diff --git a/src/collector/facet_collector.rs b/src/collector/facet_collector.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbd613bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/collector/facet_collector.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+use std::cmp::Eq;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::hash::Hash;
+
+use collector::Collector;
+use fastfield::FastFieldReader;
+use schema::Field;
+
+use DocId;
+use Result;
+use Score;
+use SegmentReader;
+use SegmentLocalId;
+
+
+/// Facet collector  for i64/u64 fast field
+pub struct FacetCollector<T>
+    where T: FastFieldReader,
+          T::ValueType: Eq + Hash
+{
+    counters: HashMap<T::ValueType, u64>,
+    field: Field,
+    ff_reader: Option<T>,
+}
+
+
+impl<T> FacetCollector<T>
+    where T: FastFieldReader,
+          T::ValueType: Eq + Hash
+{
+    /// Creates a new facet collector for aggregating a given field.
+    pub fn new(field: Field) -> FacetCollector<T> {
+        FacetCollector {
+            counters: HashMap::new(),
+            field: field,
+            ff_reader: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl<T> Collector for FacetCollector<T>
+    where T: FastFieldReader,
+          T::ValueType: Eq + Hash
+{
+    fn set_segment(&mut self, _: SegmentLocalId, reader: &SegmentReader) -> Result<()> {
+        self.ff_reader = Some(reader.get_fast_field_reader(self.field)?);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn collect(&mut self, doc: DocId, _: Score) {
+        let val = self.ff_reader
+            .as_ref()
+            .expect("collect() was called before set_segment. This should never happen.")
+            .get(doc);
+        *(self.counters.entry(val).or_insert(0)) += 1;
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+
+    use collector::{chain, FacetCollector};
+    use query::QueryParser;
+    use fastfield::{I64FastFieldReader, U64FastFieldReader};
+    use schema::{self, Document, FieldValue, FAST, STRING};
+    use Index;
+
+    #[test]
+    // create 10 documents, set num field value to 0 or 1 for even/odd ones
+    // make sure we have facet counters correctly filled
+    fn test_facet_collector_results() {
+
+        let mut schema_builder = schema::SchemaBuilder::new();
+        let num_field_i64 = schema_builder.add_i64_field("num_i64", FAST);
+        let num_field_u64 = schema_builder.add_u64_field("num_u64", FAST);
+        let text_field = schema_builder.add_text_field("text", STRING);
+        let schema = schema_builder.build();
+
+        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema.clone());
+
+        {
+            let mut index_writer = index.writer_with_num_threads(1, 40_000_000).unwrap();
+            {
+                for i in 0u64..10u64 {
+                    index_writer.add_document(doc!(
+                        num_field_i64 => ((i as i64) % 3i64) as i64,
+                        num_field_u64 => (i % 2u64) as u64,
+                        text_field => "text"
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
+            assert_eq!(index_writer.commit().unwrap(), 10u64);
+        }
+
+        index.load_searchers().unwrap();
+        let searcher = index.searcher();
+        let mut ffvf_i64: FacetCollector<I64FastFieldReader> = FacetCollector::new(num_field_i64);
+        let mut ffvf_u64: FacetCollector<U64FastFieldReader> = FacetCollector::new(num_field_u64);
+
+        {
+            // perform the query
+            let mut facet_collectors = chain().push(&mut ffvf_i64).push(&mut ffvf_u64);
+            let query_parser = QueryParser::new(schema, vec![text_field]);
+            let query = query_parser.parse_query("text:text").unwrap();
+            query.search(&searcher, &mut facet_collectors).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(ffvf_u64.counters[&0], 5);
+        assert_eq!(ffvf_u64.counters[&1], 5);
+        assert_eq!(ffvf_i64.counters[&0], 4);
+        assert_eq!(ffvf_i64.counters[&1], 3);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/collector/mod.rs b/src/collector/mod.rs
index 72d5797ff..27435592d 100644
--- a/src/collector/mod.rs
+++ b/src/collector/mod.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ pub use self::multi_collector::MultiCollector;
 mod top_collector;
 pub use self::top_collector::TopCollector;
 
+mod facet_collector;
+pub use self::facet_collector::FacetCollector;
+
 mod chained_collector;
 pub use self::chained_collector::chain;