diff --git a/app/views/catalog/_facet_group.html.erb b/app/views/catalog/_facet_group.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6588109b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/catalog/_facet_group.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<% # main container for facets/limits menu -%>
+<% if has_facet_values? facet_field_names(groupname) %>
+<div id="facets<%= "-#{groupname}" unless groupname.nil? %>" class="facets sidenav">
+
+  <div class="top-panel-heading panel-heading">
+    <button type="button" class="facets-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#facet-panel<%= "-#{groupname}" unless groupname.nil? %>-collapse">
+      <span class="sr-only">Toggle facets</span>
+      <span class="icon-bar"></span>
+      <span class="icon-bar"></span>
+      <span class="icon-bar"></span>
+    </button>
+
+  <h4>
+  	<%= groupname.blank? ? t('blacklight.search.facets.title') : t("blacklight.search.facets-#{groupname}.title") %>
+  </h4>
+    </div>
+
+  <div id="facet-panel<%= "-#{groupname}" unless groupname.nil? %>-collapse" class="collapse panel-group">
+  <%= render_facet_partials facet_field_names(groupname) %>
+</div>
+</div>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/catalog/_facets.html.erb b/app/views/catalog/_facets.html.erb
index b986b6ca14..66beb757d9 100644
--- a/app/views/catalog/_facets.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/catalog/_facets.html.erb
@@ -1,22 +1,3 @@
-<% # main container for facets/limits menu -%>
-<% if has_facet_values?  %>
-<div id="facets" class="facets sidenav">
-
-  <div class="top-panel-heading panel-heading">
-    <button type="button" class="facets-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#facet-panel-collapse">
-      <span class="sr-only">Toggle facets</span>
-      <span class="icon-bar"></span>
-      <span class="icon-bar"></span>
-      <span class="icon-bar"></span>
-    </button>
-
-  <h4>
-  	<%= t('blacklight.search.facets.title') %>
-  </h4>
-    </div>
-
-  <div id="facet-panel-collapse" class="collapse panel-group">
-  <%= render_facet_partials %>
-</div>
-</div>
-<% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
+<% facet_group_names.each do |groupname| %>
+  <%= render partial: "facet_group", locals: {groupname: groupname} %>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/lib/blacklight/facet.rb b/lib/blacklight/facet.rb
index bbd83c0391..e769f136bb 100644
--- a/lib/blacklight/facet.rb
+++ b/lib/blacklight/facet.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ def facets_from_request(fields = facet_field_names)
       fields.map { |solr_field| facet_by_field_name(solr_field) }.compact
     end
 
-    def facet_field_names
-      blacklight_config.facet_fields.keys
+    def facet_field_names group=nil
+      blacklight_config.facet_fields.select {|facet,opts| group == opts[:group]}.keys
+    end
+
+    def facet_group_names
+      blacklight_config.facet_fields.map {|facet,opts| opts[:group]}.uniq
     end
 
     def facet_configuration_for_field(field)
diff --git a/spec/views/catalog/_facets.html.erb_spec.rb b/spec/views/catalog/_facets.html.erb_spec.rb
index bccad28fd4..4545e86d28 100644
--- a/spec/views/catalog/_facets.html.erb_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/catalog/_facets.html.erb_spec.rb
@@ -5,34 +5,67 @@
     @mock_config = Blacklight::Configuration.new
     view.stub(:blacklight_config => @mock_config)
   end
-  it "should not have a header if no facets are displayed" do
-    view.stub(:render_facet_partials => '')
-    render
-    expect(rendered).to_not have_selector('h4')
-  end
 
-  it "should have a header" do
+  describe "facet groups" do
+    describe "default facet group" do
+      it "should not have a header if no facets are displayed" do
+        view.stub(:render_facet_partials => '')
+        render
+        expect(rendered).to_not have_selector('h4')
+      end
 
-      @mock_field_1 = double(:field => 'facet_field_1',
-                       :label => 'label')
-      @mock_display_facet_1 = double(:name => 'facet_field_1', :items => [Blacklight::SolrResponse::Facets::FacetItem.new(:value => 'Value', :hits => 1234)])
-      view.stub(:facet_field_names => [:facet_field_1],
+      it "should have a header" do
+
+        @mock_field_1 = double(:field => 'facet_field_1',
+                       :label => 'label', :group => nil)
+        @mock_display_facet_1 = double(:name => 'facet_field_1', :items => [Blacklight::SolrResponse::Facets::FacetItem.new(:value => 'Value', :hits => 1234)])
+        view.stub(:facet_group_names => [nil], :facet_field_names => [:facet_field_1],
                 :facet_limit_for => 10 )
 
-      @response = double()
-      @response.stub(:facet_by_field_name).with(:facet_field_1) { @mock_display_facet_1 }
+        @response = double()
+        @response.stub(:facet_by_field_name).with(:facet_field_1) { @mock_display_facet_1 }
+
+        view.stub(:render_facet_partials => '')
+        render
+        expect(rendered).to have_selector('h4')
+      end
+    end
 
-    view.stub(:render_facet_partials => '')
-    render
-    expect(rendered).to have_selector('h4')
+    describe "named facet group" do
+      it "should not have a header if no facets are displayed" do
+        view.stub(:render_facet_partials => '')
+        render
+        expect(rendered).to_not have_selector('h4')
+        expect(rendered).to_not have_selector('#facets-group_1')
+      end
+
+      it "should have a header" do
+
+        @mock_field_1 = double(:field => 'facet_field_1',
+                       :label => 'label', :group => 'group_1')
+        @mock_display_facet_1 = double(:name => 'facet_field_1', :items => [Blacklight::SolrResponse::Facets::FacetItem.new(:value => 'Value', :hits => 1234)])
+        view.stub(:facet_group_names => [nil, 'group_1'], 
+                :facet_limit_for => 10 )
+        view.stub(:facet_field_names).with('group_1').and_return([:facet_field_1])
+
+        @response = double()
+        @response.stub(:facet_by_field_name).with(:facet_field_1) { @mock_display_facet_1 }
+
+        view.stub(:render_facet_partials => '')
+        render
+        expect(rendered).to have_selector('h4')
+        expect(rendered).to have_selector('#facets-group_1')
+      end
+
+    end
   end
 
   describe "facet display" do
     before do
       @mock_field_1 = double(:field => 'facet_field_1',
-                       :label => 'label')
+                       :label => 'label', :group => nil)
       @mock_display_facet_1 = double(:name => 'facet_field_1', :items => [Blacklight::SolrResponse::Facets::FacetItem.new(:value => 'Value', :hits => 1234)])
-      view.stub(:facet_field_names => [:facet_field_1],
+      view.stub(:facet_group_names => [nil], :facet_field_names => [:facet_field_1],
                 :facet_limit_for => 10 )
 
       @response = double()