diff --git a/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/similar/MoreLikeThisQuery.java b/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/similar/MoreLikeThisQuery.java
index 3a5b964999b..4ae8674d35d 100644
--- a/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/similar/MoreLikeThisQuery.java
+++ b/contrib/queries/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/similar/MoreLikeThisQuery.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class MoreLikeThisQuery extends Query
     int minTermFrequency=1;
     int maxQueryTerms=5;
     Set stopWords=null;
+	int minDocFreq=-1;
     
     
     /**
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ public class MoreLikeThisQuery extends Query
         mlt.setFieldNames(moreLikeFields);
         mlt.setAnalyzer(analyzer);
         mlt.setMinTermFreq(minTermFrequency);
+        if(minDocFreq>=0)
+        {
+        	mlt.setMinDocFreq(minDocFreq);
+        }        
         mlt.setMaxQueryTerms(maxQueryTerms);
         mlt.setStopWords(stopWords);
         BooleanQuery bq= (BooleanQuery) mlt.like(new ByteArrayInputStream(likeText.getBytes()));        
@@ -130,4 +135,14 @@ public class MoreLikeThisQuery extends Query
     {
         this.stopWords = stopWords;
     }
+
+	public int getMinDocFreq()
+	{
+		return minDocFreq;
+	}
+
+	public void setMinDocFreq(int minDocFreq)
+	{
+		this.minDocFreq = minDocFreq;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/contrib/xml-query-parser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/xmlparser/builders/LikeThisQueryBuilder.java b/contrib/xml-query-parser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/xmlparser/builders/LikeThisQueryBuilder.java
index 316c94d02b4..e678912c9c0 100644
--- a/contrib/xml-query-parser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/xmlparser/builders/LikeThisQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/contrib/xml-query-parser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/xmlparser/builders/LikeThisQueryBuilder.java
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ public class LikeThisQueryBuilder implements QueryBuilder {
 		mlt.setMinTermFrequency(DOMUtils.getAttribute(e,"minTermFrequency",defaultMinTermFrequency));
 		mlt.setPercentTermsToMatch(DOMUtils.getAttribute(e,"percentTermsToMatch",defaultPercentTermsToMatch)/100);
 		mlt.setStopWords(stopWordsSet);
+		int minDocFreq=DOMUtils.getAttribute(e,"minDocFreq",-1);
+		if(minDocFreq>=0)
+		{
+			mlt.setMinDocFreq(minDocFreq);
+		}
 
 		mlt.setBoost(DOMUtils.getAttribute(e,"boost",1.0f));
 
diff --git a/contrib/xml-query-parser/src/test/org/apache/lucene/xmlparser/LikeThisQuery.xml b/contrib/xml-query-parser/src/test/org/apache/lucene/xmlparser/LikeThisQuery.xml
index 0c121676a1c..a50d05324f4 100644
--- a/contrib/xml-query-parser/src/test/org/apache/lucene/xmlparser/LikeThisQuery.xml
+++ b/contrib/xml-query-parser/src/test/org/apache/lucene/xmlparser/LikeThisQuery.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<LikeThisQuery percentTermsToMatch="5" stopWords="Reuter">
+<LikeThisQuery percentTermsToMatch="5" stopWords="Reuter" minDocFreq="2">
 IRAQI TROOPS REPORTED PUSHING BACK IRANIANS Iraq said today its troops were pushing Iranian forces out of 
 	positions they had initially occupied when they launched a new offensive near the southern port of 
 	Basra early yesterday.     A High Command communique said Iraqi troops had won a significant victory