diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/functional-group/functional-group.widget.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/functional-group/functional-group.widget.spec.ts
index 238d9d6739..4522f643d0 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/functional-group/functional-group.widget.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/functional-group/functional-group.widget.spec.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,23 @@ describe('FunctionalGroupWidget', () => {
         expect(widget.value).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
+    it('should require form field to setup values on init', () => {
+        widget.field = null;
+        widget.ngOnInit();
+
+        expect(widget.value).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(widget.groupId).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should setup group restriction', () => {
+        widget.ngOnInit();
+        expect(widget.groupId).toBeUndefined();
+
+        widget.field.params = { restrictWithGroup: { id: '<id>' } };
+        widget.ngOnInit();
+        expect(widget.groupId).toBe('<id>');
+    });
+
     it('should flush value on blur', (done) => {
         spyOn(widget, 'flushValue').and.stub();
         widget.onBlur();
@@ -132,7 +149,28 @@ describe('FunctionalGroupWidget', () => {
         widget.value = 'group';
         widget.onKeyUp(null);
 
-        expect(formService.getWorkflowGroups).toHaveBeenCalledWith('group');
+        expect(formService.getWorkflowGroups).toHaveBeenCalledWith('group', undefined);
+        expect(widget.groups).toBe(groups);
+        expect(widget.popupVisible).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('should fetch groups with a group filter', () => {
+        let groups: GroupModel[] = [
+            new GroupModel(),
+            new GroupModel()
+        ];
+        spyOn(formService, 'getWorkflowGroups').and.returnValue(
+            Observable.create(observer => {
+                observer.next(groups);
+                observer.complete();
+            })
+        );
+
+        widget.groupId = 'parentGroup';
+        widget.value = 'group';
+        widget.onKeyUp(null);
+
+        expect(formService.getWorkflowGroups).toHaveBeenCalledWith('group', 'parentGroup');
         expect(widget.groups).toBe(groups);
         expect(widget.popupVisible).toBeTruthy();
     });
@@ -148,7 +186,7 @@ describe('FunctionalGroupWidget', () => {
         widget.value = 'group';
         widget.onKeyUp(null);
 
-        expect(formService.getWorkflowGroups).toHaveBeenCalledWith('group');
+        expect(formService.getWorkflowGroups).toHaveBeenCalledWith('group', undefined);
         expect(widget.groups.length).toBe(0);
         expect(widget.popupVisible).toBeFalsy();
     });
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/functional-group/functional-group.widget.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/functional-group/functional-group.widget.ts
index 001b6f264f..233f8deadb 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/functional-group/functional-group.widget.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/functional-group/functional-group.widget.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export class FunctionalGroupWidget extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit {
     popupVisible: boolean = false;
     groups: GroupModel[] = [];
     minTermLength: number = 1;
+    groupId: string;
 
     constructor(private formService: FormService) {
         super();
@@ -42,15 +43,23 @@ export class FunctionalGroupWidget extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit {
     // TODO: investigate, called 2 times
     // https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/6782
     ngOnInit() {
-        let group = this.field.value;
-        if (group) {
-            this.value = group.name;
+        if (this.field) {
+            let group = this.field.value;
+            if (group) {
+                this.value = group.name;
+            }
+
+            let params = this.field.params;
+            if (params && params['restrictWithGroup']) {
+                let restrictWithGroup = <GroupModel> params['restrictWithGroup'];
+                this.groupId = restrictWithGroup.id;
+            }
         }
     }
 
     onKeyUp(event: KeyboardEvent) {
         if (this.value && this.value.length >= this.minTermLength) {
-            this.formService.getWorkflowGroups(this.value)
+            this.formService.getWorkflowGroups(this.value, this.groupId)
                 .subscribe((result: GroupModel[]) => {
                     this.groups = result || [];
                     this.popupVisible = this.groups.length > 0;
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/form.service.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/form.service.ts
index d9b90bb419..bcd020e02b 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/form.service.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/services/form.service.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export class FormService {
     }
 
     // TODO: uses private webApp api
-    getWorkflowGroups(filter: string): Observable<GroupModel[]> {
+    getWorkflowGroups(filter: string, groupId?: string): Observable<GroupModel[]> {
         return Observable.create(observer => {
 
             let xhr: XMLHttpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ export class FormService {
 
             let host = this.apiService.getInstance().config.hostBpm;
             let url = `${host}/activiti-app/app/rest/workflow-groups?filter=${filter}`;
+            if (groupId) {
+                url += `&groupId=${groupId}`;
+            }
             xhr.open('GET', url, true);
             xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', this.apiService.getInstance().getTicketBpm());
             xhr.send();