diff --git a/docs/searching.rst b/docs/searching.rst
index a54ee37..602782c 100644
--- a/docs/searching.rst
+++ b/docs/searching.rst
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ field action            Elasticsearch query type
 ======================  ================================
 (no action specified)   Term query
 term                    Term query
-terms                   Terms query
+terms                   Terms query [5]_
 in                      Terms query
 text                    Text query (`DEPRECATED`)
 match                   Match query [1]_
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ query_string            Querystring query [3]_
        the range at once. The range is inclusive on both sides and accepts
        a tuple with the lower value first and upper value second.
 
+.. [5] The ``terms`` field action support also the ``minimum_should_match``
+       parameter. If you pass a two elements list and the first element
+       is a list, the second element is treated as minimum_should_match.
+
 
 .. seealso::
 
diff --git a/elasticutils/__init__.py b/elasticutils/__init__.py
index e049e30..9318b85 100644
--- a/elasticutils/__init__.py
+++ b/elasticutils/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     None: 'term',  # Default to term
     'in': 'in',
     'term': 'term',
-    'terms': 'terms',
     'prefix': 'prefix',
     'match': 'match',
     'match_phrase': 'match_phrase',
@@ -1343,7 +1342,26 @@ def _process_query(self, query):
             return {
                 'range': {field_name: _boosted_value(
                         field_action, field_action, key, val, boost)}
-           }
+            }
+
+        elif field_action == 'terms':
+            minimum_should_match = 1
+
+            if len(val) == 2 and isinstance(val[0], (tuple, list)):
+                minimum_should_match = val[1]
+                val = val[0]
+
+            value = {
+                'terms': _boosted_value(
+                    field_name, field_action, key, val, boost
+                )
+            }
+
+            if minimum_should_match > 1:
+                value['terms']['minimum_should_match'] = minimum_should_match
+
+            return value
+
 
         elif field_action == 'range':
             lower, upper = val
diff --git a/elasticutils/tests/test_query.py b/elasticutils/tests/test_query.py
index 23e4347..0524464 100644
--- a/elasticutils/tests/test_query.py
+++ b/elasticutils/tests/test_query.py
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class QueryTest(ESTestCase):
             'id': 1,
             'foo': 'bar',
             'tag': 'awesome',
+            'attributes': ['awesome', 'boring'],
             'width': '2',
             'height': 7
         },
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ class QueryTest(ESTestCase):
             'id': 2,
             'foo': 'bart',
             'tag': 'boring',
+            'attributes': ['awesome', 'car'],
             'width': '7',
             'height': 11
         },
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ class QueryTest(ESTestCase):
             'id': 3,
             'foo': 'car',
             'tag': 'awesome',
+            'attributes': ['awesome', 'duck'],
             'width': '5',
             'height': 5
         },
@@ -211,6 +214,7 @@ class QueryTest(ESTestCase):
             'id': 4,
             'foo': 'duck',
             'tag': 'boat',
+            'attributes': ['train', 'boat'],
             'width': '11',
             'height': 7
         },
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@ class QueryTest(ESTestCase):
             'id': 5,
             'foo': 'train car',
             'tag': 'awesome',
+            'attributes': ['car', 'boring'],
             'width': '7',
             'height': 2
         }
@@ -245,6 +250,12 @@ def test_q_terms(self):
 
         eq_(len(self.get_s().query(Q(foo__terms=['car', 'duck']))), 3)
 
+        # minumum should match support
+
+        eq_(len(self.get_s().query(attributes__terms=(['awesome', 'boring'], 2))), 1)
+
+        eq_(len(self.get_s().query(Q(attributes__terms=(['awesome', 'boring'], 2)))), 1)
+
     def test_q_in(self):
         eq_(len(self.get_s().query(foo__in=['car', 'bar'])), 3)