diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/TextSearchFacet.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/TextSearchFacet.java
index cde2e173b..03c6c1cf9 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/TextSearchFacet.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/TextSearchFacet.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public class TextSearchFacet implements Facet {
     protected String     _query;
     protected String     _mode;
     protected boolean    _caseSensitive;
+    protected boolean    _invert;
     
     /*
      *  Derived configuration
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ public class TextSearchFacet implements Facet {
         writer.key("query"); writer.value(_query);
         writer.key("mode"); writer.value(_mode);
         writer.key("caseSensitive"); writer.value(_caseSensitive);
+        writer.key("invert"); writer.value(_invert);
         writer.endObject();
     }
 
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ public class TextSearchFacet implements Facet {
                 _query = _query.toLowerCase();
             }
         }
+        _invert = o.has("invert") && o.getBoolean("invert");
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -123,14 +126,14 @@ public class TextSearchFacet implements Facet {
         Evaluable eval = new VariableExpr("value");
         
         if ("regex".equals(_mode)) {
-            return new ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter(eval, _columnName, _cellIndex) {
+            return new ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter(eval, _invert, _columnName, _cellIndex) {
                 @Override
                 protected boolean checkValue(String s) {
                     return _pattern.matcher(s).find();
                 };
             };
         } else {
-            return new ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter(eval, _columnName, _cellIndex) {
+            return new ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter(eval, _invert, _columnName, _cellIndex) {
                 @Override
                 protected boolean checkValue(String s) {
                     return (_caseSensitive ? s : s.toLowerCase()).contains(_query);
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/filters/ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/filters/ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter.java
index 569966e16..4f1b76a46 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/filters/ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/filters/ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter.java
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ import com.google.refine.model.Row;
  */
 abstract public class ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter implements RowFilter {
     final protected Evaluable _evaluable;
+    final protected Boolean   _invert;
     final protected String    _columnName;
     final protected int       _cellIndex;
     
-    public ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter(Evaluable evaluable, String columnName, int cellIndex) {
+    public ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter(Evaluable evaluable, Boolean invert, String columnName, int cellIndex) {
         _evaluable = evaluable;
+        _invert = invert;
         _columnName = columnName;
         _cellIndex = cellIndex;
     }
@@ -67,23 +69,23 @@ abstract public class ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter implements RowFilter {
         
         Properties bindings = ExpressionUtils.createBindings(project);
         ExpressionUtils.bind(bindings, row, rowIndex, _columnName, cell);
-        
+        Boolean invert = _invert;
         Object value = _evaluable.evaluate(bindings);
         if (value != null) {
             if (value.getClass().isArray()) {
                 Object[] a = (Object[]) value;
                 for (Object v : a) {
                     if (checkValue(v instanceof String ? ((String) v) : v.toString())) {
-                        return true;
+                        return (invert) ? false : true;
                     }
                 }
             } else if (value instanceof Collection<?>) {
                 for (Object v : ExpressionUtils.toObjectCollection(value)) {
                     if (checkValue(v.toString())) {
-                        return true;
+                        return (invert) ? false : true;
                     }
                 }
-                return false;
+                return (invert) ? true : false;
             } else if (value instanceof JSONArray) {
                 JSONArray a = (JSONArray) value;
                 int l = a.length();
@@ -91,20 +93,20 @@ abstract public class ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter implements RowFilter {
                 for (int i = 0; i < l; i++) {
                     try {
                         if (checkValue(a.get(i).toString())) {
-                            return true;
+                            return (invert) ? false : true;
                         }
                     } catch (JSONException e) {
                         // ignore
                     }
                 }
-                return false;
+                return (invert) ? true : false;
             } else {
                 if (checkValue(value instanceof String ? ((String) value) : value.toString())) {
-                    return true;
+                    return (invert) ? false : true;
                 }
             }
         }
-        return false;
+        return (invert) ? true : false;
     }
     
     abstract protected boolean checkValue(String s);