diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/full-text-queries.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/full-text-queries.asciidoc
index aaa0a911372c8..f9714c1be3c8e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/full-text-queries.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/full-text-queries.asciidoc
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ The queries in this group are:
     A simpler, more robust version of the `query_string` syntax suitable
     for exposing directly to users.
 
+<<query-dsl-intervals-query,`intervals` query>>::
+
+    A full text query that allows fine-grained control of the ordering and
+    proximity of matching terms
+
 include::match-query.asciidoc[]
 
 include::match-phrase-query.asciidoc[]
@@ -53,3 +58,5 @@ include::common-terms-query.asciidoc[]
 include::query-string-query.asciidoc[]
 
 include::simple-query-string-query.asciidoc[]
+
+include::intervals-query.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/intervals-query.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/intervals-query.asciidoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..790fdf08bfdce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/intervals-query.asciidoc
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+[[query-dsl-intervals-query]]
+=== Intervals query
+
+An `intervals` query allows fine-grained control over the order and proximity of
+matching terms.  Matching rules are constructed from a small set of definitions,
+and the rules are then applied to terms from a particular `field`.
+
+The definitions produce sequences of minimal intervals that span terms in a
+body of text.  These intervals can be further combined and filtered by
+parent sources.
+
+The example below will search for the phrase `my favourite food` appearing
+before the terms `hot` and `water` or `cold` and `porridge` in any order, in
+the field `my_text`
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+POST _search
+{
+  "query": {
+    "intervals" : {
+      "my_text" : {
+        "all_of" : {
+          "ordered" : true,
+          "intervals" : [
+            {
+              "match" : {
+                "query" : "my favourite food",
+                "max_gaps" : 0,
+                "ordered" : true
+              }
+            },
+            {
+              "any_of" : {
+                "intervals" : [
+                  { "match" : { "query" : "hot water" } },
+                  { "match" : { "query" : "cold porridge" } }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "boost" : 2.0,
+        "_name" : "favourite_food"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// CONSOLE
+
+In the above example, the text `my favourite food is cold porridge` would
+match because the two intervals matching `my favourite food` and `cold
+porridge` appear in the correct order, but the text `when it's cold my
+favourite food is porridge` would not match, because the interval matching
+`cold porridge` starts before the interval matching `my favourite food`.
+
+[[intervals-match]]
+==== `match`
+
+The `match` rule matches analyzed text, and takes the following parameters:
+
+[horizontal]
+`query`::
+The text to match.
+`max_gaps`::
+Specify a maximum number of gaps between the terms in the text.  Terms that
+appear further apart than this will not match. If unspecified, or set to -1,
+then there is no width restriction on the match.  If set to 0 then the terms
+must appear next to each other.
+`ordered`::
+Whether or not the terms must appear in their specified order.  Defaults to
+`false`
+`analyzer`::
+Which analyzer should be used to analyze terms in the `query`.  By
+default, the search analyzer of the top-level field will be used.
+`filter`::
+An optional <<interval_filter,interval filter>>
+
+[[intervals-all_of]]
+==== `all_of`
+
+`all_of` returns returns matches that span a combination of other rules.
+
+[horizontal]
+`intervals`::
+An array of rules to combine.  All rules must produce a match in a
+document for the overall source to match.
+`max_gaps`::
+Specify a maximum number of gaps between the rules.  Combinations that match
+across a distance greater than this will not match.  If set to -1 or
+unspecified, there is no restriction on this distance.  If set to 0, then the
+matches produced by the rules must all appear immediately next to each other.
+`ordered`::
+Whether the intervals produced by the rules should appear in the order in
+which they are specified.  Defaults to `false`
+`filter`::
+An optional <<interval_filter,interval filter>>
+
+[[intervals-any_of]]
+==== `any_of`
+
+The `any_of` rule emits intervals produced by any of its sub-rules.
+
+[horizontal]
+`intervals`::
+An array of rules to match
+`filter`::
+An optional <<interval_filter,interval filter>>
+
+[[interval_filter]]
+==== filters
+
+You can filter intervals produced by any rules by their relation to the
+intervals produced by another rule.  The following example will return
+documents that have the words `hot` and `porridge` within 10 positions
+of each other, without the word `salty` in between:
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+POST _search
+{
+  "query": {
+    "intervals" : {
+      "my_text" : {
+        "match" : {
+          "query" : "hot porridge",
+          "max_gaps" : 10,
+          "filter" : {
+            "not_containing" : {
+              "match" : {
+                "query" : "salty"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// CONSOLE
+
+The following filters are available:
+[horizontal]
+`containing`::
+Produces intervals that contain an interval from the filter rule
+`contained_by`::
+Produces intervals that are contained by an interval from the filter rule
+`not_containing`::
+Produces intervals that do not contain an interval from the filter rule
+`not_contained_by`::
+Produces intervals that are not contained by an interval from the filter rule
+`not_overlapping`::
+Produces intervals that do not overlap with an interval from the filter rule
+
+[[interval-minimization]]
+==== Minimization
+
+The intervals query always minimizes intervals, to ensure that queries can
+run in linear time.  This can sometimes cause surprising results, particularly
+when using `max_gaps` restrictions or filters.  For example, take the
+following query, searching for `salty` contained within the phrase `hot
+porridge`:
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+POST _search
+{
+  "query": {
+    "intervals" : {
+      "my_text" : {
+        "match" : {
+          "query" : "salty",
+          "filter" : {
+            "contained_by" : {
+              "match" : {
+                "query" : "hot porridge"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// CONSOLE
+
+This query will *not* match a document containing the phrase `hot porridge is
+salty porridge`, because the intervals returned by the match query for `hot
+porridge` only cover the initial two terms in this document, and these do not
+overlap the intervals covering `salty`.
