diff --git a/src/core/searcher.rs b/src/core/searcher.rs
index 497e6767a..f0a43268b 100644
--- a/src/core/searcher.rs
+++ b/src/core/searcher.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::{fmt, io};
 
 use crate::collector::Collector;
 use crate::core::{Executor, SegmentReader};
-use crate::query::{EnableScoring, Query};
+use crate::query::{Bm25StatisticsProvider, EnableScoring, Query};
 use crate::schema::{Document, Schema, Term};
 use crate::space_usage::SearcherSpaceUsage;
 use crate::store::{CacheStats, StoreReader};
@@ -176,8 +176,27 @@ impl Searcher {
         query: &dyn Query,
         collector: &C,
     ) -> crate::Result<C::Fruit> {
+        self.search_with_statistics_provider(query, collector, self)
+    }
+
+    /// Same as [`search(...)`](Searcher::search) but allows specifying
+    /// a [Bm25StatisticsProvider].
+    ///
+    /// This can be used to adjust the statistics used in computing BM25
+    /// scores.
+    pub fn search_with_statistics_provider<C: Collector>(
+        &self,
+        query: &dyn Query,
+        collector: &C,
+        statistics_provider: &dyn Bm25StatisticsProvider,
+    ) -> crate::Result<C::Fruit> {
+        let enabled_scoring = if collector.requires_scoring() {
+            EnableScoring::enabled_from_statistics_provider(statistics_provider, self)
+        } else {
+            EnableScoring::disabled_from_searcher(self)
+        };
         let executor = self.inner.index.search_executor();
-        self.search_with_executor(query, collector, executor)
+        self.search_with_executor(query, collector, executor, enabled_scoring)
     }
 
     /// Same as [`search(...)`](Searcher::search) but multithreaded.
@@ -197,12 +216,8 @@ impl Searcher {
         query: &dyn Query,
         collector: &C,
         executor: &Executor,
+        enabled_scoring: EnableScoring,
     ) -> crate::Result<C::Fruit> {
-        let enabled_scoring = if collector.requires_scoring() {
-            EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(self)
-        } else {
-            EnableScoring::disabled_from_searcher(self)
-        };
         let weight = query.weight(enabled_scoring)?;
         let segment_readers = self.segment_readers();
         let fruits = executor.map(
diff --git a/src/fieldnorm/mod.rs b/src/fieldnorm/mod.rs
index e362a9af6..75fcff1e3 100644
--- a/src/fieldnorm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fieldnorm/mod.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ mod tests {
             Term::from_field_text(text, "hello"),
             IndexRecordOption::WithFreqs,
         );
-        let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?;
+        let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?;
         let mut scorer = weight.scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0), 1.0f32)?;
         assert_eq!(scorer.doc(), 0);
         assert!((scorer.score() - 0.22920431).abs() < 0.001f32);
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ mod tests {
             Term::from_field_text(text, "hello"),
             IndexRecordOption::WithFreqs,
         );
-        let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?;
+        let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?;
         let mut scorer = weight.scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0), 1.0f32)?;
         assert_eq!(scorer.doc(), 0);
         assert!((scorer.score() - 0.22920431).abs() < 0.001f32);
diff --git a/src/indexer/merger.rs b/src/indexer/merger.rs
index b91af06d6..25cc6edd9 100644
--- a/src/indexer/merger.rs
+++ b/src/indexer/merger.rs
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ mod tests {
         let reader = index.reader()?;
         let searcher = reader.searcher();
         let mut term_scorer = term_query
-            .specialized_weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?
+            .specialized_weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?
             .specialized_scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?;
         assert_eq!(term_scorer.doc(), 0);
         assert_nearly_equals!(term_scorer.block_max_score(), 0.0079681855);
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(searcher.segment_readers().len(), 2);
         for segment_reader in searcher.segment_readers() {
             let mut term_scorer = term_query
-                .specialized_weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?
+                .specialized_weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?
                 .specialized_scorer(segment_reader, 1.0)?;
             // the difference compared to before is intrinsic to the bm25 formula. no worries
             // there.
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let segment_reader = searcher.segment_reader(0u32);
         let mut term_scorer = term_query
-            .specialized_weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?
+            .specialized_weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?
             .specialized_scorer(segment_reader, 1.0)?;
         // the difference compared to before is intrinsic to the bm25 formula. no worries there.
         for doc in segment_reader.doc_ids_alive() {
diff --git a/src/query/bm25.rs b/src/query/bm25.rs
index 9d47ba929..b071920e6 100644
--- a/src/query/bm25.rs
+++ b/src/query/bm25.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,53 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
 use crate::query::Explanation;
+use crate::schema::Field;
 use crate::{Score, Searcher, Term};
 
