diff --git a/ckan/lib/cli.py b/ckan/lib/cli.py
index 1fc8de336df..cb6731eb5b7 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/cli.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import collections
 import csv
+import multiprocessing as mp
 import os
 import datetime
 import sys
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 import ckan.include.rjsmin as rjsmin
 import ckan.include.rcssmin as rcssmin
 import ckan.lib.fanstatic_resources as fanstatic_resources
+import sqlalchemy as sa
 
 import paste.script
 from paste.registry import Registry
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ class CkanCommand(paste.script.command.Command):
     default_verbosity = 1
     group_name = 'ckan'
 
-    def _load_config(self):
+    def _get_config(self):
         from paste.deploy import appconfig
         if not self.options.config:
             msg = 'No config file supplied'
@@ -78,7 +80,10 @@ def _load_config(self):
         if not os.path.exists(self.filename):
             raise AssertionError('Config filename %r does not exist.' % self.filename)
         fileConfig(self.filename)
-        conf = appconfig('config:' + self.filename)
+        return appconfig('config:' + self.filename)
+
+    def _load_config(self):
+        conf = self._get_config()
         assert 'ckan' not in dir() # otherwise loggers would be disabled
         # We have now loaded the config. Now we can import ckan for the
         # first time.
@@ -308,11 +313,13 @@ def version(self):
         print Session.execute('select version from migrate_version;').fetchall()
 
 
+
 class SearchIndexCommand(CkanCommand):
     '''Creates a search index for all datasets
 
     Usage:
       search-index [-i] [-o] [-r] [-e] rebuild [dataset-name]     - reindex dataset-name if given, if not then rebuild full search index (all datasets)
+      search-index rebuild_fast                              - reindex using multiprocessing using all cores. This acts in the same way as rubuild -r [EXPERIMENTAL]
       search-index check                                     - checks for datasets not indexed
       search-index show {dataset-name}                       - shows index of a dataset
       search-index clear [dataset-name]                      - clears the search index for the provided dataset or for the whole ckan instance
@@ -344,14 +351,18 @@ def __init__(self,name):
                     )
 
     def command(self):
-        self._load_config()
-
         if not self.args:
             # default to printing help
             print self.usage
             return
 
         cmd = self.args[0]
+        # Do not run load_config yet
+        if cmd == 'rebuild_fast':
+            self.rebuild_fast()
+            return
+
+        self._load_config()
         if cmd == 'rebuild':
             self.rebuild()
         elif cmd == 'check':
@@ -400,6 +411,44 @@ def clear(self):
         package_id =self.args[1] if len(self.args) > 1 else None
         clear(package_id)
 
+    def rebuild_fast(self):
+        ###  Get out config but without starting pylons environment ####
+        conf = self._get_config()
+
+        ### Get ids using own engine, otherwise multiprocess will balk
+        db_url = conf['sqlalchemy.url']
+        engine = sa.create_engine(db_url)
+        package_ids = []
+        result = engine.execute("select id from package where state = 'active';")
+        for row in result:
+            package_ids.append(row[0])
+
+        def start(ids):
+            ## load actual enviroment for each subprocess, so each have thier own
+            ## sa session
+            self._load_config()
+            from ckan.lib.search import rebuild, commit
+            rebuild(package_ids=ids)
+            commit()
+
+        def chunks(l, n):
+            """ Yield n successive chunks from l.
+            """
+            newn = int(len(l) / n)
+            for i in xrange(0, n-1):
+                yield l[i*newn:i*newn+newn]
+            yield l[n*newn-newn:]
+
+        for chunk in chunks(package_ids, mp.cpu_count()):
+            processes = []
+            process = mp.Process(target=start, args=(chunk,))
+            processes.append(process)
+            process.daemon = True
+            process.start()
+
+        for process in processes:
+            process.join()
+
 class Notification(CkanCommand):
     '''Send out modification notifications.
 
diff --git a/ckan/lib/search/__init__.py b/ckan/lib/search/__init__.py
index 4c2f473ce8e..d7afc157e3a 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/search/__init__.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/search/__init__.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def notify(self, entity, operation):
             log.warn("Discarded Sync. indexing for: %s" % entity)
 
 
-def rebuild(package_id=None, only_missing=False, force=False, refresh=False, defer_commit=False):
+def rebuild(package_id=None, only_missing=False, force=False, refresh=False, defer_commit=False, package_ids=None):
     '''
         Rebuilds the search index.
 
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ def rebuild(package_id=None, only_missing=False, force=False, refresh=False, def
         log.info('Indexing just package %r...', pkg_dict['name'])
         package_index.remove_dict(pkg_dict)
         package_index.insert_dict(pkg_dict)
+    elif package_ids:
+        for package_id in package_ids:
+            pkg_dict = logic.get_action('package_show')(
+                {'model': model, 'ignore_auth': True, 'validate': False},
+                {'id': package_id})
+            log.info('Indexing just package %r...', pkg_dict['name'])
+            package_index.update_dict(pkg_dict, True)
     else:
         package_ids = [r[0] for r in model.Session.query(model.Package.id).
                        filter(model.Package.state == 'active').all()]