+
+Another restriction to be aware of is the case of `any_of` rules that contain
+sub-rules which overlap.  In particular, if one of the rules is a strict
+prefix of the other, then the longer rule will never be matched, which can
+cause surprises when used in combination with `max_gaps`.  Consider the
+following query, searching for `the` immediately followed by `big` or `big bad`,
+immediately followed by `wolf`:
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+POST _search
+{
+  "query": {
+    "intervals" : {
+      "my_text" : {
+        "all_of" : {
+          "intervals" : [
+            { "match" : { "query" : "the" } },
+            { "any_of" : {
+                "intervals" : [
+                    { "match" : { "query" : "big" } },
+                    { "match" : { "query" : "big bad" } }
+                ] } },
+            { "match" : { "query" : "wolf" } }
+          ],
+          "max_gaps" : 0,
+          "ordered" : true
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// CONSOLE
+
+Counter-intuitively, this query *will not* match the document `the big bad
+wolf`, because the `any_of` rule in the middle will only produce intervals
+for `big` - intervals for `big bad` being longer than those for `big`, while
+starting at the same position, and so being minimized away.  In these cases,
+it's better to rewrite the query so that all of the options are explicitly
+laid out at the top level:
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+POST _search
+{
+  "query": {
+    "intervals" : {
+      "my_text" : {
+        "any_of" : {
+          "intervals" : [
+            { "match" : {
+                "query" : "the big bad wolf",
+                "ordered" : true,
+                "max_gaps" : 0 } },
+            { "match" : {
+                "query" : "the big wolf",
+                "ordered" : true,
+                "max_gaps" : 0 } }
+           ]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// CONSOLE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/230_interval_query.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/230_interval_query.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a25055be32d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/230_interval_query.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+setup:
+  - skip:
+      version: " - 6.99.99"
+      reason:  "Implemented in 7.0"
+
+  - do:
+        indices.create:
+          index:  test
+          body:
+            mappings:
+              test:
+                properties:
+                  text:
+                    type: text
+                    analyzer: standard
+  - do:
+        bulk:
+          refresh: true
+          body:
+            - '{"index": {"_index": "test", "_type": "test", "_id": "1"}}'
+            - '{"text" : "Some like it hot, some like it cold"}'
+            - '{"index": {"_index": "test", "_type": "test", "_id": "2"}}'
+            - '{"text" : "Its cold outside, theres no kind of atmosphere"}'
+            - '{"index": {"_index": "test", "_type": "test", "_id": "3"}}'
+            - '{"text" : "Baby its cold there outside"}'
+            - '{"index": {"_index": "test", "_type": "test", "_id": "4"}}'
+            - '{"text" : "Outside it is cold and wet"}'
+
+---
+"Test ordered matching":
+  - do:
+        search:
+          index: test
+          body:
+            query:
+              intervals:
+                text:
+                  match:
+                    query: "cold outside"
+                    ordered: true
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 2 }
+
+---
+"Test default unordered matching":
+  - do:
+        search:
+          index: test
+          body:
+            query:
+              intervals:
+                text:
+                  match:
+                    query: "cold outside"
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 3 }
+
+---
+"Test explicit unordered matching":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                match:
+                  query: "cold outside"
+                  ordered: false
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 3 }
+
+---
+"Test phrase matching":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                match:
+                  query: "cold outside"
+                  ordered: true
+                  max_gaps: 0
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 1 }
+
+---
+"Test unordered max_gaps matching":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                match:
+                  query: "cold outside"
+                  max_gaps: 1
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 2 }
+
+---
+"Test ordered max_gaps matching":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                match:
+                  query: "cold outside"
+                  max_gaps: 0
+                  ordered: true
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 1 }
+
+---
+"Test ordered combination with disjunction":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                all_of:
+                  intervals:
+                    - any_of:
+                        intervals:
+                          - match:
+                              query: "cold"
+                          - match:
+                              query: "outside"
+                    - match:
+                        query: "atmosphere"
+                  ordered: true
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 1 }
+
+---
+"Test ordered combination with max_gaps":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                all_of:
+                  intervals:
+                    - match:
+                        query: "cold"
+                    - match:
+                        query: "outside"
+                  max_gaps: 0
+                  ordered: true
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 1 }
+
+---
+"Test ordered combination":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                all_of:
+                  intervals:
+                    - match:
+                        query: "cold"
+                    - match:
+                        query: "outside"
+                  ordered: true
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 2 }
+
+---
+"Test unordered combination":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                all_of:
+                  intervals:
+                    - match:
+                        query: "cold"
+                    - match:
+                        query: "outside"
+                  max_gaps: 1
+                  ordered: false
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 2 }
+
+---
+"Test block combination":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                all_of:
+                  intervals:
+                    - match:
+                        query: "cold"
+                    - match:
+                        query: "outside"
+                  ordered: true
+                  max_gaps: 0
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 1 }
+
+
+---
+"Test containing":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                all_of:
+                  intervals:
+                    - match:
+                        query: "cold"
+                    - match:
+                        query: "outside"
+                  ordered: false
+                  filter:
+                    containing:
+                      match:
+                        query: "is"
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 1 }
+
+
+---
+"Test not containing":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                all_of:
+                  intervals:
+                    - match:
+                        query: "cold"
+                    - match:
+                        query: "outside"
+                  ordered: false
+                  filter:
+                    not_containing:
+                      match:
+                        query: "is"
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 2 }
+
+---
+"Test contained_by":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                match:
+                  query: "is"
+                  filter:
+                    contained_by:
+                      all_of:
+                        intervals:
+                          - match:
+                              query: "cold"
+                          - match:
+                              query: "outside"
+                        ordered: false
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 1 }
+
+---
+"Test not_contained_by":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                match:
+                  query: "it"
+                  filter:
+                    not_contained_by:
+                      all_of:
+                        intervals:
+                          - match:
+                              query: "cold"
+                          - match:
+                              query: "outside"
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 1 }
+
+---
+"Test not_overlapping":
+  - do:
+      search:
+        index: test
+        body:
+          query:
+            intervals:
+              text:
+                all_of:
+                  intervals:
+                    - match:
+                        query: "cold"
+                    - match:
+                        query: "outside"
+                  ordered: true
+                  filter:
+                    not_overlapping:
+                      all_of:
+                        intervals:
+                          - match:
+                              query: "baby"
+                          - match:
+                              query: "there"
+                        ordered: false
+  - match: { hits.total.value: 1 }
+
+
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MappedFieldType.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MappedFieldType.java
index eaafeefa7e0dd..741b2300a4678 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MappedFieldType.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MappedFieldType.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.TermInSetQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.TermQuery;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.IntervalsSource;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchParseException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
@@ -374,6 +375,14 @@ public Query multiPhraseQuery(String field, TokenStream stream, int slop, boolea
             + "] which is of type [" + typeName() + "]");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create an {@link IntervalsSource} to be used for proximity queries
+     */
+    public IntervalsSource intervals(String query, int max_gaps, boolean ordered, NamedAnalyzer analyzer) throws IOException {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can only use interval queries on text fields - not on [" + name
+            + "] which is of type [" + typeName() + "]");
+    }
+
     /**
      * An enum used to describe the relation between the range of terms in a
      * shard when compared with a query range
@@ -465,4 +474,5 @@ public static Term extractTerm(Query termQuery) {
         }
         return ((TermQuery) termQuery).getTerm();
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TextFieldMapper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TextFieldMapper.java
index d0419a0e44b24..5987e167dc9ab 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TextFieldMapper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/TextFieldMapper.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.search.PhraseQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.TermQuery;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.IntervalsSource;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.Iterators;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.NamedAnalyzer;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.IndexFieldData;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.plain.PagedBytesIndexFieldData;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.IntervalBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryShardContext;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -579,6 +581,15 @@ public Query existsQuery(QueryShardContext context) {
             }
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public IntervalsSource intervals(String text, int maxGaps, boolean ordered, NamedAnalyzer analyzer) throws IOException {
+            if (indexOptions().compareTo(IndexOptions.DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS) < 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot create intervals against field [" + name() + "] with no positions indexed");
+            }
+            IntervalBuilder builder = new IntervalBuilder(name(), analyzer == null ? searchAnalyzer() : analyzer);
+            return builder.analyzeText(text, maxGaps, ordered);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public Query phraseQuery(String field, TokenStream stream, int slop, boolean enablePosIncrements) throws IOException {
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7f42eb137190d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.index.query;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.CachingTokenFilter;
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes.PositionIncrementAttribute;
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes.PositionLengthAttribute;
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes.TermToBytesRefAttribute;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.Term;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanQuery;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.MatchesIterator;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.IntervalIterator;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.Intervals;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.IntervalsSource;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.graph.GraphTokenStreamFiniteStrings;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Constructs an IntervalsSource based on analyzed text
+ */
+public class IntervalBuilder {
+
+    private final String field;
+    private final Analyzer analyzer;
+
+    public IntervalBuilder(String field, Analyzer analyzer) {
+        this.field = field;
+        this.analyzer = analyzer;
+    }
+
+    public IntervalsSource analyzeText(String query, int maxGaps, boolean ordered) throws IOException {
+        try (TokenStream ts = analyzer.tokenStream(field, query);
+             CachingTokenFilter stream = new CachingTokenFilter(ts)) {
+            return analyzeText(stream, maxGaps, ordered);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected IntervalsSource analyzeText(CachingTokenFilter stream, int maxGaps, boolean ordered) throws IOException {
+
+        TermToBytesRefAttribute termAtt = stream.getAttribute(TermToBytesRefAttribute.class);
+        PositionIncrementAttribute posIncAtt = stream.addAttribute(PositionIncrementAttribute.class);
+        PositionLengthAttribute posLenAtt = stream.addAttribute(PositionLengthAttribute.class);
+
+        if (termAtt == null) {
+            return NO_INTERVALS;
+        }
+
+        // phase 1: read through the stream and assess the situation:
+        // counting the number of tokens/positions and marking if we have any synonyms.
