diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fb6be9..f9b9202 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -643,6 +643,13 @@ Minimum document count
 Product.search "apples", aggs: {store_id: {min_doc_count: 2}}
 ```
 
+Date histogram [master]
+
+```ruby
+Product.search("Product", aggs: { products_per_year: { date_histogram: { field: :created_at, interval: :year }}})
+```
+
+
 #### Moving From Facets
 
 1. Replace `facets` with `aggs` in searches. **Note:** Stats facets are not supported at this time.
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/query.rb b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
index 3a08e5e..4974d4f 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/query.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
@@ -564,6 +564,14 @@ module Searchkick
               ranges: agg_options[:date_ranges]
             }.merge(shared_agg_options)
           }
+        elsif histogram = agg_options[:date_histogram]
+          interval = histogram[:interval]
+          payload[:aggs][field] = {
+            date_histogram: {
+              field: histogram[:field],
+              interval: interval
+            }
+          }
         else
           payload[:aggs][field] = {
             terms: {
diff --git a/test/aggs_test.rb b/test/aggs_test.rb
index 3042461..14aed17 100644
--- a/test/aggs_test.rb
+++ b/test/aggs_test.rb
@@ -96,6 +96,29 @@ class AggsTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal ({2 => 2}), store_agg(where: {color: "blue"}, aggs: {store_id: {where: {in_stock: false}}}, smart_aggs: false)
   end
 
+  def test_aggs_group_by_date
+    store [{name: "Old Product", created_at: 3.years.ago}]
+    aggs = Product.search(
+      "Product",
+      {
+        aggs: {
+          products_per_year: {
+            date_histogram: {
+              field: :created_at,
+              interval: :year
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ).aggs
+
+    if elasticsearch_below20?
+      assert_equal 2, aggs["products_per_year"]["buckets"].size
+    else
+      assert_equal 4, aggs["products_per_year"]["buckets"].size
+    end
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def buckets_as_hash(agg)
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