diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/impl/SearchMapper.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/impl/SearchMapper.java
index 24f352b12f..f23584e6b8 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/impl/SearchMapper.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/impl/SearchMapper.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ package org.alfresco.rest.api.search.impl;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.Query;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.SearchQuery;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.SortDef;
+import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.Template;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.core.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.content.BasicContentInfo;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.parameters.CollectionWithPagingInfo;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ public class SearchMapper
         fromQuery(sp,  searchQuery.getQuery());
         fromPaging(sp, searchQuery.getPaging());
         fromSort(sp, searchQuery.getSort());
+        fromTemplate(sp, searchQuery.getTemplates());
         validateInclude(searchQuery.getInclude());
 
         return sp;
@@ -157,6 +159,17 @@ public class SearchMapper
         }
     }
 
+    public void fromTemplate(SearchParameters sp, List<Template> templates)
+    {
+        if (templates != null && !templates.isEmpty())
+        {
+            for (Template aTemplate:templates)
+            {
+                sp.addQueryTemplate(aTemplate.getName(), aTemplate.getTemplate());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public void validateInclude(List<String> includes)
     {
         if (includes != null && !includes.isEmpty())
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/SearchQuery.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/SearchQuery.java
index 5f4b0a9fc1..0f5b23e253 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/SearchQuery.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/SearchQuery.java
@@ -43,19 +43,22 @@ public class SearchQuery
     private final Paging paging;
     private final List<String> include;
     private final List<SortDef> sort;
+    private final List<Template> templates;
 
-    public static final SearchQuery EMPTY = new SearchQuery(null, null, null, null);
+    public static final SearchQuery EMPTY = new SearchQuery(null, null, null, null, null);
 
     @JsonCreator
     public SearchQuery(@JsonProperty("query") Query query,
                        @JsonProperty("paging") Paging paging,
                        @JsonProperty("include") List<String> include,
-                       @JsonProperty("sort") List<SortDef> sort)
+                       @JsonProperty("sort") List<SortDef> sort,
+                       @JsonProperty("templates") List<Template> templates)
     {
         this.query = query;
         this.paging = paging;
         this.include = include;
         this.sort = sort;
+        this.templates = templates;
     }
 
     public Query getQuery()
@@ -76,4 +79,8 @@ public class SearchQuery
     {
         return sort;
     }
+    public List<Template> getTemplates()
+    {
+        return templates;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/Template.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/Template.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14774d7675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/Template.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*-
+ * #%L
+ * Alfresco Remote API
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
+ * %%
+ * This file is part of the Alfresco software. 
+ * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of 
+ * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is 
+ * provided under the following open source license terms:
+ * 
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * #L%
+ */
+package org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonCreator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
+
+/**
+ * POJO class representing the Template
+ */
+public class Template
+{
+    private final String name;
+    private final String template;
+
+    @JsonCreator
+    public Template(@JsonProperty("name")  String name,
+                    @JsonProperty("template") String template)
+    {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.template = template;
+    }
+
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public String getTemplate()
+    {
+        return template;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchMapperTests.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchMapperTests.java
index 8e98d09a60..cf3e652ec8 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchMapperTests.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchMapperTests.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.impl.SearchMapper;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.Query;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.SearchQuery;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.SortDef;
+import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.Template;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.core.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.parameters.Paging;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.StoreRef;
@@ -182,6 +183,21 @@ public class SearchMapperTests
         });
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    public void fromTemplate() throws Exception
+    {
+        SearchParameters searchParameters = new SearchParameters();
+        //Doesn't error
+        searchMapper.fromTemplate(searchParameters, null);
+
+        searchMapper.fromTemplate(searchParameters, Arrays.asList(new Template("hedge", "hog"), new Template("king", "kong"), new Template("bish", "bash")));
+        assertEquals(3 ,searchParameters.getQueryTemplates().size());
+        assertEquals("hog" ,searchParameters.getQueryTemplates().get("hedge"));
+        assertEquals("kong" ,searchParameters.getQueryTemplates().get("king"));
+        assertEquals("bash" ,searchParameters.getQueryTemplates().get("bish"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void validateInclude() throws Exception
     {
@@ -216,7 +232,7 @@ public class SearchMapperTests
     private SearchQuery minimalQuery()
     {
         Query query = new Query("cmis", "foo", "");
-        SearchQuery sq = new SearchQuery(query,null, null, null);
+        SearchQuery sq = new SearchQuery(query,null, null, null, null);
         return sq;
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchQuerySerializerTests.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchQuerySerializerTests.java
index 6ea09485a0..d1f2259adc 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchQuerySerializerTests.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchQuerySerializerTests.java
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public class SearchQuerySerializerTests
         assertEquals(2, searchQuery.getInclude().size());
         assertTrue(searchQuery.getInclude().contains("aspectNames"));
         assertTrue(searchQuery.getInclude().contains("properties"));
+        assertEquals(1, searchQuery.getSort().size());
+        assertEquals(2, searchQuery.getTemplates().size());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SerializerTestHelper.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SerializerTestHelper.java
index e4a08912cc..9217dc90a1 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SerializerTestHelper.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SerializerTestHelper.java
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ public class SerializerTestHelper implements RequestReader
 
     public static final String JSON = "{ \"query\": {\"query\": \"g*\",\"userQuery\": \"great\",\"language\": \"afts\"}, "
                 + "\"paging\": {\"maxItems\": \"99\",\"skipCount\": \"4\"},"
-                + "\"sort\": {\"type\": \"FIELD\",\"field\": \"king\",\"ascending\": \"true\"},"
+                + "\"sort\": {\"type\": \"FIELD\",\"field\": \"cm:title\",\"ascending\": \"true\"},"
+                + "\"templates\": [{\"name\": \"mytemp\",\"template\": \"ATEMP\"}, {\"name\": \"yourtemp\",\"template\": \"%cm:content\"}],"
                 + "\"include\": [\"aspectNames\", \"properties\"]}";
 
     public SerializerTestHelper()