 const K1: Score = 1.2;
 const B: Score = 0.75;
 
+/// An interface to compute the statistics needed in BM25 scoring.
+///
+/// The standard implementation is a [Searcher] but you can also
+/// create your own to adjust the statistics.
+pub trait Bm25StatisticsProvider {
+    /// The total number of tokens in a given field across all documents in
+    /// the index.
+    fn total_num_tokens(&self, field: Field) -> crate::Result<u64>;
+
+    /// The total number of documents in the index.
+    fn total_num_docs(&self) -> crate::Result<u64>;
+
+    /// The number of documents containing the given term.
+    fn doc_freq(&self, term: &Term) -> crate::Result<u64>;
+}
+
+impl Bm25StatisticsProvider for Searcher {
+    fn total_num_tokens(&self, field: Field) -> crate::Result<u64> {
+        let mut total_num_tokens = 0u64;
+
+        for segment_reader in self.segment_readers() {
+            let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(field)?;
+            total_num_tokens += inverted_index.total_num_tokens();
+        }
+        Ok(total_num_tokens)
+    }
+
+    fn total_num_docs(&self) -> crate::Result<u64> {
+        let mut total_num_docs = 0u64;
+
+        for segment_reader in self.segment_readers() {
+            total_num_docs += u64::from(segment_reader.max_doc());
+        }
+        Ok(total_num_docs)
+    }
+
+    fn doc_freq(&self, term: &Term) -> crate::Result<u64> {
+        self.doc_freq(term)
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn idf(doc_freq: u64, doc_count: u64) -> Score {
     assert!(doc_count >= doc_freq, "{} >= {}", doc_count, doc_freq);
     let x = ((doc_count - doc_freq) as Score + 0.5) / (doc_freq as Score + 0.5);
@@ -32,6 +74,7 @@ pub struct Bm25Params {
     pub avg_fieldnorm: Score,
 }
 
+/// A struct used for computing BM25 scores.
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Bm25Weight {
     idf_explain: Explanation,
@@ -41,6 +84,7 @@ pub struct Bm25Weight {
 }
 
 impl Bm25Weight {
+    /// Increase the weight by a multiplicative factor.
     pub fn boost_by(&self, boost: Score) -> Bm25Weight {
         Bm25Weight {
             idf_explain: self.idf_explain.clone(),
@@ -50,7 +94,11 @@ impl Bm25Weight {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn for_terms(searcher: &Searcher, terms: &[Term]) -> crate::Result<Bm25Weight> {
+    /// Construct a [Bm25Weight] for a phrase of terms.
+    pub fn for_terms(
+        statistics: &dyn Bm25StatisticsProvider,
+        terms: &[Term],
+    ) -> crate::Result<Bm25Weight> {
         assert!(!terms.is_empty(), "Bm25 requires at least one term");
         let field = terms[0].field();
         for term in &terms[1..] {
@@ -61,17 +109,12 @@ impl Bm25Weight {
             );
         }
 
