diff --git a/examples/docker-compose.yml b/examples/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "3.3"
+
+services:
+
+  elasticsearch:
+    image: elasticsearch:7.6.2
+        # restart: always
+    ports:
+      - 9200:9200
+    environment:
+        - node.name=fastapi-filter-es
+        - cluster.name=fastapi-filter-es-docker-cluster
+        - discovery.type=single-node
+        - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+        - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
+    ulimits:
+        memlock:
+            soft: -1
+            hard: -1
+    volumes:
+      - elasticsearch-data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+
+volumes:
+  elasticsearch-data:
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diff --git a/examples/fastapi_filter_elasticsearch_dsl.py b/examples/fastapi_filter_elasticsearch_dsl.py
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+++ b/examples/fastapi_filter_elasticsearch_dsl.py
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+import logging
+from typing import Any, List, Optional
+
+import uvicorn
+from faker import Faker
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, EmailStr
+
+from fastapi_filter import FilterDepends, with_prefix
+from fastapi_filter.contrib.elasticsearch_dsl import Filter
+
+fake = Faker()
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("uvicorn")
+from datetime import datetime
+from fnmatch import fnmatch
+
+from elasticsearch_dsl import Document, Keyword, connections, Integer, Nested, SearchAsYouType, InnerDoc
+
+
+ALIAS = "address"
+PATTERN = ALIAS + "-*"
+
+
+class Address(InnerDoc):
+    street = Keyword()
+    city = SearchAsYouType()
+    country = Keyword()
+    number = Integer()
+
+
+class User(Document):
+    name = SearchAsYouType()
+    email = Keyword()
+    age = Integer()
+    address = Nested(Address)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _matches(cls, hit):
+        return fnmatch(hit["_index"], PATTERN)
+
+    class Index:
+        name = ALIAS
+        settings = {"number_of_shards": 1, "number_of_replicas": 0}
+
+
+def setup():
+    index_template = User._index.as_template(ALIAS, PATTERN)
+    index_template.save()
+
+    if not User._index.exists():
+        migrate(move_data=False)
+
+
+def migrate(move_data=True, update_alias=True):
+    # construct a new index name by appending current timestamp
+    next_index = PATTERN.replace("*", datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S%f"))
+    es = connections.get_connection()
+    # create new index, it will use the settings from the template
+    es.indices.create(index=next_index)
+    if move_data:
+        # move data from current alias to the new index
+        es.reindex(
+            body={"source": {"index": ALIAS}, "dest": {"index": next_index}},
+            request_timeout=3600,
+        )
+        # refresh the index to make the changes visible
+        es.indices.refresh(index=next_index)
+
+    if update_alias:
+        # repoint the alias to point to the newly created index
+        es.indices.update_aliases(
+            body={
+                "actions": [
+                    {"remove": {"alias": ALIAS, "index": PATTERN}},
+                    {"add": {"alias": ALIAS, "index": next_index}},
+                ]
+            }
+        )
+
+
+class AddressOut(BaseModel):
+    street: Optional[str] = None
+    city: str
+    number: int
+    country: str
+
+    class Config:
+        orm_mode = True
+
+
+class UserIn(BaseModel):
+    name: str
+    email: EmailStr
+    age: int
+
+
+class UserOut(UserIn):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+
+    name: str
+    email: EmailStr
+    age: int
+    address: Optional[AddressOut] = None
+
+
+class AddressFilter(Filter):
+    street: Optional[str] = None
+    number: Optional[int] = None
+    number__gt: Optional[int] = None
+    number__gte: Optional[int] = None
+    number__lt: Optional[int] = None
+    number__lte: Optional[int] = None
+    street__isnull: Optional[bool] = None
+    country: Optional[str] = None
+    country_not: Optional[str] = None
+    city: Optional[str] = None
+    city__in: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    city__not_in: Optional[List[str]] = ["city"]
+    custom_order_by: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    custom_search: Optional[str] = None
+    order_by: List[str] = ["-street"]
+
+    class Constants(Filter.Constants):
+        model = Address
+        # ordering_field_name = "street"
+        search_field_name = "custom_search"
+        search_model_fields = ["street", "country", "city"]
+
+
+class UserFilter(Filter):
+    name: Optional[str] = None
+    address: Optional[AddressFilter] = FilterDepends(with_prefix("address", AddressFilter))
+    age__lt: Optional[int] = None
+    # age__gte: int = Field(Query(description="this is a nice description"))
+    """Required field with a custom description.
+
+    See: https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/issues/4700 for why we need to wrap `Query` in `Field`.
