diff --git a/.storybook/config.js b/.storybook/config.js
index b089cdd..65c4816 100644
--- a/.storybook/config.js
+++ b/.storybook/config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { configure } from '@kadira/storybook';
 import '../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';
+import '../node_modules/react-select/dist/react-select.min.css';
 
 function loadStories() {
   require('../stories');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ef5578..3335ee4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "react": "^15.1.0",
     "react-dom": "^15.3.2",
     "react-redux": "^4.4.5",
+    "react-select": "^1.0.0-rc.1",
     "redux": "^3.4.0",
     "redux-actions": "^0.11.0",
     "reselect": "^2.5.3"
diff --git a/src/Filter.js b/src/Filter.js
index 293cad9..9677fd6 100644
--- a/src/Filter.js
+++ b/src/Filter.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react';
+import { Creatable } from 'react-select';
 
 const propTypes = {
-  value: PropTypes.string,
+  value: PropTypes.array,
   onChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  options: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
 };
 
 class Filter extends Component {
@@ -10,13 +12,25 @@ class Filter extends Component {
     const {
       value,
       onChange,
+      options,
     } = this.props;
     return (
-      <input
-        className="form-control"
-        onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
+      <Creatable
+        options={options}
+        noResultsText="No tags found, type text and press Enter to search"
+        placeholder="Search by text or tags"
+        promptTextCreator={(txt) => `Search for '${txt}'`}
+        onChange={(selected) => onChange(selected)}
+        newOptionCreator={({ label, labelKey, valueKey }) => {
+          const option = {};
+          option[valueKey] = label.toLowerCase();
+          option[labelKey] = label.toLowerCase();
+          option.textFilter = true;
+          option.className = 'Select-create-option-placeholder';
+          return option;
+        }}
         value={value}
-        placeholder="Filter data with any text"
+        multi
         style={{
           margin: '1rem 0 1rem 0',
         }}
diff --git a/src/reducer.js b/src/reducer.js
index 1f8acb7..a3ee9f5 100644
--- a/src/reducer.js
+++ b/src/reducer.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 const defaultState = (configs = {}) => ({
   page: 0,
   pageSize: configs.defaultPageSize || 5,
-  filter: '',
+  filter: [],
   sortKey: null,
   direction: null,
   selectAll: false,
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const behaviours = {
   [TABLE_FILTER_CHANGED]: (state, { payload }) => ({
     ...state,
     page: 0,
-    filter: payload.filter.toLowerCase(),
+    filter: payload.filter,
   }),
   [TABLE_SELECT_ALL_CHANGED]: (state) => ({
     ...state,
diff --git a/src/selectors.js b/src/selectors.js
index 20dcd98..f764dcd 100644
--- a/src/selectors.js
+++ b/src/selectors.js
@@ -9,17 +9,30 @@ function paginate(rows, { page, pageSize }) {
   return rows.slice(start, start + pageSize);
 }
 
-function filter(rows = [], textFilter, columns) {
-  if (!textFilter) {
+function filter(rows = [], filters = [], columns) {
+  if (filters.length === 0) {
     return rows.slice(0);
   }
-  return _.filter(rows, (row) => _.some(columns, (column) => {
+
+  // apply text filter across all columns
+  let filteredRows = _.filter(rows, row => _.some(columns, (column) => {
     if (!column.filterable) {
       return false;
     }
     const normalized = String(_.get(row, column.key)).toLowerCase();
-    return normalized.indexOf(textFilter) > -1;
+    return _.every(filters, f => !f.textFilter || normalized.indexOf(f.value) > -1);
+  }));
+
+  // apply value filters on taggable columns
+  filteredRows = _.filter(filteredRows, row => _.every(columns, column => {
+    if (!column.taggable) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    const value = _.get(row, column.key);
+    return _.every(filters, f => !f.valueFilter || f.key !== column.key || f.value === value);
   }));
+
+  return filteredRows;
 }
 
 function sort(rows, { sortKey, direction }) {
@@ -71,6 +84,49 @@ export default (tableName) => {
     (initialData, textFilter, columns) => filter(initialData, textFilter, columns)
   );
 
