diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/View/Helper/Root/Factory.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/View/Helper/Root/Factory.php
index 676edbc1d06e4df25c80ff2a4de0919b5c8bb44f..1336e5d0ec613fcd69bf5d140697eaaff26c2a9d 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/View/Helper/Root/Factory.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/View/Helper/Root/Factory.php
@@ -381,6 +381,20 @@ class Factory
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Construct the SearchParams helper.
+     *
+     * @param ServiceManager $sm Service manager.
+     *
+     * @return SearchParams
+     */
+    public static function getSearchParams(ServiceManager $sm)
+    {
+        return new SearchParams(
+            $sm->getServiceLocator()->get('VuFind\SearchParamsPluginManager')
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Construct the SearchTabs helper.
      *
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/View/Helper/Root/SearchParams.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/View/Helper/Root/SearchParams.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e054598088292a0215af8e8665b325a9445ec7a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/View/Helper/Root/SearchParams.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * "Retrieve search params" view helper
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Villanova University 2010.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * @category VuFind2
+ * @package  View_Helpers
+ * @author   Demian Katz <demian.katz@villanova.edu>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind2:developer_manual Wiki
+ */
+namespace VuFind\View\Helper\Root;
+use VuFind\Search\Params\PluginManager;
+
+/**
+ * "Retrieve search params" view helper
+ *
+ * @category VuFind2
+ * @package  View_Helpers
+ * @author   Demian Katz <demian.katz@villanova.edu>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind2:developer_manual Wiki
+ */
+class SearchParams extends \Zend\View\Helper\AbstractHelper
+{
+    /**
+     * Search manager
+     *
+     * @var PluginManager
+     */
+    protected $manager;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     *
+     * @param PluginManager $manager Search manager
+     */
+    public function __construct(PluginManager $manager)
+    {
+        $this->manager = $manager;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Wrapper to the options plugin manager
+     *
+     * @param string $type The search type of the object to retrieve
+     *
+     * @return \VuFind\Search\Base\Options
+     */
+    public function __invoke($type = 'Solr')
+    {
+        return $this->manager->get($type);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/themes/root/theme.config.php b/themes/root/theme.config.php
index fc46a3eac552bc4e7b3cdeb0a8715b0c4d5c3352..895f82339ee4f0667c8d00676a119cd0d3040f29 100644
--- a/themes/root/theme.config.php
+++ b/themes/root/theme.config.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ return array(
             'reviews' => array('VuFind\View\Helper\Root\Factory', 'getReviews'),
             'searchbox' => array('VuFind\View\Helper\Root\Factory', 'getSearchBox'),
             'searchoptions' => array('VuFind\View\Helper\Root\Factory', 'getSearchOptions'),
+            'searchparams' => array('VuFind\View\Helper\Root\Factory', 'getSearchParams'),
             'searchtabs' => array('VuFind\View\Helper\Root\Factory', 'getSearchTabs'),
             'syndeticsplus' => array('VuFind\View\Helper\Root\Factory', 'getSyndeticsPlus'),
             'systememail' => array('VuFind\View\Helper\Root\Factory', 'getSystemEmail'),