diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
index be6ac5e2230..f505cccadfe 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ActionManager.include({
         env_updated: '_onEnvUpdated',
         execute_action: '_onExecuteAction',
         get_controller_context: '_onGetControllerContext',
+        update_filters: '_onUpdateFilters',
         search: '_onSearch',
         switch_view: '_onSwitchView',
     }),
@@ -773,6 +774,22 @@ ActionManager.include({
         var context = currentController && currentController.widget.getContext();
         ev.data.callback(context || {});
     },
+    /**
+     * Handles a request to add/remove search view filters.
+     *
+     * @param {OdooEvent} ev
+     * @param {string} ev.data.controllerID
+     * @param {Array[Object]} [ev.data.newFilters]
+     * @param {Array[Object]} [ev.data.filtersToRemove]
+     * @param {function} ev.data.callback called with the added filters as arg
+     */
+    _onUpdateFilters: function (ev) {
+        var controller = this.controllers[ev.data.controllerID];
+        var action = this.actions[controller.actionID];
+        var data = ev.data;
+        var addedFilters = action.searchView.updateFilters(data.newFilters, data.filtersToRemove);
+        data.callback(addedFilters);
+    },
     /**
      * Called when there is a change in the search view, so the current action's
      * environment needs to be updated with the new domain, context and groupby.
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_view.js
index d1b732477e6..302336deeb2 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_view.js
@@ -606,6 +606,46 @@ var SearchView = Widget.extend({
         });
     },
 
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Public
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the domain of the search view by adding and/or removing filters.
+     *
+     * @todo: the way it is done could be improved, but the actual state of the
+     * searchview doesn't allow to do much better.
+
+     * @param {Array[Object]} list of filters to add, described by objects with
+     *   keys domain (the domain as an Array), and help (the text to display in
+     *   the facet)
+     * @param {Array[Object]} list of filters to remove (previously added ones)
+     * @returns {Array[Object]} list of added filters (to pass as filtersToRemove
+     *   for a further call to this function)
+     */
+    updateFilters: function (newFilters, filtersToRemove) {
+        var self = this;
+        var addedFilters = _.map(newFilters, function (filter) {
+            filter = {
+                attrs: {domain: filter.domain, help: filter.help},
+            };
+            var filterWidget = new search_inputs.Filter(filter);
+            var filterGroup = new search_inputs.FilterGroup([filterWidget], self);
+            var facet = filterGroup.make_facet([filterGroup.make_value(filter)]);
+            self.query.add([facet], {silent: true});
+
+            return _.last(self.query.models);
+        })
+
+        _.each(filtersToRemove, function (filter) {
+            self.query.remove(filter, {silent: true});
+        });
+
+        this.query.trigger('reset');
+
+        return addedFilters
+    },
+
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Private
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------