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 f23584e6b8..8a3186c9b2 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/impl/SearchMapper.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/impl/SearchMapper.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 package org.alfresco.rest.api.search.impl;
 
+import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.Default;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.Query;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.SearchQuery;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.SortDef;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.search.LimitBy;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.search.ResultSet;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.search.SearchParameters;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Node;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.search.SearchParameters.Operator;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.search.SearchParameters.SortDefinition;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.search.SearchService;
 import org.alfresco.util.ParameterCheck;
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ public class SearchMapper
     /**
      * Turn the params into the Java SearchParameters object
      * @param params
-     * @return
+     * @return SearchParameters
      */
     public SearchParameters toSearchParameters(SearchQuery searchQuery)
     {
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ public class SearchMapper
         fromSort(sp, searchQuery.getSort());
         fromTemplate(sp, searchQuery.getTemplates());
         validateInclude(searchQuery.getInclude());
+        fromDefault(sp, searchQuery.getDefaults());
 
         return sp;
     }
@@ -102,9 +105,9 @@ public class SearchMapper
     }
 
     /**
-     *
-     * @param sp
-     * @param q
+     * SearchParameters from the Query object
+     * @param sp SearchParameters
+     * @param q Query
      */
     public void fromQuery(SearchParameters sp, Query q)
     {
@@ -130,6 +133,11 @@ public class SearchMapper
         sp.setSearchTerm(q.getUserQuery());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * SearchParameters from the Paging object
+     * @param sp SearchParameters
+     * @param paging Paging
+     */
     public void fromPaging(SearchParameters sp, Paging paging)
     {
         if (paging != null)
@@ -140,6 +148,11 @@ public class SearchMapper
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * SearchParameters from List<SortDef>
+     * @param sp SearchParameters
+     * @param sort List<SortDef>
+     */
     public void fromSort(SearchParameters sp, List<SortDef> sort)
     {
         if (sort != null && !sort.isEmpty())
@@ -159,6 +172,11 @@ public class SearchMapper
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * SearchParameters from List<Template>
+     * @param sp SearchParameters
+     * @param templates List<Template>
+     */
     public void fromTemplate(SearchParameters sp, List<Template> templates)
     {
         if (templates != null && !templates.isEmpty())
@@ -170,6 +188,42 @@ public class SearchMapper
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * SearchParameters from Default object
+     * @param sp SearchParameters
+     * @param defaults Default
+     */
+    public void fromDefault(SearchParameters sp, Default defaults)
+    {
+        if (defaults != null)
+        {
+            List<String> txtAttribs = defaults.getTextAttributes();
+            if (txtAttribs!= null && !txtAttribs.isEmpty())
+            {
+                for (String attrib:txtAttribs)
+                {
+                    sp.addTextAttribute(attrib);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (defaults.getDefaultFTSOperator() != null)
+            {
+                sp.setDefaultFTSOperator(Operator.valueOf(defaults.getDefaultFTSOperator().toUpperCase()));
+            }
+            if (defaults.getDefaultFTSFieldOperator() != null)
+            {
+                sp.setDefaultFTSFieldConnective(Operator.valueOf(defaults.getDefaultFTSFieldOperator().toUpperCase()));
+            }
+
+            sp.setNamespace(defaults.getNamespace());
+            sp.setDefaultFieldName(defaults.getDefaultFieldName());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validates the List<String> includes
+     * @param includes List<String>
+     */
     public void validateInclude(List<String> includes)
     {
         if (includes != null && !includes.isEmpty())
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/Default.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/Default.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90ef2c580d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/Default.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*-
+ * #%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;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * POJO class representing the search Defaults
+ */
+public class Default
+{
+    private final List<String> textAttributes;
+    private final String defaultFTSOperator;
+    private final String defaultFTSFieldOperator;
+    private final String namespace;
+    private final String defaultFieldName;
+
+    @JsonCreator
+    public Default(@JsonProperty("textAttributes")  List<String> textAttributes,
+                   @JsonProperty("defaultFTSOperator")  String defaultFTSOperator,
+                   @JsonProperty("defaultFTSFieldOperator")  String defaultFTSFieldOperator,
+                   @JsonProperty("namespace")  String namespace,
+                   @JsonProperty("defaultFieldName")  String defaultFieldName)
+    {
+        this.textAttributes = textAttributes;
+        this.defaultFTSOperator = defaultFTSOperator;
+        this.defaultFTSFieldOperator = defaultFTSFieldOperator;
+        this.namespace = namespace;
+        this.defaultFieldName = defaultFieldName;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getTextAttributes()
+    {
+        return textAttributes;
+    }
+
+    public String getDefaultFTSOperator()
+    {
+        return defaultFTSOperator;
+    }
+
+    public String getDefaultFTSFieldOperator()
+    {
+        return defaultFTSFieldOperator;
+    }
+
+    public String getNamespace()
+    {
+        return namespace;
+    }
+
+    public String getDefaultFieldName()
+    {
+        return defaultFieldName;
+    }
+}
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 0f5b23e253..377bbd2134 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/SearchQuery.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/SearchQuery.java
@@ -44,21 +44,24 @@ public class SearchQuery
     private final List<String> include;
     private final List<SortDef> sort;
     private final List<Template> templates;
+    private final Default defaults;
 
