diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
index a9d26bf747b..b9d46201149 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ instance.web.search.Input = instance.web.search.Widget.extend( /** @lends instan
 });
 instance.web.search.FilterGroup = instance.web.search.Input.extend(/** @lends instance.web.search.FilterGroup# */{
     template: 'SearchView.filters',
+    icon: 'q',
     /**
      * Inclusive group of filters, creates a continuous "button" with clickable
      * sections (the normal display for filters is to be a self-contained button)
@@ -897,6 +898,7 @@ instance.web.search.FilterGroup = instance.web.search.Input.extend(/** @lends in
     make_facet: function (values) {
         return {
             category: _t("Filter"),
+            icon: this.icon,
             values: values,
             field: this
         }
@@ -974,6 +976,7 @@ instance.web.search.FilterGroup = instance.web.search.Input.extend(/** @lends in
     }
 });
 instance.web.search.GroupbyGroup = instance.web.search.FilterGroup.extend({
+    icon: 'w',
     init: function (filters, view) {
         this._super(filters, view);
         // Not flanders: facet unicity is handled through the
@@ -995,6 +998,7 @@ instance.web.search.GroupbyGroup = instance.web.search.FilterGroup.extend({
     make_facet: function (values) {
         return {
             category: _t("GroupBy"),
+            icon: this.icon,
             values: values,
             field: this.getParent()._s_groupby
         };
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index bec0c1c5fb0..4b208a31b8f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -1303,7 +1303,11 @@
      type="button"
      class="oe_searchview_facet">
     <span class="oe_facet_remove">✖</span>
-    <span class="oe_facet_category">
+
+    <span class="oe_facet_category oe_i" t-if="widget.model.has('icon')">
+        <t t-esc="widget.model.get('icon')"/>
+    </span
+    ><span class="oe_facet_category" t-if="!widget.model.has('icon')">
         <t t-esc="widget.model.get('category')"/>
     </span ><span/>
 </button>
diff --git a/doc/search-view.rst b/doc/search-view.rst
index f8dce473382..2acaea3c8ad 100644
--- a/doc/search-view.rst
+++ b/doc/search-view.rst
@@ -218,6 +218,17 @@ with directly by external objects or search view controls
         it serializes to and deserializes from javascript arrays (via
         ``Collection#toJSON`` and ``Collection#reset``).
 
+    .. js:attribute:: [icon]
+
+        optional, a single ASCII letter (a-z or A-Z) mapping to the
+        bundled mnmliconsRegular icon font.
+
+        When a facet with an ``icon`` attribute is rendered, the icon
+        is displayed (in the icon font) in the first section of the
+        facet instead of the ``category``.
+
+        By default, only filters make use of this facility.
+
 .. js:class:: openerp.web.search.FacetValues
 
     `Backbone collection`_ of