given name                              |
 | facet   |               | creates a facetted filter on the specified model attribute (attribute or belongs_to)                                    |
 | range   |               | creates a range filter (param format 'FROM - TO') limiting result to entities with values in that range              | 
 | orders  |               | takes a hash mapping a label to an argument that the active record `order` method can be called with to sort the result |
diff --git a/lib/forty_facets.rb b/lib/forty_facets.rb
index 22d694b..539db86 100644
--- a/lib/forty_facets.rb
+++ b/lib/forty_facets.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module FortyFacets
 require "forty_facets/filter_definition"
 require "forty_facets/filter/range_filter_definition"
 require "forty_facets/filter/text_filter_definition"
+require "forty_facets/filter/scope_filter_definition"
 require "forty_facets/filter/facet_filter_definition"
 require "forty_facets/filter/sql_facet_filter_definition"
 require "forty_facets/facet_search"
diff --git a/lib/forty_facets/facet_search.rb b/lib/forty_facets/facet_search.rb
index b93c05e..e40eafc 100644
--- a/lib/forty_facets/facet_search.rb
+++ b/lib/forty_facets/facet_search.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module FortyFacets
   #     model 'Movie'
   #
   #     text :title
+  #     scope :someScope, name: 'Only very special'
   #     range :price
   #     facet :genre, name: 'Genre'
   #     facet :year, name: 'Releaseyear', order: :year
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ def text(path, opts = {})
         definitions << TextFilterDefinition.new(self, path, opts)
       end
 
+      def scope(path, opts = {})
+        definitions << ScopeFilterDefinition.new(self, path, opts)
+      end
+
       def range(path, opts = {})
         definitions << RangeFilterDefinition.new(self, path, opts)
       end
diff --git a/lib/forty_facets/filter/scope_filter_definition.rb b/lib/forty_facets/filter/scope_filter_definition.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac19348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/forty_facets/filter/scope_filter_definition.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module FortyFacets
+  class ScopeFilterDefinition < FilterDefinition
+    class ScopeFilter < Filter
+      def active?
+        value == '1'
+      end
+
+      def build_scope
+        return Proc.new { |base| base } unless active?
+        Proc.new {  |base| base.send(definition.path.first) }
+      end
+
+      def remove
+        new_params = search_instance.params || {}
+        new_params.delete(definition.request_param)
+        search_instance.class.new_unwrapped(new_params, search_instance.root)
+      end
+
+      def add
+        new_params = search_instance.params || {}
+        new_params[definition.request_param] = '1'
+        search_instance.class.new_unwrapped(new_params, search_instance.root)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def build_filter(search_instance, value)
+      ScopeFilter.new(self, search_instance, value)
+    end
+
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/forty_facets/version.rb b/lib/forty_facets/version.rb
index 985c5e6..1639b92 100644
--- a/lib/forty_facets/version.rb
+++ b/lib/forty_facets/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module FortyFacets
-  VERSION = "0.1.0"
+  VERSION = "0.1.1"
 end
diff --git a/test/smoke_test.rb b/test/smoke_test.rb
index d21df3c..18edd15 100644
--- a/test/smoke_test.rb
+++ b/test/smoke_test.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class MovieSearch < FortyFacets::FacetSearch
   sql_facet({ classic: "year <= 1980", non_classic: "year > 1980" },
             { name: "Classic" })
   text [:studio, :description], name: 'Studio Description'
+  scope :classics, 'Name classics'
 end
 
 class SmokeTest < Minitest::Test
@@ -267,4 +268,9 @@ def test_includes_does_not_blow_up
     search.filter(:studio).facet.reject(&:selected).to_a
   end
 
+  def test_scope_filter
+    search_with_scope = MovieSearch.new().filter(:classics).add
+    assert search_with_scope.result.count < Movie.count, 'Activating the scope should yield a smaller set of movies'
+  end
+
 end