+
+        int numTokens = 0;
+        boolean hasSynonyms = false;
+        boolean isGraph = false;
+
+        stream.reset();
+        while (stream.incrementToken()) {
+            numTokens++;
+            int positionIncrement = posIncAtt.getPositionIncrement();
+            if (positionIncrement == 0) {
+                hasSynonyms = true;
+            }
+            int positionLength = posLenAtt.getPositionLength();
+            if (positionLength > 1) {
+                isGraph = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // phase 2: based on token count, presence of synonyms, and options
+        // formulate a single term, boolean, or phrase.
+
+        if (numTokens == 0) {
+            return null;
+        } else if (numTokens == 1) {
+            // single term
+            return analyzeTerm(stream);
+        } else if (isGraph) {
+            // graph
+            return combineSources(analyzeGraph(stream), maxGaps, ordered);
+        } else {
+            // phrase
+            if (hasSynonyms) {
+                // phrase with single-term synonyms
+                return analyzeSynonyms(stream, maxGaps, ordered);
+            } else {
+                // simple phrase
+                return combineSources(analyzeTerms(stream), maxGaps, ordered);
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    protected IntervalsSource analyzeTerm(TokenStream ts) throws IOException {
+        TermToBytesRefAttribute bytesAtt = ts.addAttribute(TermToBytesRefAttribute.class);
+        ts.reset();
+        ts.incrementToken();
+        return Intervals.term(BytesRef.deepCopyOf(bytesAtt.getBytesRef()));
+    }
+
+    protected static IntervalsSource combineSources(List<IntervalsSource> sources, int maxGaps, boolean ordered) {
+        if (sources.size() == 0) {
+            return NO_INTERVALS;
+        }
+        if (sources.size() == 1) {
+            return sources.get(0);
+        }
+        IntervalsSource[] sourcesArray = sources.toArray(new IntervalsSource[0]);
+        if (maxGaps == 0 && ordered) {
+            return Intervals.phrase(sourcesArray);
+        }
+        IntervalsSource inner = ordered ? Intervals.ordered(sourcesArray) : Intervals.unordered(sourcesArray);
+        if (maxGaps == -1) {
+            return inner;
+        }
+        return Intervals.maxgaps(maxGaps, inner);
+    }
+
+    protected List<IntervalsSource> analyzeTerms(TokenStream ts) throws IOException {
+        List<IntervalsSource> terms = new ArrayList<>();
+        TermToBytesRefAttribute bytesAtt = ts.addAttribute(TermToBytesRefAttribute.class);
+        ts.reset();
+        while (ts.incrementToken()) {
+            BytesRef term = bytesAtt.getBytesRef();
+            terms.add(Intervals.term(BytesRef.deepCopyOf(term)));
+        }
+        ts.end();
+        return terms;
+    }
+
+    protected IntervalsSource analyzeSynonyms(TokenStream ts, int maxGaps, boolean ordered) throws IOException {
+        List<IntervalsSource> terms = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<IntervalsSource> synonyms = new ArrayList<>();
+        TermToBytesRefAttribute bytesAtt = ts.addAttribute(TermToBytesRefAttribute.class);
+        PositionIncrementAttribute posAtt = ts.addAttribute(PositionIncrementAttribute.class);
+        ts.reset();
+        while (ts.incrementToken()) {
+            if (posAtt.getPositionIncrement() == 1) {
+                if (synonyms.size() == 1) {
+                    terms.add(synonyms.get(0));
+                }
+                else if (synonyms.size() > 1) {
+                    terms.add(Intervals.or(synonyms.toArray(new IntervalsSource[0])));
+                }
+                synonyms.clear();
+            }
+            synonyms.add(Intervals.term(BytesRef.deepCopyOf(bytesAtt.getBytesRef())));
+        }
+        if (synonyms.size() == 1) {
+            terms.add(synonyms.get(0));
+        }
+        else {
+            terms.add(Intervals.or(synonyms.toArray(new IntervalsSource[0])));
+        }
+        return combineSources(terms, maxGaps, ordered);
+    }
+
+    protected List<IntervalsSource> analyzeGraph(TokenStream source) throws IOException {
+        source.reset();
+        GraphTokenStreamFiniteStrings graph = new GraphTokenStreamFiniteStrings(source);
+
+        List<IntervalsSource> clauses = new ArrayList<>();
+        int[] articulationPoints = graph.articulationPoints();
+        int lastState = 0;
+        int maxClauseCount = BooleanQuery.getMaxClauseCount();
+        for (int i = 0; i <= articulationPoints.length; i++) {
+            int start = lastState;
+            int end = -1;
+            if (i < articulationPoints.length) {
+                end = articulationPoints[i];
+            }
+            lastState = end;
+            if (graph.hasSidePath(start)) {
+                List<IntervalsSource> paths = new ArrayList<>();
+                Iterator<TokenStream> it = graph.getFiniteStrings(start, end);
+                while (it.hasNext()) {
+                    TokenStream ts = it.next();
+                    IntervalsSource phrase = combineSources(analyzeTerms(ts), 0, true);
+                    if (paths.size() >= maxClauseCount) {
+                        throw new BooleanQuery.TooManyClauses();
+                    }
+                    paths.add(phrase);
+                }
+                if (paths.size() > 0) {
+                    clauses.add(Intervals.or(paths.toArray(new IntervalsSource[0])));
+                }
+            } else {
+                Iterator<TokenStream> it = graph.getFiniteStrings(start, end);
+                TokenStream ts = it.next();
+                clauses.addAll(analyzeTerms(ts));
+                assert it.hasNext() == false;
+            }
+        }
+        return clauses;
+    }
+
+    private static final IntervalsSource NO_INTERVALS = new IntervalsSource() {
+
+        @Override
+        public IntervalIterator intervals(String field, LeafReaderContext ctx) {
+            return new IntervalIterator() {
+                @Override
+                public int start() {
+                    return NO_MORE_INTERVALS;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public int end() {
+                    return NO_MORE_INTERVALS;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public int gaps() {
+                    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public int nextInterval() {
+                    return NO_MORE_INTERVALS;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public float matchCost() {
+                    return 0;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public int docID() {
+                    return NO_MORE_DOCS;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public int nextDoc() {
+                    return NO_MORE_DOCS;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public int advance(int target) {
+                    return NO_MORE_DOCS;
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public long cost() {
+                    return 0;
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MatchesIterator matches(String field, LeafReaderContext ctx, int doc) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void extractTerms(String field, Set<Term> terms) {
+
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object other) {
+            return other == this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "no_match";
+        }
+    };
+
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalQueryBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a1badc38323da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalQueryBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.index.query;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexOptions;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.MatchNoDocsQuery;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.IntervalQuery;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParsingException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MappedFieldType;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Builder for {@link IntervalQuery}
+ */
+public class IntervalQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<IntervalQueryBuilder> {
+
+    public static final String NAME = "intervals";
+
+    private final String field;
+    private final IntervalsSourceProvider sourceProvider;
+
+    public IntervalQueryBuilder(String field, IntervalsSourceProvider sourceProvider) {
+        this.field = field;
+        this.sourceProvider = sourceProvider;
+    }
+
+    public IntervalQueryBuilder(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        this.field = in.readString();
+        this.sourceProvider = in.readNamedWriteable(IntervalsSourceProvider.class);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doWriteTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeString(field);
+        out.writeNamedWriteable(sourceProvider);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject(NAME);
+        builder.field(field);
+        builder.startObject();
+        sourceProvider.toXContent(builder, params);
+        printBoostAndQueryName(builder);
+        builder.endObject();
+        builder.endObject();
+    }
+
+    public static IntervalQueryBuilder fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
+            throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Expected [FIELD_NAME] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+        }
+        String field = parser.currentName();
+        if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT) {
+            throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Expected [START_OBJECT] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+        }
+        String name = null;
+        float boost = 1;
+        IntervalsSourceProvider provider = null;
+        String providerName = null;
+        while (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT) {
+            if (parser.currentToken() != XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
+                throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(),
+                    "Expected [FIELD_NAME] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+            }
+            switch (parser.currentName()) {
+                case "_name":
+                    parser.nextToken();
+                    name = parser.text();
+                    break;
+                case "boost":
+                    parser.nextToken();
+                    boost = parser.floatValue();
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    if (providerName != null) {
+                        throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(),
+                            "Only one interval rule can be specified, found [" + providerName + "] and [" + parser.currentName() + "]");
+                    }
+                    providerName = parser.currentName();
+                    provider = IntervalsSourceProvider.fromXContent(parser);
