diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/facet_search.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/facet_search.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be3af4f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/facet_search.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+use std::collections::{BTreeSet, HashSet};
+
+use actix_web::web::Data;
+use actix_web::{web, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
+use deserr::actix_web::{AwebJson, AwebQueryParameter};
+use index_scheduler::IndexScheduler;
+use log::debug;
+use meilisearch_types::deserr::query_params::Param;
+use meilisearch_types::deserr::{DeserrJsonError, DeserrQueryParamError};
+use meilisearch_types::error::deserr_codes::*;
+use meilisearch_types::error::ResponseError;
+use meilisearch_types::index_uid::IndexUid;
+use meilisearch_types::milli::facet;
+use meilisearch_types::serde_cs::vec::CS;
+use serde_json::Value;
+
+use crate::analytics::{Analytics, SearchAggregator};
+use crate::extractors::authentication::policies::*;
+use crate::extractors::authentication::GuardedData;
+use crate::search::{
+    add_search_rules, perform_facet_search, MatchingStrategy, SearchQuery, DEFAULT_CROP_LENGTH,
+    DEFAULT_CROP_MARKER, DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_POST_TAG, DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_PRE_TAG,
+    DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT, DEFAULT_SEARCH_OFFSET,
+};
+
+pub fn configure(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
+    cfg.service(web::resource("").route(web::post().to(search)));
+}
+
+// #[derive(Debug, deserr::Deserr)]
+// #[deserr(error = DeserrQueryParamError, rename_all = camelCase, deny_unknown_fields)]
+// pub struct FacetSearchQuery {
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchQ>)]
+//     facetQuery: Option<String>,
+//     #[deserr(default = Param(DEFAULT_SEARCH_OFFSET()), error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchOffset>)]
+//     offset: Param<usize>,
+//     #[deserr(default = Param(DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT()), error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchLimit>)]
+//     limit: Param<usize>,
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchPage>)]
+//     page: Option<Param<usize>>,
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchHitsPerPage>)]
+//     hits_per_page: Option<Param<usize>>,
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchAttributesToRetrieve>)]
+//     attributes_to_retrieve: Option<CS<String>>,
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchAttributesToCrop>)]
+//     attributes_to_crop: Option<CS<String>>,
+//     #[deserr(default = Param(DEFAULT_CROP_LENGTH()), error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchCropLength>)]
+//     crop_length: Param<usize>,
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchAttributesToHighlight>)]
+//     attributes_to_highlight: Option<CS<String>>,
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchFilter>)]
+//     filter: Option<String>,
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchSort>)]
+//     sort: Option<String>,
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchShowMatchesPosition>)]
+//     show_matches_position: Param<bool>,
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchFacets>)]
+//     facets: Option<CS<String>>,
+//     #[deserr( default = DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_PRE_TAG(), error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchHighlightPreTag>)]
+//     highlight_pre_tag: String,
+//     #[deserr( default = DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_POST_TAG(), error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchHighlightPostTag>)]
+//     highlight_post_tag: String,
+//     #[deserr(default = DEFAULT_CROP_MARKER(), error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchCropMarker>)]
+//     crop_marker: String,
+//     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchMatchingStrategy>)]
+//     matching_strategy: MatchingStrategy,
+// }
+
+// TODO improve the error messages
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, deserr::Deserr)]
+#[deserr(error = DeserrJsonError, rename_all = camelCase, deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct FacetSearchQuery {
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchQ>)]
+    pub facet_query: Option<String>,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchQ>)]
+    pub facet_name: String,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchQ>)]
+    pub q: Option<String>,
+    #[deserr(default = DEFAULT_SEARCH_OFFSET(), error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchOffset>)]
+    pub offset: usize,
+    #[deserr(default = DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT(), error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchLimit>)]
+    pub limit: usize,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchPage>)]
+    pub page: Option<usize>,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchHitsPerPage>)]
+    pub hits_per_page: Option<usize>,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchAttributesToRetrieve>)]
+    pub attributes_to_retrieve: Option<BTreeSet<String>>,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchAttributesToCrop>)]
+    pub attributes_to_crop: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchCropLength>, default = DEFAULT_CROP_LENGTH())]
+    pub crop_length: usize,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchAttributesToHighlight>)]
+    pub attributes_to_highlight: Option<HashSet<String>>,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchShowMatchesPosition>, default)]
+    pub show_matches_position: bool,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchFilter>)]
+    pub filter: Option<Value>,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchSort>)]
+    pub sort: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchFacets>)]
+    pub facets: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchHighlightPreTag>, default = DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_PRE_TAG())]
+    pub highlight_pre_tag: String,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchHighlightPostTag>, default = DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_POST_TAG())]
+    pub highlight_post_tag: String,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchCropMarker>, default = DEFAULT_CROP_MARKER())]
+    pub crop_marker: String,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchMatchingStrategy>, default)]
+    pub matching_strategy: MatchingStrategy,
+}
+
+pub async fn search(
+    index_scheduler: GuardedData<ActionPolicy<{ actions::SEARCH }>, Data<IndexScheduler>>,
+    index_uid: web::Path<String>,
+    params: AwebJson<FacetSearchQuery, DeserrJsonError>,
+    req: HttpRequest,
+    analytics: web::Data<dyn Analytics>,
+) -> Result<HttpResponse, ResponseError> {
+    let index_uid = IndexUid::try_from(index_uid.into_inner())?;
+
+    let mut query = params.into_inner();
+    debug!("facet search called with params: {:?}", query);
+
+    let facet_query = query.facet_query.clone();
+    let facet_name = query.facet_name.clone();
+    let mut search_query = SearchQuery::from(query);
+
+    // Tenant token search_rules.
+    if let Some(search_rules) = index_scheduler.filters().get_index_search_rules(&index_uid) {
+        add_search_rules(&mut search_query, search_rules);
+    }
+
+    // TODO log stuff
+    // let mut aggregate = SearchAggregator::from_query(&query, &req);
+
+    let index = index_scheduler.index(&index_uid)?;
+    let search_result = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+        perform_facet_search(&index, search_query, facet_query, facet_name)
+    })
+    .await?;
+
+    // TODO log stuff
+    // if let Ok(ref search_result) = search_result {
+    //     aggregate.succeed(search_result);
+    // }
+    // TODO analytics
+    // analytics.post_search(aggregate);
+
+    let search_result = search_result?;
+
+    debug!("returns: {:?}", search_result);
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(search_result))
+}
+
+impl From<FacetSearchQuery> for SearchQuery {
+    fn from(value: FacetSearchQuery) -> Self {
+        SearchQuery {
+            q: value.q,
+            offset: value.offset,
+            limit: value.limit,
+            page: value.page,
+            hits_per_page: value.hits_per_page,
+            attributes_to_retrieve: value.attributes_to_retrieve,
+            attributes_to_crop: value.attributes_to_crop,
+            crop_length: value.crop_length,
+            attributes_to_highlight: value.attributes_to_highlight,
+            show_matches_position: value.show_matches_position,
+            filter: value.filter,
+            sort: value.sort,
+            facets: value.facets,
+            highlight_pre_tag: value.highlight_pre_tag,
+            highlight_post_tag: value.highlight_post_tag,
+            crop_marker: value.crop_marker,
+            matching_strategy: value.matching_strategy,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/mod.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/mod.rs
index ba925b3d5..81b5c3f2e 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/mod.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use crate::extractors::authentication::{AuthenticationError, GuardedData};
 use crate::extractors::sequential_extractor::SeqHandler;
 