+  const getFilterOptions = createSelector(
+    getInitialData,
+    getColumns,
+    (initialData, columns) => {
+      const options = [];
+      const values = {};
+      const columnMap = _.keyBy(columns, 'key');
+
+      initialData.forEach(row => {
+        columns.forEach(column => {
+          if (!column.taggable) {
+            return;
+          }
+          if (!values[column.key]) {
+            values[column.key] = [];
+          }
+          const columnValues = values[column.key];
+          const value = _.get(row, column.key);
+          if (!columnValues.includes(value)) {
+            columnValues.push(value);
+          }
+        });
+      });
+
+      _.forOwn(values, (columnValues, key) => {
+        columnValues.forEach(value => {
+          let labelValue = value;
+          if (_.isBoolean(value)) {
+            labelValue = value ? 'Yes' : 'No';
+          }
+          options.push({
+            label: `${columnMap[key].header}:${labelValue}`,
+            valueFilter: true,
+            value,
+            key,
+          });
+        });
+      });
+
+      return options;
+    }
+  );
+
   const getPageInfo = createSelector(
     getPage,
     getPageSize,
@@ -151,5 +207,6 @@ export default (tableName) => {
     getSelectedRows,
     getSelectAll,
     getPrimaryKey,
+    getFilterOptions,
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/sematable.js b/src/sematable.js
index 19d11ac..f109746 100644
--- a/src/sematable.js
+++ b/src/sematable.js
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ const propTypes = {
 
   isInitialized: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   visibleRows: PropTypes.array,
-  filter: PropTypes.string,
+  filter: PropTypes.array,
   sortInfo: PropTypes.object,
   pageInfo: PropTypes.object,
   selectAll: PropTypes.bool,
   selectedRows: PropTypes.array,
   primaryKey: PropTypes.string,
+  filterOptions: PropTypes.array,
 
   onPageChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   onPageSizeChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ const sematable = (tableName, TableComponent, columns, configs = {}) => {
       selectAll: selectors.getSelectAll(state),
       selectedRows: selectors.getSelectedRows(state),
       primaryKey: selectors.getPrimaryKey(state),
+      filterOptions: selectors.getFilterOptions(state),
     };
   };
 
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ const sematable = (tableName, TableComponent, columns, configs = {}) => {
         selectAll,
         selectedRows,
         primaryKey,
+        filterOptions,
 
         /* actions */
         onPageChange,
@@ -164,6 +167,7 @@ const sematable = (tableName, TableComponent, columns, configs = {}) => {
           <div className="col-md-6">
             {showFilter && <Filter
               value={filter}
+              options={filterOptions}
               onChange={(f) => onFilterChange(f)}
             />}
           </div>
diff --git a/stories/UsersTable.js b/stories/UsersTable.js
index ebfe88c..2dccdb9 100644
--- a/stories/UsersTable.js
+++ b/stories/UsersTable.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import sematable, { Table } from '../src';
+import YesNo from './YesNo.js';
 
 export const USERS_TABLE = 'usersTable';
 const columns = [
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ const columns = [
   { key: 'firstName', header: 'First name', filterable: true, sortable: true },
   { key: 'lastName', header: 'Last name', filterable: true, sortable: true },
   { key: 'status', header: 'Status', taggable: true },
+  { key: 'confirmed', header: 'Confirmed', taggable: true, Component: YesNo },
 ];
 
 class UsersTable extends Component {
diff --git a/stories/YesNo.js b/stories/YesNo.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0935f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stories/YesNo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';
+
+const YesNo = ({ children }) => (
+  <span>{children ? 'Yes' : 'No'}</span>
+);
+
+YesNo.propTypes = {
+  children: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+};
+export default YesNo;
diff --git a/stories/index.js b/stories/index.js
index 263a9ec..89d70b4 100644
--- a/stories/index.js
+++ b/stories/index.js
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ const users = [
     firstName: 'John',
     lastName: 'Doe',
     status: 'UNKNOWN',
+    confirmed: true,
   },
   {
     id: 2,
     firstName: 'Bob',
     lastName: 'McBobber',
     status: 'ACTIVE',
+    confirmed: false,
   },
 ];