+
+            }
+        }
+        if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT) {
+            throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(),
+                "Expected [END_OBJECT] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+        }
+        if (provider == null) {
+            throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Missing intervals from interval query definition");
+        }
+        IntervalQueryBuilder builder = new IntervalQueryBuilder(field, provider);
+        builder.queryName(name);
+        builder.boost(boost);
+        return builder;
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Query doToQuery(QueryShardContext context) throws IOException {
+        MappedFieldType fieldType = context.fieldMapper(field);
+        if (fieldType == null) {
+            // Be lenient with unmapped fields so that cross-index search will work nicely
+            return new MatchNoDocsQuery();
+        }
+        if (fieldType.tokenized() == false ||
+            fieldType.indexOptions().compareTo(IndexOptions.DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS) < 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot create IntervalQuery over field [" + field + "] with no indexed positions");
+        }
+        return new IntervalQuery(field, sourceProvider.getSource(context, fieldType));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean doEquals(IntervalQueryBuilder other) {
+        return Objects.equals(field, other.field) && Objects.equals(sourceProvider, other.sourceProvider);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int doHashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(field, sourceProvider);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getWriteableName() {
+        return NAME;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalsSourceProvider.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalsSourceProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..79bcbe26fbc04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalsSourceProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,478 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.index.query;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.Intervals;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.IntervalsSource;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParsingException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentFragment;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.analysis.NamedAnalyzer;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MappedFieldType;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.constructorArg;
+import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser.optionalConstructorArg;
+
+/**
+ * Factory class for {@link IntervalsSource}
+ *
+ * Built-in sources include {@link Match}, which analyzes a text string and converts it
+ * to a proximity source (phrase, ordered or unordered depending on how
+ * strict the matching should be); {@link Combine}, which allows proximity queries
+ * between different sub-sources; and {@link Disjunction}.
+ */
+public abstract class IntervalsSourceProvider implements NamedWriteable, ToXContentFragment {
+
+    public abstract IntervalsSource getSource(QueryShardContext context, MappedFieldType fieldType) throws IOException;
+
+    @Override
+    public abstract int hashCode();
+
+    @Override
+    public abstract boolean equals(Object other);
+
+    public static IntervalsSourceProvider fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        assert parser.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME;
+        switch (parser.currentName()) {
+            case "match":
+                return Match.fromXContent(parser);
+            case "any_of":
+                return Disjunction.fromXContent(parser);
+            case "all_of":
+                return Combine.fromXContent(parser);
+        }
+        throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(),
+            "Unknown interval type [" + parser.currentName() + "], expecting one of [match, any_of, all_of]");
+    }
+
+    private static IntervalsSourceProvider parseInnerIntervals(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+        if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
+            throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Expected [FIELD_NAME] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+        }
+        IntervalsSourceProvider isp = IntervalsSourceProvider.fromXContent(parser);
+        if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT) {
+            throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Expected [END_OBJECT] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+        }
+        return isp;
+    }
+
+    public static class Match extends IntervalsSourceProvider {
+
+        public static final String NAME = "match";
+
+        private final String query;
+        private final int maxGaps;
+        private final boolean ordered;
+        private final String analyzer;
+        private final IntervalFilter filter;
+
+        public Match(String query, int maxGaps, boolean ordered, String analyzer, IntervalFilter filter) {
+            this.query = query;
+            this.maxGaps = maxGaps;
+            this.ordered = ordered;
+            this.analyzer = analyzer;
+            this.filter = filter;
+        }
+
+        public Match(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            this.query = in.readString();
+            this.maxGaps = in.readVInt();
+            this.ordered = in.readBoolean();
+            this.analyzer = in.readOptionalString();
+            this.filter = in.readOptionalWriteable(IntervalFilter::new);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public IntervalsSource getSource(QueryShardContext context, MappedFieldType fieldType) throws IOException {
+            NamedAnalyzer analyzer = null;
+            if (this.analyzer != null) {
+                analyzer = context.getMapperService().getIndexAnalyzers().get(this.analyzer);
+            }
+            IntervalsSource source = fieldType.intervals(query, maxGaps, ordered, analyzer);
+            if (filter != null) {
+                return filter.filter(source, context, fieldType);
+            }
+            return source;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (this == o) return true;
+            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+            Match match = (Match) o;
+            return maxGaps == match.maxGaps &&
+                ordered == match.ordered &&
+                Objects.equals(query, match.query) &&
+                Objects.equals(filter, match.filter) &&
+                Objects.equals(analyzer, match.analyzer);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(query, maxGaps, ordered, analyzer, filter);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getWriteableName() {
+            return NAME;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            out.writeString(query);
+            out.writeVInt(maxGaps);
+            out.writeBoolean(ordered);
+            out.writeOptionalString(analyzer);
+            out.writeOptionalWriteable(filter);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.field(NAME);
+            builder.startObject();
+            builder.field("query", query);
+            builder.field("max_gaps", maxGaps);
+            builder.field("ordered", ordered);
+            if (analyzer != null) {
+                builder.field("analyzer", analyzer);
+            }
+            if (filter != null) {
+                builder.field("filter", filter);
+            }
+            return builder.endObject();
+        }
+
+        private static final ConstructingObjectParser<Match, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME,
+            args -> {
+                String query = (String) args[0];
+                int max_gaps = (args[1] == null ? -1 : (Integer) args[1]);
+                boolean ordered = (args[2] != null && (boolean) args[2]);
+                String analyzer = (String) args[3];
+                IntervalFilter filter = (IntervalFilter) args[4];
+                return new Match(query, max_gaps, ordered, analyzer, filter);
+            });
+        static {
+            PARSER.declareString(constructorArg(), new ParseField("query"));
+            PARSER.declareInt(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField("max_gaps"));
+            PARSER.declareBoolean(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField("ordered"));
+            PARSER.declareString(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField("analyzer"));
+            PARSER.declareObject(optionalConstructorArg(), (p, c) -> IntervalFilter.fromXContent(p), new ParseField("filter"));
+        }
+
+        public static Match fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
+            return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Disjunction extends IntervalsSourceProvider {
+
+        public static final String NAME = "any_of";
+
+        private final List<IntervalsSourceProvider> subSources;
+        private final IntervalFilter filter;
+
+        public Disjunction(List<IntervalsSourceProvider> subSources, IntervalFilter filter) {
+            this.subSources = subSources;
+            this.filter = filter;
+        }
+
+        public Disjunction(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            this.subSources = in.readNamedWriteableList(IntervalsSourceProvider.class);
+            this.filter = in.readOptionalWriteable(IntervalFilter::new);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public IntervalsSource getSource(QueryShardContext ctx, MappedFieldType fieldType) throws IOException {
+            List<IntervalsSource> sources = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (IntervalsSourceProvider provider : subSources) {
+                sources.add(provider.getSource(ctx, fieldType));
+            }
+            IntervalsSource source = Intervals.or(sources.toArray(new IntervalsSource[0]));
+            if (filter == null) {
+                return source;
+            }
+            return filter.filter(source, ctx, fieldType);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (this == o) return true;
+            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+            Disjunction that = (Disjunction) o;
+            return Objects.equals(subSources, that.subSources);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(subSources);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getWriteableName() {
+            return NAME;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            out.writeNamedWriteableList(subSources);
+            out.writeOptionalWriteable(filter);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.startObject(NAME);
+            builder.startArray("intervals");
