diff --git a/djangorestframework/mixins.py b/djangorestframework/mixins.py
index f38277eb4..0b41aae82 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/mixins.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/mixins.py
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ __all__ = (
     'CreateModelMixin',
     'UpdateModelMixin',
     'DeleteModelMixin',
-    'ListModelMixin'
+    'ListModelMixin',
+    'FilterModelMixin',
+
+    'PaginatorMixin',
+
 )
 
 
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ class RequestMixin(object):
                 return parser.parse(stream)
 
         raise ErrorResponse(status.HTTP_415_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE,
-                            {'error': 'Unsupported media type in request \'%s\'.' % 
+                            {'error': 'Unsupported media type in request \'%s\'.' %
                             content_type})
 
     @property
@@ -659,6 +663,53 @@ class ListModelMixin(ModelMixin):
         return queryset
 
 
+class FilterModelMixin(ModelMixin):
+    """
+    Behavior to list a set of `model` instances on GET requests
+    Also Enables a filter via the url query parameters
+
+    Example: Each of the following requests are valid
+        1) http://www.example.com/?color=blue
+        2) http://www.example.com/shirts/?color=blue
+    """
+
+
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        queryset = self.get_queryset()
+        ordering = self.get_ordering()
+
+        filter_data = dict(request.GET.items())
+
+        # Get the fields for the resource
+        model = self.resource.model
+        fields = model._meta.fields
+
+        # Iterate over fields and get the field names
+        fieldnames = [field.name for field in fields]
+
+        # Fixed query parameters included in the url path. Ex: /resource/<query1>/<query2>/
+        query_kwargs = self.get_query_kwargs(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        # Dynamic query parameters from the url query.  Ex: /resource/?color=blue
+        dynamic_query_kwargs = {}
+
+        # Check to ensure that each filter key is a valid field in the model
+        for filter_key,value in filter_data.iteritems():
+            if filter_key in fieldnames:
+                dynamic_query_kwargs[filter_key] = value
+
+
+        # Combine the query kwargs from the fixed url path and the dynamic url query parameters
+        filtered_query_kwargs = dict(query_kwargs.items() + dynamic_query_kwargs.items())
+
+        # Get a single query using the combined query kwargs
+        filtered_queryset = queryset.filter(**filtered_query_kwargs)
+
+        if ordering:
+            filtered_queryset = filtered_queryset.order_by(*ordering)
+
+        return filtered_queryset
+
 ########## Pagination Mixins ##########
 
 class PaginatorMixin(object):
diff --git a/djangorestframework/views.py b/djangorestframework/views.py
index bcdb50391..fae176b98 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/views.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/views.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ __all__ = (
     'ModelView',
     'InstanceModelView',
     'ListModelView',
-    'ListOrCreateModelView'
+    'ListOrCreateModelView',
+    'FilterOrCreateModelView'
 )
 
 
@@ -288,3 +289,12 @@ class ListOrCreateModelView(ListModelMixin, CreateModelMixin, ModelView):
     A view which provides default operations for list and create, against a model in the database.
     """
     _suffix = 'List'
+
+
+
+class FilterOrCreateModelView(FilterModelMixin, CreateModelMixin, ModelView):
+    """
+    A view which provides default operations for list and create, against a model in the database.
+    The view also enables filtering by query parameters
+    """
+    _suffix = 'List'