diff --git a/src/qtgui/rclm_sidefilters.cpp b/src/qtgui/rclm_sidefilters.cpp
index 74c10d06..c2c5a830 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/rclm_sidefilters.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/rclm_sidefilters.cpp
@@ -24,14 +24,27 @@
 #include "idxmodel.h"
 #include "guiutils.h"
 
-void RclMain::populateFilters()
+void RclMain::populateSideFilters(bool init)
 {
     m_idxtreemodel = new IdxTreeModel(theconfig, prefs.idxFilterTreeDepth, idxTreeView);
     m_idxtreemodel->populate();
     m_idxtreemodel->setHeaderData(0, Qt::Horizontal, QVariant(tr("Filter directories")));
     idxTreeView->setModel(m_idxtreemodel);
-    idxTreeView->setEditTriggers(QAbstractItemView::NoEditTriggers);
-    idxTreeView->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::MultiSelection);
+    if (init) {
+        idxTreeView->setEditTriggers(QAbstractItemView::NoEditTriggers);
+        idxTreeView->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::MultiSelection);
+        connect(idxTreeView, SIGNAL(clicked(const QModelIndex&)), this, SLOT(setFiltSpec()));
+
+        minDateFilterDTEDT->setCalendarPopup(true);
+        maxDateFilterDTEDT->setCalendarPopup(true);
+        minDateFilterDTEDT->setDate(QDate::currentDate());
+        maxDateFilterDTEDT->setDate(QDate::currentDate());
+        connect(minDateFilterDTEDT, SIGNAL(dateChanged(const QDate &)), this, SLOT(setFiltSpec()));
+        connect(maxDateFilterDTEDT, SIGNAL(dateChanged(const QDate &)), this, SLOT(setFiltSpec()));
+        connect(dateFilterCB, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(setFiltSpec()));
+        connect(dateFilterCB, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), minDateFilterDTEDT, SLOT(setEnabled(bool)));
+        connect(dateFilterCB, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), maxDateFilterDTEDT, SLOT(setEnabled(bool)));
+    }
 }
 
 void RclMain::clearDirFilter()
diff --git a/src/qtgui/rclm_wins.cpp b/src/qtgui/rclm_wins.cpp
index de1d370c..fe3f91f1 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/rclm_wins.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/rclm_wins.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void RclMain::showIndexConfig(bool modal)
     if (created) {
         connect(new QShortcut(quitKeySeq, indexConfig->getDialog()),
                 SIGNAL (activated()), this, SLOT (fileExit()));
-        connect(indexConfig, SIGNAL(idxConfigPossiblyChanged()), this, SLOT(populateFilters()));
+        connect(indexConfig, SIGNAL(idxConfigPossiblyChanged()), this, SLOT(populateSideFilters()));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qtgui/rclmain.ui b/src/qtgui/rclmain.ui
index 334dfd3f..326ffdc8 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/rclmain.ui
+++ b/src/qtgui/rclmain.ui
@@ -38,7 +38,48 @@
         <property name="orientation">
          <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
         </property>
-        <widget class="QTreeView" name="idxTreeView"/>
+        <widget class="QWidget" name="layoutWidget">
+         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayoutsidefilt">
+          <item>
+           <widget class="Line" name="line2">
+            <property name="orientation">
+             <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="dateFilterCB">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Filter dates</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="checked">
+             <bool>false</bool>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="hLayoutDatesFilter">
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QDateEdit" name="minDateFilterDTEDT">
+              <property name="enabled">
+               <bool>false</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QDateEdit" name="maxDateFilterDTEDT">
+              <property name="enabled">
+               <bool>false</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QTreeView" name="idxTreeView"/>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </widget>
         <widget class="ResList" name="reslist" native="true">
          <property name="sizePolicy">
           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
diff --git a/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.cpp b/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.cpp
index c5f06344..56eb2afc 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.cpp
@@ -289,8 +289,7 @@ void RclMain::init()
         sideFiltersSPLT->setSizes(sizes);
     }
 
-    populateFilters();
-    connect(idxTreeView, SIGNAL(clicked(const QModelIndex&)), this, SLOT(setFiltSpec()));
+    populateSideFilters(true);
 
     enableTrayIcon(prefs.showTrayIcon);
 
@@ -1151,7 +1150,7 @@ void RclMain::setUIPrefs()
         return;
     LOGDEB("Recollmain::setUIPrefs\n");
     if (nullptr != m_idxtreemodel && m_idxtreemodel->getDepth() != prefs.idxFilterTreeDepth) {
-        populateFilters();
+        populateSideFilters();
     }
     emit uiPrefsChanged();
     enbSynAction->setDisabled(prefs.synFile.isEmpty());
@@ -1256,6 +1255,13 @@ void RclMain::setFiltSpec()
         m_filtspec.orCrit(DocSeqFiltSpec::DSFS_QLANG, clause);
     }
 
+    if (dateFilterCB->isChecked()) {
+        QString mindate = minDateFilterDTEDT->date().toString("yyyy-MM-dd");
+        QString maxdate = maxDateFilterDTEDT->date().toString("yyyy-MM-dd");
+        std::string clause = std::string("date:") + qs2utf8s(mindate) + "/" + qs2utf8s(maxdate);
+        LOGDEB1("RclMain::setFiltSpec: date clause " << clause << "\n");
+        m_filtspec.orCrit(DocSeqFiltSpec::DSFS_QLANG, clause);
+    }
     if (m_source)
         m_source->setFiltSpec(m_filtspec);
     initiateQuery();
diff --git a/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.h b/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.h
index 8f76d773..1818ebd8 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.h
+++ b/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public slots:
     virtual void startNativeViewer(Rcl::Doc, int pagenum = -1, QString term = QString());
     virtual void openWith(Rcl::Doc, string);
     virtual void saveDocToFile(Rcl::Doc);
-    virtual void populateFilters();
+    virtual void populateSideFilters(bool init = false);
     virtual void previewNextInTab(Preview *, int sid, int docnum);
     virtual void previewPrevInTab(Preview *, int sid, int docnum);
     virtual void previewExposed(Preview *, int sid, int docnum);