diff --git a/src/Products/PluginIndexes/PathIndex/PathIndex.py b/src/Products/PluginIndexes/PathIndex/PathIndex.py
index 4dc48d86..d9c5a534 100644
--- a/src/Products/PluginIndexes/PathIndex/PathIndex.py
+++ b/src/Products/PluginIndexes/PathIndex/PathIndex.py
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ def getIndexSourceNames(self):
         """
         return (self.id, 'getPhysicalPath', )
 
+    def getIndexQueryNames(self):
+        return (self.id,)
+
     def index_object(self, docid, obj ,threshold=100):
         """ See IPluggableIndex.
         """
diff --git a/src/Products/PluginIndexes/TopicIndex/TopicIndex.py b/src/Products/PluginIndexes/TopicIndex/TopicIndex.py
index 84c6784e..ed2f7c67 100644
--- a/src/Products/PluginIndexes/TopicIndex/TopicIndex.py
+++ b/src/Products/PluginIndexes/TopicIndex/TopicIndex.py
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ def getIndexSourceNames(self):
         """ return names of indexed attributes """
         return ('n/a',)
 
+    def getIndexQueryNames(self):
+        return (self.id,)
+
     def manage_clearFilteredSet(self, filter_ids=[], URL1=None, \
             REQUEST=None,RESPONSE=None):
         """  clear a list of FilteredSets"""
diff --git a/src/Products/PluginIndexes/common/UnIndex.py b/src/Products/PluginIndexes/common/UnIndex.py
index 720c766a..1a0e8e9e 100644
--- a/src/Products/PluginIndexes/common/UnIndex.py
+++ b/src/Products/PluginIndexes/common/UnIndex.py
@@ -457,6 +457,10 @@ def getIndexSourceNames(self):
         # BBB:  older indexes didn't have 'indexed_attrs'
         return getattr(self, 'indexed_attrs', [self.id])
 
+    def getIndexQueryNames(self):
+        """Indicate that this index applies to queries for the index's name."""
+        return (self.id,)
+
     def uniqueValues(self, name=None, withLengths=0):
         """returns the unique values for name
 
diff --git a/src/Products/PluginIndexes/interfaces.py b/src/Products/PluginIndexes/interfaces.py
index 7740a5f0..883b5f54 100644
--- a/src/Products/PluginIndexes/interfaces.py
+++ b/src/Products/PluginIndexes/interfaces.py
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ def getIndexSourceNames():
         """Get a sequence of attribute names that are indexed by the index.
         """
 
+    def getIndexQueryNames():
+        """Get a sequence of query parameter names to which this index applies.
+        """
+
     def index_object(documentId, obj, threshold=None):
         """Index an object.
 
diff --git a/src/Products/ZCatalog/Catalog.py b/src/Products/ZCatalog/Catalog.py
index 72037352..1f2545a1 100644
--- a/src/Products/ZCatalog/Catalog.py
+++ b/src/Products/ZCatalog/Catalog.py
@@ -470,14 +470,20 @@ def make_query(self, request):
                     query[iid] = value
         return query
 
+    def _get_index_query_names(self, index):
+        if hasattr(index, 'getIndexQueryNames'):
+            return index.getIndexQueryNames()
+        return (index.getId(),)
+
     def _sorted_search_indexes(self, query):
         # Simple implementation doing no ordering.
         query_keys = query.keys()
         order = []
         for name, index in self.indexes.items():
-            if name not in query_keys:
-                continue
-            order.append((ILimitedResultIndex.providedBy(index), name))
+            for attr in self._get_index_query_names(index):
+                if attr in query_keys:
+                    order.append((ILimitedResultIndex.providedBy(index), name))
+                    break
         order.sort()
         return [i[1] for i in order]
 
diff --git a/src/Products/ZCatalog/plan.py b/src/Products/ZCatalog/plan.py
index fc403cc2..a1b187a8 100644
--- a/src/Products/ZCatalog/plan.py
+++ b/src/Products/ZCatalog/plan.py
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ class CatalogPlan(object):
     def __init__(self, catalog, query=None, threshold=0.1):
         self.catalog = catalog
         self.cid = self.get_id()
+        querykey_to_index = {}
+        for index in self.catalog.indexes.values():
+            for querykey in self.catalog._get_index_query_names(index):
+                querykey_to_index[querykey] = index.getId()
+        self.querykey_to_index = querykey_to_index
         self.query = query
         self.key = self.make_key(query)
         self.benchmark = {}
@@ -281,6 +286,7 @@ def stop(self):
         self.duration = self.end_time - self.start_time
         # Make absolutely sure we never omit query keys from the plan
         for key in self.query.keys():
+            key = self.querykey_to_index.get(key, key)
             if key not in self.benchmark.keys():
                 self.benchmark[key] = Benchmark(0, 0, False)
         PriorityMap.set_entry(self.cid, self.key, self.benchmark)
diff --git a/src/Products/ZCatalog/tests/test_catalog.py b/src/Products/ZCatalog/tests/test_catalog.py
index 3288a2c4..f7751b5b 100644
--- a/src/Products/ZCatalog/tests/test_catalog.py
+++ b/src/Products/ZCatalog/tests/test_catalog.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class dummy(ExtensionClass.Base):
     att1 = 'att1'
     att2 = 'att2'
     att3 = ['att3']
+    foo = 'foo'
 
     def __init__(self, num):
         self.num = num
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@ def col3(self):
         return ['col3']
 
 
+class MultiFieldIndex(FieldIndex):
+
+    def getIndexQueryNames(self):
+        return [self.id, 'bar']
+
+
 class objRS(ExtensionClass.Base):
 
     def __init__(self, num):
@@ -198,11 +205,13 @@ def setUp(self):
                           index_factory=OkapiIndex, lexicon_id='lexicon')
         att3 = KeywordIndex('att3')
         num = FieldIndex('num')
+        foo = MultiFieldIndex('foo')
 
         self._catalog.addIndex('att1', att1)
         self._catalog.addIndex('att2', att2)
         self._catalog.addIndex('att3', att3)
         self._catalog.addIndex('num', num)
+        self._catalog.addIndex('foo', foo)
         self._catalog.addColumn('att1')
         self._catalog.addColumn('att2')
         self._catalog.addColumn('att3')
@@ -303,6 +312,15 @@ def test_sorted_search_indexes_priority(self):
         result = self._catalog._sorted_search_indexes(query)
         self.assertEquals(result.index('att1'), 2)
 
+    def test_sorted_search_indexes_match_alternate_attr(self):
+        query = {'bar': 'b'}
+        result = self._catalog._sorted_search_indexes(query)
+        self.assertEquals(result, ['foo'])
+
+    def test_sorted_search_indexes_no_match(self):
+        result = self._catalog._sorted_search_indexes({'baz': 'a'})
+        self.assertEquals(result, [])
+
     # search
 
     def test_sortResults(self):