+            for (IntervalsSourceProvider provider : subSources) {
+                builder.startObject();
+                provider.toXContent(builder, params);
+                builder.endObject();
+            }
+            builder.endArray();
+            if (filter != null) {
+                builder.field("filter", filter);
+            }
+            return builder.endObject();
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        private static final ConstructingObjectParser<Disjunction, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME,
+            args -> {
+                List<IntervalsSourceProvider> subSources = (List<IntervalsSourceProvider>)args[0];
+                IntervalFilter filter = (IntervalFilter) args[1];
+                return new Disjunction(subSources, filter);
+            });
+        static {
+            PARSER.declareObjectArray(constructorArg(), (p, c) -> IntervalsSourceProvider.parseInnerIntervals(p),
+                new ParseField("intervals"));
+            PARSER.declareObject(optionalConstructorArg(), (p, c) -> IntervalFilter.fromXContent(p),
+                new ParseField("filter"));
+        }
+
+        public static Disjunction fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+            return PARSER.parse(parser, null);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Combine extends IntervalsSourceProvider {
+
+        public static final String NAME = "all_of";
+
+        private final List<IntervalsSourceProvider> subSources;
+        private final boolean ordered;
+        private final int maxGaps;
+        private final IntervalFilter filter;
+
+        public Combine(List<IntervalsSourceProvider> subSources, boolean ordered, int maxGaps, IntervalFilter filter) {
+            this.subSources = subSources;
+            this.ordered = ordered;
+            this.maxGaps = maxGaps;
+            this.filter = filter;
+        }
+
+        public Combine(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            this.ordered = in.readBoolean();
+            this.subSources = in.readNamedWriteableList(IntervalsSourceProvider.class);
+            this.maxGaps = in.readInt();
+            this.filter = in.readOptionalWriteable(IntervalFilter::new);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public IntervalsSource getSource(QueryShardContext ctx, MappedFieldType fieldType) throws IOException {
+            List<IntervalsSource> ss = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (IntervalsSourceProvider provider : subSources) {
+                ss.add(provider.getSource(ctx, fieldType));
+            }
+            IntervalsSource source = IntervalBuilder.combineSources(ss, maxGaps, ordered);
+            if (filter != null) {
+                return filter.filter(source, ctx, fieldType);
+            }
+            return source;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (this == o) return true;
+            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+            Combine combine = (Combine) o;
+            return Objects.equals(subSources, combine.subSources) &&
+                ordered == combine.ordered && maxGaps == combine.maxGaps;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(subSources, ordered, maxGaps);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getWriteableName() {
+            return NAME;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            out.writeBoolean(ordered);
+            out.writeNamedWriteableList(subSources);
+            out.writeInt(maxGaps);
+            out.writeOptionalWriteable(filter);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.startObject(NAME);
+            builder.field("ordered", ordered);
+            builder.field("max_gaps", maxGaps);
+            builder.startArray("intervals");
+            for (IntervalsSourceProvider provider : subSources) {
+                builder.startObject();
+                provider.toXContent(builder, params);
+                builder.endObject();
+            }
+            builder.endArray();
+            if (filter != null) {
+                builder.field("filter", filter);
+            }
+            return builder.endObject();
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        static final ConstructingObjectParser<Combine, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(NAME,
+            args -> {
+                boolean ordered = (args[0] != null && (boolean) args[0]);
+                List<IntervalsSourceProvider> subSources = (List<IntervalsSourceProvider>)args[1];
+                Integer maxGaps = (args[2] == null ? -1 : (Integer)args[2]);
+                IntervalFilter filter = (IntervalFilter) args[3];
+                return new Combine(subSources, ordered, maxGaps, filter);
+            });
+        static {
+            PARSER.declareBoolean(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField("ordered"));
+            PARSER.declareObjectArray(constructorArg(), (p, c) -> IntervalsSourceProvider.parseInnerIntervals(p),
+                new ParseField("intervals"));
+            PARSER.declareInt(optionalConstructorArg(), new ParseField("max_gaps"));
+            PARSER.declareObject(optionalConstructorArg(), (p, c) -> IntervalFilter.fromXContent(p), new ParseField("filter"));
+        }
+
+        public static Combine fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
+            return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class IntervalFilter implements ToXContent, Writeable {
+
+        public static final String NAME = "filter";
+
+        private final String type;
+        private final IntervalsSourceProvider filter;
+
+        public IntervalFilter(IntervalsSourceProvider filter, String type) {
+            this.filter = filter;
+            this.type = type.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        }
+
+        public IntervalFilter(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            this.type = in.readString();
+            this.filter = in.readNamedWriteable(IntervalsSourceProvider.class);
+        }
+
+        public IntervalsSource filter(IntervalsSource input, QueryShardContext context, MappedFieldType fieldType) throws IOException {
+            IntervalsSource filterSource = filter.getSource(context, fieldType);
+            switch (type) {
+                case "containing":
+                    return Intervals.containing(input, filterSource);
+                case "contained_by":
+                    return Intervals.containedBy(input, filterSource);
+                case "not_containing":
+                    return Intervals.notContaining(input, filterSource);
+                case "not_contained_by":
+                    return Intervals.notContainedBy(input, filterSource);
+                case "not_overlapping":
+                    return Intervals.nonOverlapping(input, filterSource);
+                default:
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown filter type [" + type + "]");
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (this == o) return true;
+            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+            IntervalFilter that = (IntervalFilter) o;
+            return Objects.equals(type, that.type) &&
+                Objects.equals(filter, that.filter);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return Objects.hash(type, filter);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+            out.writeString(type);
+            out.writeNamedWriteable(filter);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+            builder.startObject();
+            builder.field(type);
+            builder.startObject();
+            filter.toXContent(builder, params);
+            builder.endObject();
+            builder.endObject();
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        public static IntervalFilter fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
+            if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
+                throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Expected [FIELD_NAME] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+            }
+            String type = parser.currentName();
+            if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT) {
+                throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Expected [START_OBJECT] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+            }
+            if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
+                throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Expected [FIELD_NAME] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+            }
+            IntervalsSourceProvider intervals = IntervalsSourceProvider.fromXContent(parser);
+            if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT) {
+                throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Expected [END_OBJECT] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+            }
+            if (parser.nextToken() != XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT) {
+                throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(), "Expected [END_OBJECT] but got [" + parser.currentToken() + "]");
+            }
+            return new IntervalFilter(intervals, type);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/SearchPlugin.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/SearchPlugin.java
index c8d4e2e6209d2..d07467e5d1f8f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/SearchPlugin.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/SearchPlugin.java
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.significant.SignificantTerms;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.significant.heuristics.SignificanceHeuristic;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.significant.heuristics.SignificanceHeuristicParser;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PipelineAggregator;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MovAvgPipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MovAvgModel;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MovAvgPipelineAggregator;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.FetchSubPhase;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.subphase.highlight.Highlighter;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.rescore.RescorerBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.rescore.Rescorer;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.rescore.RescorerBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.Suggest;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.Suggester;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.suggest.SuggestionBuilder;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ default List<PipelineAggregationSpec> getPipelineAggregations() {
         return emptyList();
     }
     /**
-     * The next {@link Rescorer}s added by this plugin.