+    """
+    order_by: List[str] = ["-age"]
+    search: Optional[str] = None
+
+    class Constants(Filter.Constants):
+        model = User
+        search_model_fields = ["name"]
+
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def on_startup() -> None:
+    connections.create_connection(hosts="http://localhost:9200")
+
+    setup()
+    migrate()
+
+    for i in range(100):
+        if i % 5 == 0:
+            address = Address(
+                street=fake.street_address(),
+                city=fake.city(),
+                country=fake.country(),
+                number=fake.random_int(min=5, max=100),
+            )
+        else:
+            address = Address(city=fake.city(), country=fake.country(), number=fake.random_int(min=5, max=100))
+        user = User(name=fake.name(), email=fake.email(), age=fake.random_int(min=5, max=120), address=address)
+        user.save()
+
+
+@app.on_event("shutdown")
+async def on_shutdown() -> None:
+    s = Address.search().query("match_all")
+    s.delete()
+
+
+@app.get("/users", response_model=List[UserOut])
+async def get_users(
+    user_filter: UserFilter = FilterDepends(with_prefix("my_custom_prefix", UserFilter), by_alias=True),
+) -> Any:
+    query = user_filter.filter(User.search())
+    query = user_filter.sort(query)
+    response = query.execute()
+    return [UserOut(**user.to_dict()) for user in response]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    uvicorn.run("main:app", reload=True)
diff --git a/examples/requirements.txt b/examples/requirements.txt
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+++ b/examples/requirements.txt
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+annotated-types==0.6.0
+anyio==4.3.0
+bson==0.5.10
+certifi==2024.2.2
+click==8.1.7
+dnspython==2.6.1
+elastic-transport==8.12.0
+elasticsearch==7.17.9
+elasticsearch-dsl==7.4.1
+email-validator==2.1.0.post1
+Faker==23.2.1
+fastapi==0.109.2
+h11==0.14.0
+idna==3.6
+mongoengine==0.27.0
+pydantic==2.6.2
+pydantic_core==2.16.3
+pymongo==4.6.2
+python-dateutil==2.8.2
+six==1.16.0
+sniffio==1.3.0
+starlette==0.36.3
+typing_extensions==4.9.0
+urllib3==1.26.18
+uvicorn==0.27.1
+
diff --git a/fastapi_filter/contrib/elasticsearch_dsl/__init__.py b/fastapi_filter/contrib/elasticsearch_dsl/__init__.py
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+++ b/fastapi_filter/contrib/elasticsearch_dsl/__init__.py
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+from .filter import Filter
+
+__all__ = ("Filter",)
diff --git a/fastapi_filter/contrib/elasticsearch_dsl/filter.py b/fastapi_filter/contrib/elasticsearch_dsl/filter.py
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+++ b/fastapi_filter/contrib/elasticsearch_dsl/filter.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from elasticsearch_dsl import Q, Search
+from elasticsearch_dsl.query import Query
+from pydantic import ValidationInfo, field_validator
+
+from ...base.filter import BaseFilterModel
+
+
+_operator_transformer = {
+    "neq": lambda value, field_name: ~Q("term", **{field_name: value}),
+    "gt": lambda value, field_name: Q("range", **{field_name: {"gt": value}}),
+    "gte": lambda value, field_name: Q("range", **{field_name: {"gte": value}}),
+    "lt": lambda value, field_name: Q("range", **{field_name: {"lt": value}}),
+    "lte": lambda value, field_name: Q("range", **{field_name: {"lte": value}}),
+    "in": lambda value, field_name: Q("terms", **{field_name: value}),
+    "isnull": lambda value, field_name: ~Q("exists", field=field_name)
+    if value is True
+    else Q("exists", field=field_name),
+    "not": lambda value, field_name: ~Q("term", **{field_name: value}),
+    "not_in": lambda value, field_name: ~Q("terms", **{field_name: value}),
+    "nin": lambda value, field_name: ~Q("terms", **{field_name: value}),
+}
+
+
+class Filter(BaseFilterModel):
+    """Base filter for elasticsearch_dsl related filters.
+
+    Example:
+        ```python
+
+        class MyModel(Document):
+            street = Keyword()
+            city = Keyword()
+            country = Keyword()
+            number = Integer()
+
+        class MyModelFilter(Filter):
+            street: Optional[str] = None
+            number: Optional[int] = None
+            number__gt: Optional[int] = None
+            number__gte: Optional[int] = None
+            number__lt: Optional[int] = None
+            number__lte: Optional[int] = None
+            street__isnull: Optional[bool] = None
+            country: Optional[str] = None
+            country_not: Optional[str] = None
+            city: Optional[str] = None
+            city__in: Optional[List[str]] = None
+            city__not_in: Optional[List[str]] = ["city"]
+            custom_order_by: Optional[List[str]] = None
+            custom_search: Optional[str] = None
+            order_by: List[str] = ["-street"]
+        ```
+    """
+
+    def sort(self, query: Search) -> Search:
+        if not self.ordering_values:
+            return query
+        return query.sort(*self.ordering_values)
+
+    @field_validator("*", mode="before")
+    def split_str(cls, value, field: ValidationInfo):
+        if (
+            field.field_name is not None
+            and (
+                field.field_name == cls.Constants.ordering_field_name
+                or field.field_name.endswith("__in")
+                or field.field_name.endswith("__nin")
+                or field.field_name.endswith("__not_in")
+            )
+            and isinstance(value, str)
+        ):
+            if not value:
+                # Empty string should return [] not ['']
+                return []
+            return list(value.split(","))
+        return value
+
+    def make_query(self, field_name: str, value) -> Query:
+        if "__" in field_name:
+            field_name, operator = field_name.split("__")
+            query = _operator_transformer[operator](value, field_name)
+        elif field_name == self.Constants.search_field_name and hasattr(self.Constants, "search_model_fields"):
+            query = Q(
+                "multi_match",
+                type="bool_prefix",
+                fields=[
+                    field_gram
+                    for field in self.Constants.search_model_fields
+                    for field_gram in [f"{field}", f"{field}._2gram", f"{field}._3gram"]
+                ],
+                query=value,
+            )
+        else:
+            query = Q("term", **{field_name: value})
+        return query
+
+    def filter(self, search: Search) -> Search:
+        queries = Q()
+        for field_name, value in self.filtering_fields:
+            field_value = getattr(self, field_name)
+            if isinstance(field_value, Filter):
+                nested_queries = Q()
+                for inner_field, inner_value in field_value.filtering_fields:
+                    nested_queries &= self.make_query(f"{field_name}.{inner_field}", inner_value)
+                search.query("nested", path=field_name, query=nested_queries)
+            else:
+                queries &= self.make_query(field_name, value)
+
+        return search.query(queries)