diff --git a/app/models/media_object.rb b/app/models/media_object.rb
index 97135b0b2d..da3f7eab1c 100644
--- a/app/models/media_object.rb
+++ b/app/models/media_object.rb
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ def to_solr(solr_doc = Hash.new, opts = {})
     all_text_values << solr_doc["genre_sim"]
     all_text_values << solr_doc["language_sim"]
     all_text_values << solr_doc["physical_description_si"]
+    all_text_values << solr_doc["date_sim"]
     solr_doc["all_text_timv"] = all_text_values.flatten
     return solr_doc
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/catalog_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/catalog_controller_spec.rb
index 1825b626a7..9c39e76271 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/catalog_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/catalog_controller_spec.rb
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
     describe "search fields" do
       let(:media_object) { FactoryGirl.create(:fully_searchable_media_object) }
-      ["title_tesi", "creator_ssim", "contributor_sim", "unit_ssim", "collection_ssim", "summary_ssi", "publisher_sim", "subject_topic_sim", "subject_geographic_sim", "subject_temporal_sim", "genre_sim", "physical_description_si", "language_sim"].each do |field|
+      ["title_tesi", "creator_ssim", "contributor_sim", "unit_ssim", "collection_ssim", "summary_ssi", "publisher_sim", "subject_topic_sim", "subject_geographic_sim", "subject_temporal_sim", "genre_sim", "physical_description_si", "language_sim", "date_sim"].each do |field|
         it "should find results based upon #{field}" do
           skip "Language is broken in the factory" if field == "language_sim"
           query = Array(media_object.to_solr[field]).first