+     * The new {@link Rescorer}s added by this plugin.
      */
     default List<RescorerSpec<?>> getRescorers() {
         return emptyList();
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ public QuerySpec(String name, Writeable.Reader<T> reader, QueryParser<T> parser)
             super(name, reader, parser);
         }
     }
+
     /**
      * Specification for an {@link Aggregation}.
      */
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModule.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModule.java
index 66e97230636e8..2531685b94557 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModule.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModule.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.GeoPolygonQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.GeoShapeQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.IdsQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.IntervalQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.IntervalsSourceProvider;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchAllQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchNoneQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchPhrasePrefixQueryBuilder;
@@ -153,60 +155,41 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.terms.TermsAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.terms.UnmappedTerms;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.AvgAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalAvg;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.CardinalityAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalCardinality;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ExtendedStatsAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.GeoBoundsAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalGeoBounds;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.GeoCentroidAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalAvg;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalCardinality;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalExtendedStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalGeoBounds;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalGeoCentroid;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalHDRPercentileRanks;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalHDRPercentiles;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalMax;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.MaxAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalMedianAbsoluteDeviation;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalMin;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalScriptedMetric;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalSum;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalTDigestPercentileRanks;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalTDigestPercentiles;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalTopHits;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalValueCount;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalWeightedAvg;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.MaxAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.MedianAbsoluteDeviationAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.MinAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.PercentileRanksAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.PercentilesAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalHDRPercentileRanks;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalHDRPercentiles;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalTDigestPercentileRanks;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalTDigestPercentiles;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalScriptedMetric;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ScriptedMetricAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalStats;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.StatsAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ExtendedStatsAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalExtendedStats;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalSum;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.SumAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalTopHits;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.TopHitsAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalValueCount;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.ValueCountAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalWeightedAvg;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.WeightedAvgAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.InternalMedianAbsoluteDeviation;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.MedianAbsoluteDeviationAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalSimpleValue;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PipelineAggregator;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalBucketMetricValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.AvgBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.AvgBucketPipelineAggregator;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MaxBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MaxBucketPipelineAggregator;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MinBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MinBucketPipelineAggregator;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalPercentilesBucket;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PercentilesBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PercentilesBucketPipelineAggregator;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalStatsBucket;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.StatsBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.StatsBucketPipelineAggregator;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.ExtendedStatsBucketParser;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.ExtendedStatsBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.ExtendedStatsBucketPipelineAggregator;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalExtendedStatsBucket;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.SumBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.SumBucketPipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.BucketScriptPipelineAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.BucketScriptPipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.BucketSelectorPipelineAggregationBuilder;
@@ -217,19 +200,38 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.CumulativeSumPipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.DerivativePipelineAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.DerivativePipelineAggregator;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalDerivative;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MovAvgPipelineAggregationBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MovAvgPipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.EwmaModel;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.ExtendedStatsBucketParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.ExtendedStatsBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.ExtendedStatsBucketPipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.HoltLinearModel;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.HoltWintersModel;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalBucketMetricValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalDerivative;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalExtendedStatsBucket;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalPercentilesBucket;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalSimpleValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.InternalStatsBucket;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.LinearModel;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MaxBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MaxBucketPipelineAggregator;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MinBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MinBucketPipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MovAvgModel;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.SimpleModel;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MovAvgPipelineAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MovAvgPipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MovFnPipelineAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.MovFnPipelineAggregator;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PercentilesBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PercentilesBucketPipelineAggregator;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.SerialDiffPipelineAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.SerialDiffPipelineAggregator;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.SimpleModel;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.StatsBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.StatsBucketPipelineAggregator;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.SumBucketPipelineAggregationBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.SumBucketPipelineAggregator;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.FetchPhase;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.FetchSubPhase;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.subphase.DocValueFieldsFetchSubPhase;
@@ -311,6 +313,7 @@ public SearchModule(Settings settings, boolean transportClient, List<SearchPlugi
         registerFetchSubPhases(plugins);
         registerSearchExts(plugins);
         registerShapes();
+        registerIntervalsSourceProviders();
     }
 
     public List<NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry> getNamedWriteables() {
@@ -803,6 +806,7 @@ private void registerQueryParsers(List<SearchPlugin> plugins) {
         registerQuery(new QuerySpec<>(ExistsQueryBuilder.NAME, ExistsQueryBuilder::new, ExistsQueryBuilder::fromXContent));
         registerQuery(new QuerySpec<>(MatchNoneQueryBuilder.NAME, MatchNoneQueryBuilder::new, MatchNoneQueryBuilder::fromXContent));
         registerQuery(new QuerySpec<>(TermsSetQueryBuilder.NAME, TermsSetQueryBuilder::new, TermsSetQueryBuilder::fromXContent));
+        registerQuery(new QuerySpec<>(IntervalQueryBuilder.NAME, IntervalQueryBuilder::new, IntervalQueryBuilder::fromXContent));
 
         if (ShapesAvailability.JTS_AVAILABLE && ShapesAvailability.SPATIAL4J_AVAILABLE) {
             registerQuery(new QuerySpec<>(GeoShapeQueryBuilder.NAME, GeoShapeQueryBuilder::new, GeoShapeQueryBuilder::fromXContent));
