diff --git a/lib/tire/search.rb b/lib/tire/search.rb
index 2a5445b4..042e2529 100644
--- a/lib/tire/search.rb
+++ b/lib/tire/search.rb
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ def size(value)
         self
       end
 
-      def fields(fields=[])
-        @fields = fields
+      def fields(*fields)
+        @fields = Array(fields.flatten)
         self
       end
 
diff --git a/test/integration/results_test.rb b/test/integration/results_test.rb
index c78f4978..806ab21b 100644
--- a/test/integration/results_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/results_test.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ class ResultsIntegrationTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         assert_nil s.results.first.tags
       end
 
+      should "allow to retrieve multiple fields" do
+        q = 'title:one'
+        s = Tire.search('articles-test') do
+          query { string q }
+          fields 'title', 'tags'
+        end
+        assert_equal 'One',  s.results.first.title
+        assert_equal 'ruby', s.results.first.tags[0]
+        assert_nil s.results.first.published_on
+      end
+
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/test/unit/search_test.rb b/test/unit/search_test.rb
index 62ad1c9f..cd48ad2d 100644
--- a/test/unit/search_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/search_test.rb
@@ -254,7 +254,23 @@ def foo; 'bar'; end
             fields :title
           end
           hash = MultiJson.decode( s.to_json )
-          assert_equal 'title', hash['fields']
+          assert_equal ['title'], hash['fields']
+        end
+
+        should "take multiple fields as an Array" do
+          s = Search::Search.new('index') do
+            fields [:title, :tags]
+          end
+          hash = MultiJson.decode( s.to_json )
+          assert_equal ['title', 'tags'], hash['fields']
+        end
+
+        should "take multiple fields as splat argument" do
+          s = Search::Search.new('index') do
+            fields :title, :tags
+          end
+          hash = MultiJson.decode( s.to_json )
+          assert_equal ['title', 'tags'], hash['fields']
         end
 
       end