 pub mod documents;
+pub mod facet_search;
 pub mod search;
 pub mod settings;
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ pub fn configure(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
             .service(web::resource("/stats").route(web::get().to(SeqHandler(get_index_stats))))
             .service(web::scope("/documents").configure(documents::configure))
             .service(web::scope("/search").configure(search::configure))
+            .service(web::scope("/facet-search").configure(facet_search::configure))
             .service(web::scope("/settings").configure(settings::configure)),
     );
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/search.rs b/meilisearch/src/search.rs
index 87cfdadb3..2093a27ef 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/search.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashSet};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
+use actix_http::header::q;
 use deserr::Deserr;
 use either::Either;
 use index_scheduler::RoFeatures;
@@ -10,9 +11,10 @@ use log::warn;
 use meilisearch_auth::IndexSearchRules;
 use meilisearch_types::deserr::DeserrJsonError;
 use meilisearch_types::error::deserr_codes::*;
+use meilisearch_types::heed::RoTxn;
 use meilisearch_types::index_uid::IndexUid;
 use meilisearch_types::milli::score_details::{ScoreDetails, ScoringStrategy};
-use meilisearch_types::milli::{dot_product_similarity, InternalError};
+use meilisearch_types::milli::{dot_product_similarity, FacetSearchResult, InternalError};
 use meilisearch_types::settings::DEFAULT_PAGINATION_MAX_TOTAL_HITS;
 use meilisearch_types::{milli, Document};
 use milli::tokenizer::TokenizerBuilder;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 
 use crate::error::MeilisearchHttpError;
+use crate::routes::indexes::facet_search::FacetSearchQuery;
 