@@ -811,6 +815,15 @@ private void registerQueryParsers(List<SearchPlugin> plugins) {
         registerFromPlugin(plugins, SearchPlugin::getQueries, this::registerQuery);
     }
 
+    private void registerIntervalsSourceProviders() {
+        namedWriteables.add(new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(IntervalsSourceProvider.class,
+            IntervalsSourceProvider.Match.NAME, IntervalsSourceProvider.Match::new));
+        namedWriteables.add(new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(IntervalsSourceProvider.class,
+            IntervalsSourceProvider.Combine.NAME, IntervalsSourceProvider.Combine::new));
+        namedWriteables.add(new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(IntervalsSourceProvider.class,
+            IntervalsSourceProvider.Disjunction.NAME, IntervalsSourceProvider.Disjunction::new));
+    }
+
     private void registerQuery(QuerySpec<?> spec) {
         namedWriteables.add(new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(QueryBuilder.class, spec.getName().getPreferredName(), spec.getReader()));
         namedXContents.add(new NamedXContentRegistry.Entry(QueryBuilder.class, spec.getName(),
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalBuilderTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a565db41516a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalBuilderTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.index.query;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.CachingTokenFilter;
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.CannedTokenStream;
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Token;
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.Intervals;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.IntervalsSource;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class IntervalBuilderTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    private static final IntervalBuilder BUILDER = new IntervalBuilder("field1", new StandardAnalyzer());
+
+    public void testSimpleTerm() throws IOException {
+
+        CannedTokenStream ts = new CannedTokenStream(new Token("term1", 1, 2));
+
+        IntervalsSource source = BUILDER.analyzeText(new CachingTokenFilter(ts), -1, true);
+        IntervalsSource expected = Intervals.term("term1");
+
+        assertEquals(expected, source);
+    }
+
+    public void testOrdered() throws IOException {
+
+        CannedTokenStream ts = new CannedTokenStream(
+            new Token("term1", 1, 2),
+            new Token("term2", 3, 4),
+            new Token("term3", 5, 6)
+        );
+
+        IntervalsSource source = BUILDER.analyzeText(new CachingTokenFilter(ts), -1, true);
+        IntervalsSource expected = Intervals.ordered(
+            Intervals.term("term1"), Intervals.term("term2"), Intervals.term("term3")
+        );
+
+        assertEquals(expected, source);
+
+    }
+
+    public void testUnordered() throws IOException {
+
+        CannedTokenStream ts = new CannedTokenStream(
+            new Token("term1", 1, 2),
+            new Token("term2", 3, 4),
+            new Token("term3", 5, 6)
+        );
+
+        IntervalsSource source = BUILDER.analyzeText(new CachingTokenFilter(ts), -1, false);
+        IntervalsSource expected = Intervals.unordered(
+            Intervals.term("term1"), Intervals.term("term2"), Intervals.term("term3")
+        );
+
+        assertEquals(expected, source);
+
+    }
+
+    public void testPhrase() throws IOException {
+
+        CannedTokenStream ts = new CannedTokenStream(
+            new Token("term1", 1, 2),
+            new Token("term2", 3, 4),
+            new Token("term3", 5, 6)
+        );
+
+        IntervalsSource source = BUILDER.analyzeText(new CachingTokenFilter(ts), 0, true);
+        IntervalsSource expected = Intervals.phrase(
+            Intervals.term("term1"), Intervals.term("term2"), Intervals.term("term3")
+        );
+
+        assertEquals(expected, source);
+
+    }
+
+    public void testSimpleSynonyms() throws IOException {
+
+        CannedTokenStream ts = new CannedTokenStream(
+            new Token("term1", 1, 2),
+            new Token("term2", 3, 4),
+            new Token("term4", 0, 3, 4),
+            new Token("term3", 5, 6)
+        );
+
+        IntervalsSource source = BUILDER.analyzeText(new CachingTokenFilter(ts), -1, true);
+        IntervalsSource expected = Intervals.ordered(
+            Intervals.term("term1"), Intervals.or(Intervals.term("term2"), Intervals.term("term4")), Intervals.term("term3")
+        );
+
+        assertEquals(expected, source);
+
+    }
+
+    public void testGraphSynonyms() throws IOException {
+
+        // term1 term2/term3:2 term4 term5
+
+        Token graphToken = new Token("term2", 3, 4);
+        graphToken.setPositionLength(2);
+
+        CannedTokenStream ts = new CannedTokenStream(
+            new Token("term1", 1, 2),
+            graphToken,
+            new Token("term3", 0, 3, 4),
+            new Token("term4", 5, 6),
+            new Token("term5", 6, 7)
+        );
+
+        IntervalsSource source = BUILDER.analyzeText(new CachingTokenFilter(ts), -1, true);
+        IntervalsSource expected = Intervals.ordered(
+            Intervals.term("term1"),
+            Intervals.or(Intervals.term("term2"), Intervals.phrase("term3", "term4")),
+            Intervals.term("term5")
+        );
+
+        assertEquals(expected, source);
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalQueryBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalQueryBuilderTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..06ab542ebc092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IntervalQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.index.query;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.search.BoostQuery;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.MatchNoDocsQuery;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.IntervalQuery;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.intervals.Intervals;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParsingException;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.SearchContext;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractQueryTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+
+public class IntervalQueryBuilderTests extends AbstractQueryTestCase<IntervalQueryBuilder> {
+
+    @Override
+    protected IntervalQueryBuilder doCreateTestQueryBuilder() {
+        return new IntervalQueryBuilder(STRING_FIELD_NAME, createRandomSource());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void testUnknownField() throws IOException {
+        super.testUnknownField();
+    }
+
+    private static final String[] filters = new String[]{
+        "containing", "contained_by", "not_containing", "not_contained_by", "not_overlapping"
+    };
+
+    private IntervalsSourceProvider.IntervalFilter createRandomFilter() {
+        if (randomInt(20) > 18) {
+            return new IntervalsSourceProvider.IntervalFilter(createRandomSource(), randomFrom(filters));
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private IntervalsSourceProvider createRandomSource() {
+        switch (randomInt(20)) {
+            case 0:
+            case 1:
+                int orCount = randomInt(4) + 1;
+                List<IntervalsSourceProvider> orSources = new ArrayList<>();
+                for (int i = 0; i < orCount; i++) {
+                    orSources.add(createRandomSource());
+                }
+                return new IntervalsSourceProvider.Disjunction(orSources, createRandomFilter());
+            case 2:
+            case 3:
+                int count = randomInt(5) + 1;
+                List<IntervalsSourceProvider> subSources = new ArrayList<>();
+                for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                    subSources.add(createRandomSource());
+                }
+                boolean ordered = randomBoolean();
+                int maxGaps = randomInt(5) - 1;
+                IntervalsSourceProvider.IntervalFilter filter = createRandomFilter();
+                return new IntervalsSourceProvider.Combine(subSources, ordered, maxGaps, filter);
+            default:
+                int wordCount = randomInt(4) + 1;
+                List<String> words = new ArrayList<>();
+                for (int i = 0; i < wordCount; i++) {
+                    words.add(randomRealisticUnicodeOfLengthBetween(4, 20));
+                }
+                String text = String.join(" ", words);
+                boolean mOrdered = randomBoolean();
+                int maxMGaps = randomInt(5) - 1;
+                String analyzer = randomFrom("simple", "keyword", "whitespace");
+                return new IntervalsSourceProvider.Match(text, maxMGaps, mOrdered, analyzer, createRandomFilter());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doAssertLuceneQuery(IntervalQueryBuilder queryBuilder, Query query, SearchContext context) throws IOException {
+        assertThat(query, instanceOf(IntervalQuery.class));
+    }
+
+    public void testMatchInterval() throws IOException {
+
+        String json = "{ \"intervals\" : " +
+            "{ \"" + STRING_FIELD_NAME + "\" : { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"Hello world\" } } } }";
+
+        IntervalQueryBuilder builder = (IntervalQueryBuilder) parseQuery(json);
+        Query expected = new IntervalQuery(STRING_FIELD_NAME,
+            Intervals.unordered(Intervals.term("hello"), Intervals.term("world")));
+
+        assertEquals(expected, builder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
+
+        json = "{ \"intervals\" : " +
+            "{ \"" + STRING_FIELD_NAME + "\" : { " +
+            "       \"match\" : { " +
+            "           \"query\" : \"Hello world\"," +
+            "           \"max_gaps\" : 40 } } } }";
+
+        builder = (IntervalQueryBuilder) parseQuery(json);
+        expected = new IntervalQuery(STRING_FIELD_NAME,
+            Intervals.maxgaps(40, Intervals.unordered(Intervals.term("hello"), Intervals.term("world"))));
+        assertEquals(expected, builder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
+
+        json = "{ \"intervals\" : " +
+            "{ \"" + STRING_FIELD_NAME + "\" : { " +
+            "       \"match\" : { " +
+            "           \"query\" : \"Hello world\"," +
+            "           \"ordered\" : true }," +
+            "       \"boost\" : 2 } } }";
+
+        builder = (IntervalQueryBuilder) parseQuery(json);