-        let mut total_num_tokens = 0u64;
-        let mut total_num_docs = 0u64;
-        for segment_reader in searcher.segment_readers() {
-            let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(field)?;
-            total_num_tokens += inverted_index.total_num_tokens();
-            total_num_docs += u64::from(segment_reader.max_doc());
-        }
+        let total_num_tokens = statistics.total_num_tokens(field)?;
+        let total_num_docs = statistics.total_num_docs()?;
         let average_fieldnorm = total_num_tokens as Score / total_num_docs as Score;
 
         if terms.len() == 1 {
-            let term_doc_freq = searcher.doc_freq(&terms[0])?;
+            let term_doc_freq = statistics.doc_freq(&terms[0])?;
             Ok(Bm25Weight::for_one_term(
                 term_doc_freq,
                 total_num_docs,
@@ -80,7 +123,7 @@ impl Bm25Weight {
         } else {
             let mut idf_sum: Score = 0.0;
             for term in terms {
-                let term_doc_freq = searcher.doc_freq(term)?;
+                let term_doc_freq = statistics.doc_freq(term)?;
                 idf_sum += idf(term_doc_freq, total_num_docs);
             }
             let idf_explain = Explanation::new("idf", idf_sum);
@@ -88,6 +131,7 @@ impl Bm25Weight {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Construct a [Bm25Weight] for a single term.
     pub fn for_one_term(
         term_doc_freq: u64,
         total_num_docs: u64,
@@ -114,11 +158,13 @@ impl Bm25Weight {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Compute the BM25 score of a single document.
     #[inline]
     pub fn score(&self, fieldnorm_id: u8, term_freq: u32) -> Score {
         self.weight * self.tf_factor(fieldnorm_id, term_freq)
     }
 
+    /// Compute the maximum possible BM25 score given this weight.
     pub fn max_score(&self) -> Score {
         self.score(255u8, 2_013_265_944)
     }
@@ -130,6 +176,7 @@ impl Bm25Weight {
         term_freq / (term_freq + norm)
     }
 
