diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/FacetField.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/FacetField.java
index 9d9782e952..8174d6ba74 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/FacetField.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/model/FacetField.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class FacetField
         this.missing = missing == null?false:missing;
         this.limit = limit; //Can be null
         this.offset = offset == null?0:offset;
-        this.mincount = mincount == null?0:mincount;
+        this.mincount = mincount == null?1:mincount;
         this.facetEnumCacheMinDf = facetEnumCacheMinDf == null?0:facetEnumCacheMinDf;
     }
     /**
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 d90fe1b3e3..1f5f10e9dc 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchMapperTests.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/search/SearchMapperTests.java
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ public class SearchMapperTests
         //assertEquals(true, ff.getMissing());
         assertNull(ff.getLimitOrNull());
         assertEquals(0, ff.getOffset());
-        assertEquals(0, ff.getMinCount());
+        assertEquals(1, ff.getMinCount());
         assertEquals(0, ff.getEnumMethodCacheMinDF());
 
 //        assertEquals("{key='myfield'}myfield" ,ff.getField());