diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8dd7cd0..fdda7b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## 3.0.3 [unreleased]
 
 - Added support for pagination with `body` option
+- Added `boost_by_recency` option
 - Fixed "Model Search Data" output for `debug` option
 - Fixed `reindex_status` error
 - Fixed error with optional operators in Ruby regexp
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70612a7..04b1497 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -201,7 +201,16 @@ boost_where: {user_id: {value: 1, factor: 100}} # default factor is 1000
 boost_where: {user_id: [{value: 1, factor: 100}, {value: 2, factor: 200}]}
 ```
 
-[Conversions](#keep-getting-better) are also a great way to boost.
+Boost by recency [master]
+
+```ruby
+boost_by_recency: {created_at: {scale: "7d", decay: 0.5}}
+```
+
+You can also boost by:
+
+- [Conversions](#keep-getting-better)
+- [Distance](#boost-by-distance)
 
 ### Get Everything
 
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/query.rb b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
index feefeca..8cc6e52 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/query.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Searchkick
 
     def initialize(klass, term = "*", **options)
       unknown_keywords = options.keys - [:aggs, :body, :body_options, :boost,
-        :boost_by, :boost_by_distance, :boost_where, :conversions, :conversions_term, :debug, :emoji, :exclude, :execute, :explain,
+        :boost_by, :boost_by_distance, :boost_by_recency, :boost_where, :conversions, :conversions_term, :debug, :emoji, :exclude, :execute, :explain,
         :fields, :highlight, :includes, :index_name, :indices_boost, :limit, :load,
         :match, :misspellings, :model_includes, :offset, :operator, :order, :padding, :page, :per_page, :profile,
         :request_params, :routing, :scope_results, :select, :similar, :smart_aggs, :suggest, :track, :type, :where]
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ module Searchkick
       @json = options[:body]
       if @json
         ignored_options = options.keys & [:aggs, :boost,
-          :boost_by, :boost_by_distance, :boost_where, :conversions, :conversions_term, :exclude, :explain,
+          :boost_by, :boost_by_distance, :boost_by_recency, :boost_where, :conversions, :conversions_term, :exclude, :explain,
           :fields, :highlight, :indices_boost, :match, :misspellings, :operator, :order,
           :profile, :select, :smart_aggs, :suggest, :where]
         raise ArgumentError, "Options incompatible with body option: #{ignored_options.join(", ")}" if ignored_options.any?
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ module Searchkick
         set_boost_by(multiply_filters, custom_filters)
         set_boost_where(custom_filters)
         set_boost_by_distance(custom_filters) if options[:boost_by_distance]
+        set_boost_by_recency(custom_filters) if options[:boost_by_recency]
 
         payload[:query] = build_query(query, filters, should, must_not, custom_filters, multiply_filters)
 
@@ -593,6 +594,19 @@ module Searchkick
       end
     end
 
+    def set_boost_by_recency(custom_filters)
+      options[:boost_by_recency].each do |field, attributes|
+        attributes = {function: :gauss, origin: Time.now}.merge(attributes)
+
+        custom_filters << {
+          weight: attributes[:factor] || 1,
+          attributes[:function] => {
+            field => attributes.except(:factor, :function)
+          }
+        }
+      end
+    end
+
     def set_boost_by(multiply_filters, custom_filters)
       boost_by = options[:boost_by] || {}
       if boost_by.is_a?(Array)
diff --git a/test/boost_test.rb b/test/boost_test.rb
index f34f634..5194260 100644
--- a/test/boost_test.rb
+++ b/test/boost_test.rb
@@ -149,6 +149,24 @@ class BoostTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_order "tomato", ["Tomato C", "Tomato B", "Tomato A"], boost_where: {user_ids: [{value: 1, factor: 10}, {value: 3, factor: 20}]}
   end
 
+  def test_boost_by_recency
+    store [
+      {name: "Article 1", created_at: 2.days.ago},
+      {name: "Article 2", created_at: 1.day.ago},
+      {name: "Article 3", created_at: Time.now}
+    ]
+    assert_order "article", ["Article 3", "Article 2", "Article 1"], boost_by_recency: {created_at: {scale: "7d", decay: 0.5}}
+  end
+
+  def test_boost_by_recency_origin
+    store [
+      {name: "Article 1", created_at: 2.days.ago},
+      {name: "Article 2", created_at: 1.day.ago},
+      {name: "Article 3", created_at: Time.now}
+    ]
+    assert_order "article", ["Article 1", "Article 2", "Article 3"], boost_by_recency: {created_at: {origin: 2.days.ago, scale: "7d", decay: 0.5}}
+  end
+
   def test_boost_by_distance
     store [
       {name: "San Francisco", latitude: 37.7833, longitude: -122.4167},
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