+    /// Produce an [Explanation] of a BM25 score.
     pub fn explain(&self, fieldnorm_id: u8, term_freq: u32) -> Explanation {
         // The explain format is directly copied from Lucene's.
         // (So, Kudos to Lucene)
diff --git a/src/query/boolean_query/mod.rs b/src/query/boolean_query/mod.rs
index 219f6b725..b5bf519df 100644
--- a/src/query/boolean_query/mod.rs
+++ b/src/query/boolean_query/mod.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ mod tests {
         let query_parser = QueryParser::for_index(&index, vec![text_field]);
         let query = query_parser.parse_query("+a")?;
         let searcher = index.reader()?.searcher();
-        let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?;
+        let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?;
         let scorer = weight.scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?;
         assert!(scorer.is::<TermScorer>());
         Ok(())
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ mod tests {
         let searcher = index.reader()?.searcher();
         {
             let query = query_parser.parse_query("+a +b +c")?;
-            let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?;
+            let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?;
             let scorer = weight.scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?;
             assert!(scorer.is::<Intersection<TermScorer>>());
         }
         {
             let query = query_parser.parse_query("+a +(b c)")?;
-            let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?;
+            let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?;
             let scorer = weight.scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?;
             assert!(scorer.is::<Intersection<Box<dyn Scorer>>>());
         }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ mod tests {
         let searcher = index.reader()?.searcher();
         {
             let query = query_parser.parse_query("+a b")?;
-            let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?;
+            let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?;
             let scorer = weight.scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?;
             assert!(scorer.is::<RequiredOptionalScorer<
                 Box<dyn Scorer>,
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ mod tests {
         let boolean_query =
             BooleanQuery::new(vec![(Occur::Should, term_a), (Occur::Should, term_b)]);
         let boolean_weight = boolean_query
-            .weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))
+            .weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))
             .unwrap();
         {
             let mut boolean_scorer = boolean_weight.scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?;
diff --git a/src/query/mod.rs b/src/query/mod.rs
index ed0672070..dd606693f 100644
--- a/src/query/mod.rs
+++ b/src/query/mod.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub use tantivy_query_grammar::Occur;
 pub use self::all_query::{AllQuery, AllScorer, AllWeight};
 pub use self::automaton_weight::AutomatonWeight;
 pub use self::bitset::BitSetDocSet;
-pub(crate) use self::bm25::Bm25Weight;
+pub use self::bm25::{Bm25StatisticsProvider, Bm25Weight};
 pub use self::boolean_query::BooleanQuery;
 pub(crate) use self::boolean_query::BooleanWeight;
 pub use self::boost_query::BoostQuery;
diff --git a/src/query/more_like_this/query.rs b/src/query/more_like_this/query.rs
index 9e6c36424..940b79b2b 100644
--- a/src/query/more_like_this/query.rs
+++ b/src/query/more_like_this/query.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl MoreLikeThisQuery {
 impl Query for MoreLikeThisQuery {
     fn weight(&self, enable_scoring: EnableScoring<'_>) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn Weight>> {
         let searcher = match enable_scoring {
-            EnableScoring::Enabled(searcher) => searcher,
+            EnableScoring::Enabled { searcher, .. } => searcher,
             EnableScoring::Disabled { .. } => {
                 let err = "MoreLikeThisQuery requires to enable scoring.".to_string();
                 return Err(crate::TantivyError::InvalidArgument(err));
diff --git a/src/query/phrase_query/phrase_query.rs b/src/query/phrase_query/phrase_query.rs
index efc31a044..86bcd8ef9 100644
--- a/src/query/phrase_query/phrase_query.rs
+++ b/src/query/phrase_query/phrase_query.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ impl PhraseQuery {
         }
         let terms = self.phrase_terms();
         let bm25_weight_opt = match enable_scoring {
-            EnableScoring::Enabled(searcher) => Some(Bm25Weight::for_terms(searcher, &terms)?),
+            EnableScoring::Enabled {
+                statistics_provider,
+                ..
+            } => Some(Bm25Weight::for_terms(statistics_provider, &terms)?),
             EnableScoring::Disabled { .. } => None,
         };
         let mut weight = PhraseWeight::new(self.phrase_terms.clone(), bm25_weight_opt);
diff --git a/src/query/phrase_query/phrase_weight.rs b/src/query/phrase_query/phrase_weight.rs
index cb7e7ba5d..5b61eafb8 100644
--- a/src/query/phrase_query/phrase_weight.rs
+++ b/src/query/phrase_query/phrase_weight.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ mod tests {
             Term::from_field_text(text_field, "a"),
             Term::from_field_text(text_field, "b"),
         ]);
-        let enable_scoring = EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher);
+        let enable_scoring = EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher);
         let phrase_weight = phrase_query.phrase_weight(enable_scoring).unwrap();
         let mut phrase_scorer = phrase_weight
             .phrase_scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?
diff --git a/src/query/query.rs b/src/query/query.rs
index 3899a81d5..4808849ba 100644
--- a/src/query/query.rs
+++ b/src/query/query.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 
 use downcast_rs::impl_downcast;
 
+use super::bm25::Bm25StatisticsProvider;
 use super::Weight;
 use crate::core::searcher::Searcher;
 use crate::query::Explanation;
@@ -12,7 +13,16 @@ use crate::{DocAddress, Term};
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum EnableScoring<'a> {
     /// Pass this to enable scoring.
-    Enabled(&'a Searcher),
+    Enabled {
+        /// The searcher to use during scoring.
+        searcher: &'a Searcher,
+
+        /// A [Bm25StatisticsProvider] used to compute BM25 scores.
+        ///
+        /// Normally this should be the [Searcher], but you can specify a custom
+        /// one to adjust the statistics.
+        statistics_provider: &'a dyn Bm25StatisticsProvider,
+    },
     /// Pass this to disable scoring.
     /// This can improve performance.
     Disabled {
@@ -26,7 +36,21 @@ pub enum EnableScoring<'a> {
 impl<'a> EnableScoring<'a> {
     /// Create using [Searcher] with scoring enabled.
     pub fn enabled_from_searcher(searcher: &'a Searcher) -> EnableScoring<'a> {
-        EnableScoring::Enabled(searcher)
+        EnableScoring::Enabled {
+            searcher,
+            statistics_provider: searcher,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Create using a custom [Bm25StatisticsProvider] with scoring enabled.
+    pub fn enabled_from_statistics_provider(
+        statistics_provider: &'a dyn Bm25StatisticsProvider,
+        searcher: &'a Searcher,
+    ) -> EnableScoring<'a> {
+        EnableScoring::Enabled {
+            statistics_provider,
+            searcher,
+        }
     }
 