 type MatchesPosition = BTreeMap<String, Vec<MatchBounds>>;
 
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ impl SearchQueryWithIndex {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserr)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserr)]
 #[deserr(rename_all = camelCase)]
 pub enum MatchingStrategy {
     /// Remove query words from last to first
@@ -298,14 +301,12 @@ pub fn add_search_rules(query: &mut SearchQuery, rules: IndexSearchRules) {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn perform_search(
-    index: &Index,
-    query: SearchQuery,
+fn prepare_search<'t>(
+    index: &'t Index,
+    rtxn: &'t RoTxn,
+    query: &'t SearchQuery,
     features: RoFeatures,
-) -> Result<SearchResult, MeilisearchHttpError> {
-    let before_search = Instant::now();
-    let rtxn = index.read_txn()?;
-
+) -> Result<(milli::Search<'t>, bool, usize, usize), MeilisearchHttpError> {
     let mut search = index.search(&rtxn);
 
     if query.vector.is_some() && query.q.is_some() {
@@ -383,6 +384,20 @@ pub fn perform_search(
         search.sort_criteria(sort);
     }
 
+    Ok((search, is_finite_pagination, max_total_hits, offset))
+}
+
+pub fn perform_search(
+    index: &Index,
+    query: SearchQuery,
+    features: RoFeatures,
+) -> Result<SearchResult, MeilisearchHttpError> {
+    let before_search = Instant::now();
+    let rtxn = index.read_txn()?;
+
+    let (search, is_finite_pagination, max_total_hits, offset) =
+        prepare_search(index, &rtxn, &query, features)?;
+
     let milli::SearchResult { documents_ids, matching_words, candidates, document_scores, .. } =
         search.execute()?;
 
@@ -557,6 +572,21 @@ pub fn perform_search(
     Ok(result)
 }
 
+pub fn perform_facet_search(
+    index: &Index,
+    search_query: SearchQuery,
+    facet_query: Option<String>,
+    facet_name: String,
+) -> Result<Vec<FacetSearchResult>, MeilisearchHttpError> {
+    let before_search = Instant::now();
+    let rtxn = index.read_txn()?;
+
+    let (search, is_finite_pagination, max_total_hits, offset) =
+        prepare_search(index, &rtxn, &search_query)?;
+
+    todo!("Execute the search")
+}
+
 fn insert_geo_distance(sorts: &[String], document: &mut Document) {
     lazy_static::lazy_static! {
         static ref GEO_REGEX: Regex =
diff --git a/milli/src/search/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/mod.rs
index 184ba409e..85ba3df3a 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/mod.rs
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ impl<'a> SearchForFacetValue<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct FacetSearchResult {
     /// The original facet value
     pub value: String,