+        expected = new BoostQuery(new IntervalQuery(STRING_FIELD_NAME,
+            Intervals.ordered(Intervals.term("hello"), Intervals.term("world"))), 2);
+        assertEquals(expected, builder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
+
+        json = "{ \"intervals\" : " +
+            "{ \"" + STRING_FIELD_NAME + "\" : { " +
+            "       \"match\" : { " +
+            "           \"query\" : \"Hello world\"," +
+            "           \"max_gaps\" : 10," +
+            "           \"analyzer\" : \"whitespace\"," +
+            "           \"ordered\" : true } } } }";
+
+        builder = (IntervalQueryBuilder) parseQuery(json);
+        expected = new IntervalQuery(STRING_FIELD_NAME,
+            Intervals.maxgaps(10, Intervals.ordered(Intervals.term("Hello"), Intervals.term("world"))));
+        assertEquals(expected, builder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
+
+        json = "{ \"intervals\" : " +
+            "{ \"" + STRING_FIELD_NAME + "\" : { " +
+            "       \"match\" : { " +
+            "           \"query\" : \"Hello world\"," +
+            "           \"max_gaps\" : 10," +
+            "           \"analyzer\" : \"whitespace\"," +
+            "           \"ordered\" : true," +
+            "           \"filter\" : {" +
+            "               \"containing\" : {" +
+            "                   \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"blah\" } } } } } } }";
+
+        builder = (IntervalQueryBuilder) parseQuery(json);
+        expected = new IntervalQuery(STRING_FIELD_NAME,
+            Intervals.containing(Intervals.maxgaps(10, Intervals.ordered(Intervals.term("Hello"), Intervals.term("world"))),
+                                 Intervals.term("blah")));
+        assertEquals(expected, builder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
+    }
+
+    public void testOrInterval() throws IOException {
+
+        String json = "{ \"intervals\" : { \"" + STRING_FIELD_NAME + "\": {" +
+            "       \"any_of\" : { " +
+            "           \"intervals\" : [" +
+            "               { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"one\" } }," +
+            "               { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"two\" } } ] } } } }";
+        IntervalQueryBuilder builder = (IntervalQueryBuilder) parseQuery(json);
+        Query expected = new IntervalQuery(STRING_FIELD_NAME,
+            Intervals.or(Intervals.term("one"), Intervals.term("two")));
+        assertEquals(expected, builder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
+
+        json = "{ \"intervals\" : { \"" + STRING_FIELD_NAME + "\": {" +
+            "       \"any_of\" : { " +
+            "           \"intervals\" : [" +
+            "               { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"one\" } }," +
+            "               { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"two\" } } ]," +
+            "           \"filter\" : {" +
+            "               \"not_containing\" : { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"three\" } } } } } } }";
+        builder = (IntervalQueryBuilder) parseQuery(json);
+        expected = new IntervalQuery(STRING_FIELD_NAME,
+            Intervals.notContaining(
+                Intervals.or(Intervals.term("one"), Intervals.term("two")),
+                Intervals.term("three")));
+        assertEquals(expected, builder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
+    }
+
+    public void testCombineInterval() throws IOException {
+
+        String json = "{ \"intervals\" : { \"" + STRING_FIELD_NAME + "\": {" +
+            "       \"all_of\" : {" +
+            "           \"ordered\" : true," +
+            "           \"intervals\" : [" +
+            "               { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"one\" } }," +
+            "               { \"all_of\" : { " +
+            "                   \"ordered\" : false," +
+            "                   \"intervals\" : [" +
+            "                       { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"two\" } }," +
+            "                       { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"three\" } } ] } } ]," +
+            "           \"max_gaps\" : 30," +
+            "           \"filter\" : { " +
+            "               \"contained_by\" : { " +
+            "                   \"match\" : { " +
+            "                       \"query\" : \"SENTENCE\"," +
+            "                       \"analyzer\" : \"keyword\" } } } }," +
+            "       \"boost\" : 1.5 } } }";
+        IntervalQueryBuilder builder = (IntervalQueryBuilder) parseQuery(json);
+        Query expected = new BoostQuery(new IntervalQuery(STRING_FIELD_NAME,
+            Intervals.containedBy(
+                    Intervals.maxgaps(30, Intervals.ordered(
+                        Intervals.term("one"),
+                        Intervals.unordered(Intervals.term("two"), Intervals.term("three")))),
+                    Intervals.term("SENTENCE"))), 1.5f);
+        assertEquals(expected, builder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
+
+    }
+
+    public void testCombineDisjunctionInterval() throws IOException {
+        String json = "{ \"intervals\" : " +
+            "{ \"" + STRING_FIELD_NAME + "\": { " +
+            "       \"all_of\" : {" +
+            "           \"ordered\" : true," +
+            "           \"intervals\" : [" +
+            "               { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"atmosphere\" } }," +
+            "               { \"any_of\" : {" +
+            "                   \"intervals\" : [" +
+            "                       { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"cold\" } }," +
+            "                       { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"outside\" } } ] } } ]," +
+            "           \"max_gaps\" : 30," +
+            "           \"filter\" : { " +
+            "               \"not_contained_by\" : { " +
+            "                   \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"freeze\" } } } } } } }";
+
+        IntervalQueryBuilder builder = (IntervalQueryBuilder) parseQuery(json);
+        Query expected = new IntervalQuery(STRING_FIELD_NAME,
+            Intervals.notContainedBy(
+                Intervals.maxgaps(30, Intervals.ordered(
+                    Intervals.term("atmosphere"),
+                    Intervals.or(Intervals.term("cold"), Intervals.term("outside"))
+                )),
+                Intervals.term("freeze")));
+        assertEquals(expected, builder.toQuery(createShardContext()));
+    }
+
+    public void testNonIndexedFields() throws IOException {
+        IntervalsSourceProvider provider = createRandomSource();
+        IntervalQueryBuilder b = new IntervalQueryBuilder("no_such_field", provider);
+        assertThat(b.toQuery(createShardContext()), equalTo(new MatchNoDocsQuery()));
+
+        Exception e = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> {
+            IntervalQueryBuilder builder = new IntervalQueryBuilder(INT_FIELD_NAME, provider);
+            builder.doToQuery(createShardContext());
+        });
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), equalTo("Cannot create IntervalQuery over field [" + INT_FIELD_NAME + "] with no indexed positions"));
+
+        e = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> {
+            IntervalQueryBuilder builder = new IntervalQueryBuilder(STRING_FIELD_NAME_2, provider);
+            builder.doToQuery(createShardContext());
+        });
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), equalTo("Cannot create IntervalQuery over field ["
+            + STRING_FIELD_NAME_2 + "] with no indexed positions"));
+    }
+
+    public void testMultipleProviders() {
+        String json = "{ \"intervals\" : { \"" + STRING_FIELD_NAME + "\": { " +
+            "\"boost\" : 1," +
+            "\"match\" : { \"query\" : \"term1\" }," +
+            "\"all_of\" : { \"intervals\" : [ { \"query\" : \"term2\" } ] } }";
+
+        ParsingException e = expectThrows(ParsingException.class, () -> {
+            parseQuery(json);
+        });
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), equalTo("Only one interval rule can be specified, found [match] and [all_of]"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModuleTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModuleTests.java
index cf5b3fc0fc13b..321d50278b8be 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModuleTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModuleTests.java
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ public List<RescorerSpec<?>> getRescorers() {
             "geo_polygon",
             "geo_shape",
             "ids",
+            "intervals",
             "match",
             "match_all",
             "match_none",
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java
index 2b6b8b1c60bcc..0c2b0829c5f75 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/SearchQueryIT.java
@@ -1311,6 +1311,28 @@ public void testMustNot() throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedExc
         assertHitCount(searchResponse, 2L);
     }
 
+    public void testIntervals() throws InterruptedException {
+        createIndex("test");
+
+        indexRandom(true,
+            client().prepareIndex("test", "test", "1")
+                    .setSource("description", "it's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere"));
+
+        String json = "{ \"intervals\" : " +
+            "{ \"description\": { " +
+            "       \"all_of\" : {" +
+            "           \"ordered\" : \"true\"," +
+            "           \"intervals\" : [" +
+            "               { \"any_of\" : {" +
+            "                   \"intervals\" : [" +
+            "                       { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"cold\" } }," +
+            "                       { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"outside\" } } ] } }," +
+            "               { \"match\" : { \"query\" : \"atmosphere\" } } ]," +
+            "           \"max_gaps\" : 30 } } } }";
+        SearchResponse response = client().prepareSearch("test").setQuery(wrapperQuery(json)).get();
+        assertHitCount(response, 1L);
+    }
+
     // see #2994
     public void testSimpleSpan() throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         createIndex("test");