     /// Create using [Searcher] with scoring disabled.
@@ -48,7 +72,7 @@ impl<'a> EnableScoring<'a> {
     /// Returns the searcher if available.
     pub fn searcher(&self) -> Option<&Searcher> {
         match self {
-            EnableScoring::Enabled(searcher) => Some(searcher),
+            EnableScoring::Enabled { searcher, .. } => Some(*searcher),
             EnableScoring::Disabled { searcher_opt, .. } => searcher_opt.to_owned(),
         }
     }
@@ -56,14 +80,14 @@ impl<'a> EnableScoring<'a> {
     /// Returns the schema.
     pub fn schema(&self) -> &Schema {
         match self {
-            EnableScoring::Enabled(searcher) => searcher.schema(),
+            EnableScoring::Enabled { searcher, .. } => searcher.schema(),
             EnableScoring::Disabled { schema, .. } => schema,
         }
     }
 
     /// Returns true if the scoring is enabled.
     pub fn is_scoring_enabled(&self) -> bool {
-        matches!(self, EnableScoring::Enabled(..))
+        matches!(self, EnableScoring::Enabled { .. })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/query/term_query/mod.rs b/src/query/term_query/mod.rs
index e07d313c6..8ea4b1ce2 100644
--- a/src/query/term_query/mod.rs
+++ b/src/query/term_query/mod.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ mod tests {
             Term::from_field_text(text_field, "a"),
             IndexRecordOption::Basic,
         );
-        let term_weight = term_query.weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?;
+        let term_weight = term_query.weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?;
         let segment_reader = searcher.segment_reader(0);
         let mut term_scorer = term_weight.scorer(segment_reader, 1.0)?;
         assert_eq!(term_scorer.doc(), 0);
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ mod tests {
             Term::from_field_text(text_field, "a"),
             IndexRecordOption::Basic,
         );
-        let term_weight = term_query.weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(&searcher))?;
+        let term_weight = term_query.weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?;
         let segment_reader = searcher.segment_reader(0);
         let mut term_scorer = term_weight.scorer(segment_reader, 1.0)?;
         for i in 0u32..COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE as u32 {
diff --git a/src/query/term_query/term_query.rs b/src/query/term_query/term_query.rs
index 2e17de7fa..e382b988a 100644
--- a/src/query/term_query/term_query.rs
+++ b/src/query/term_query/term_query.rs
@@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ impl TermQuery {
             return Err(crate::TantivyError::SchemaError(error_msg));
         }
         let bm25_weight = match enable_scoring {
-            EnableScoring::Enabled(searcher) => {
-                Bm25Weight::for_terms(searcher, &[self.term.clone()])?
-            }
+            EnableScoring::Enabled {
+                statistics_provider,
+                ..
+            } => Bm25Weight::for_terms(statistics_provider, &[self.term.clone()])?,
             EnableScoring::Disabled { .. } => {
                 Bm25Weight::new(Explanation::new("<no score>".to_string(), 1.0f32), 1.0f32)
             }
diff --git a/src/query/term_query/term_scorer.rs b/src/query/term_query/term_scorer.rs
index 2e7aeeaa4..007d27c03 100644
--- a/src/query/term_query/term_scorer.rs
+++ b/src/query/term_query/term_scorer.rs
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn test_block_wand_aux(term_query: &TermQuery, searcher: &Searcher) -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let term_weight = term_query.specialized_weight(EnableScoring::Enabled(searcher))?;
+        let term_weight =
+            term_query.specialized_weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(searcher))?;
         for reader in searcher.segment_readers() {
             let mut block_max_scores = vec![];
             let mut block_max_scores_b = vec![];