diff --git a/geonode/facets/providers/group.py b/geonode/facets/providers/group.py
index d93404337f4..c8de489b461 100644
--- a/geonode/facets/providers/group.py
+++ b/geonode/facets/providers/group.py
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ def get_facet_items(
             logger.debug("Filtering by keys %r", keys)
             filters["group__id__in"] = keys
 
+        if topic_contains:
+            filters["group__name__icontains"] = topic_contains
+
         visible_groups = get_user_visible_groups(user=kwargs["user"])
 
         q = (
diff --git a/geonode/facets/tests.py b/geonode/facets/tests.py
index 9bce8fc6a96..5cd6cba1b57 100644
--- a/geonode/facets/tests.py
+++ b/geonode/facets/tests.py
@@ -669,3 +669,28 @@ def test_group_facet_api_call(self):
 
         self.assertDictEqual(expected_response_filtered, response_dict_filtered)
         self.assertDictEqual(expected_response_base, response_dict_base)
+
+    def test_group_facets_are_filtered_by_words(self):
+        # there are some groups and the facets return them
+        url = f"{reverse('get_facet',args=['group'])}"
+
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code, response.json())
+
+        self.assertTrue(response.json().get("topics", {}).get("total", 0) > 0)
+
+        # topic_contains with real name should return 1
+        url = f"{reverse('get_facet',args=['group'])}?topic_contains=UserAdmin"
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code, response.json())
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, response.json().get("topics", {}).get("total", 0))
+
+        # topic_contains with a random string to be searched for should be 0
+        url = f"{reverse('get_facet',args=['group'])}?topic_contains=abc123scfuqbrwefbasascgiu"
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code, response.json())
+
+        self.assertEqual(0, response.json().get("topics", {}).get("total", 0))