-    public static final SearchQuery EMPTY = new SearchQuery(null, null, null, null, null);
+    public static final SearchQuery EMPTY = new SearchQuery(null, 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("templates") List<Template> templates)
+                       @JsonProperty("templates") List<Template> templates,
+                       @JsonProperty("defaults") Default defaults)
     {
         this.query = query;
         this.paging = paging;
         this.include = include;
         this.sort = sort;
         this.templates = templates;
+        this.defaults = defaults;
     }
 
     public Query getQuery()
@@ -83,4 +86,9 @@ public class SearchQuery
     {
         return templates;
     }
+
+    public Default getDefaults()
+    {
+        return defaults;
+    }
 }
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 cf3e652ec8..1d4ecea347 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchMapperTests.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchMapperTests.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import static org.alfresco.service.cmr.search.SearchService.LANGUAGE_FTS_ALFRESC
 import static org.alfresco.service.cmr.search.SearchService.LANGUAGE_LUCENE;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.impl.SearchMapper;
+import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.Default;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.Query;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.SearchQuery;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.SortDef;
@@ -198,6 +199,42 @@ public class SearchMapperTests
         assertEquals("bash" ,searchParameters.getQueryTemplates().get("bish"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void fromDefaults() throws Exception
+    {
+        SearchParameters searchParameters = new SearchParameters();
+        //Doesn't error
+        searchMapper.fromDefault(searchParameters, null);
+        searchMapper.fromDefault(searchParameters, new Default(null,null,null,null,null));
+
+        searchMapper.fromDefault(searchParameters, new Default(null,"AND",null,null,null));
+        assertEquals("AND", searchParameters.getDefaultFTSOperator().toString());
+
+        searchMapper.fromDefault(searchParameters, new Default(null, null, "or", null,null));
+        assertEquals("OR", searchParameters.getDefaultFTSFieldOperator().toString());
+
+        try
+        {
+            searchMapper.fromDefault(searchParameters, new Default(null, null, "ELSE", null,null));
+            fail();
+        }
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException iae)
+        {
+            //ELSE is illegal
+            assertNotNull(iae);
+        }
+
+        searchMapper.fromDefault(searchParameters, new Default(null, null, null, "nspa","dfn"));
+        assertEquals("nspa", searchParameters.getNamespace());
+        assertEquals("dfn", searchParameters.getDefaultFieldName());
+
+        assertEquals(0 , searchParameters.getTextAttributes().size());
+        searchMapper.fromDefault(searchParameters, new Default(Arrays.asList("sausage", "mash"), null, null, null,null));
+        assertEquals(2 , searchParameters.getTextAttributes().size());
+        assertTrue(searchParameters.getTextAttributes().contains("sausage"));
+        assertTrue(searchParameters.getTextAttributes().contains("mash"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void validateInclude() throws Exception
     {
@@ -232,7 +269,7 @@ public class SearchMapperTests
     private SearchQuery minimalQuery()
     {
         Query query = new Query("cmis", "foo", "");
-        SearchQuery sq = new SearchQuery(query,null, null, null, null);
+        SearchQuery sq = new SearchQuery(query,null, 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 d1f2259adc..cd38df4c73 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchQuerySerializerTests.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchQuerySerializerTests.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.model.Comment;
+import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.Default;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.search.model.SearchQuery;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.jacksonextensions.JacksonHelper;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.jacksonextensions.RestJsonModule;
@@ -74,6 +75,13 @@ public class SearchQuerySerializerTests
         assertTrue(searchQuery.getInclude().contains("properties"));
         assertEquals(1, searchQuery.getSort().size());
         assertEquals(2, searchQuery.getTemplates().size());
+        Default defaults = searchQuery.getDefaults();
+        assertEquals("namesp",  defaults.getNamespace());
+        assertEquals("myfield", defaults.getDefaultFieldName());
+        assertEquals("AND",     defaults.getDefaultFTSOperator());
+        assertEquals(2, defaults.getTextAttributes().size());
+        assertTrue(defaults.getTextAttributes().contains("roy"));
+        assertTrue(defaults.getTextAttributes().contains("king"));
     }
 
 }
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 9217dc90a1..505106d811 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SerializerTestHelper.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SerializerTestHelper.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class SerializerTestHelper implements RequestReader
                 + "\"paging\": {\"maxItems\": \"99\",\"skipCount\": \"4\"},"
                 + "\"sort\": {\"type\": \"FIELD\",\"field\": \"cm:title\",\"ascending\": \"true\"},"
                 + "\"templates\": [{\"name\": \"mytemp\",\"template\": \"ATEMP\"}, {\"name\": \"yourtemp\",\"template\": \"%cm:content\"}],"
+                + "\"defaults\": {\"namespace\": \"namesp\",\"defaultFieldName\": \"myfield\",\"defaultFTSOperator\": \"AND\", \"textAttributes\": [\"roy\", \"king\"]},"
                 + "\"include\": [\"aspectNames\", \"properties\"]}";
 
     public SerializerTestHelper()