diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequest.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequest.java
index 00bea9aa6ac..51343d9de02 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequest.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  */
 public class ClearIndicesCacheRequest extends BroadcastOperationRequest {
 
-    private boolean filterCache = true;
+    private boolean filterCache = false;
+    private boolean fieldDataCache = false;
+    private boolean idCache = false;
+    private boolean bloomCache = false;
 
     ClearIndicesCacheRequest() {
     }
@@ -62,21 +65,51 @@ public class ClearIndicesCacheRequest extends BroadcastOperationRequest {
         return filterCache;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Should the filter cache be cleared or not. Defaults to <tt>true</tt>.
-     */
     public ClearIndicesCacheRequest filterCache(boolean filterCache) {
         this.filterCache = filterCache;
         return this;
     }
 
+    public boolean fieldDataCache() {
+        return this.fieldDataCache;
+    }
+
+    public ClearIndicesCacheRequest fieldDataCache(boolean fieldDataCache) {
+        this.fieldDataCache = fieldDataCache;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public boolean idCache() {
+        return this.idCache;
+    }
+
+    public ClearIndicesCacheRequest idCache(boolean idCache) {
+        this.idCache = idCache;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public boolean bloomCache() {
+        return this.bloomCache;
+    }
+
+    public ClearIndicesCacheRequest bloomCache(boolean bloomCache) {
+        this.bloomCache = bloomCache;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super.readFrom(in);
         filterCache = in.readBoolean();
+        fieldDataCache = in.readBoolean();
+        idCache = in.readBoolean();
+        bloomCache = in.readBoolean();
     }
 
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(filterCache);
+        out.writeBoolean(fieldDataCache);
+        out.writeBoolean(idCache);
+        out.writeBoolean(bloomCache);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest.java
index d94254e76db..78509995efd 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  */
 class ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest extends BroadcastShardOperationRequest {
 
-    private boolean filterCache = true;
+    private boolean filterCache = false;
+    private boolean fieldDataCache = false;
+    private boolean idCache = false;
+    private boolean bloomCache = false;
 
     ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest() {
     }
@@ -38,12 +41,27 @@ class ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest extends BroadcastShardOperationRequest {
     public ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest(String index, int shardId, ClearIndicesCacheRequest request) {
         super(index, shardId);
         filterCache = request.filterCache();
+        fieldDataCache = request.fieldDataCache();
+        idCache = request.idCache();
+        bloomCache = request.bloomCache();
     }
 
     public boolean filterCache() {
         return filterCache;
     }
 
+    public boolean fieldDataCache() {
+        return this.fieldDataCache;
+    }
+
+    public boolean idCache() {
+        return this.idCache;
+    }
+
+    public boolean bloomCache() {
+        return this.bloomCache;
+    }
+
     public ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest waitForOperations(boolean waitForOperations) {
         this.filterCache = waitForOperations;
         return this;
@@ -52,10 +70,16 @@ class ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest extends BroadcastShardOperationRequest {
     @Override public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super.readFrom(in);
         filterCache = in.readBoolean();
+        fieldDataCache = in.readBoolean();
+        idCache = in.readBoolean();
+        bloomCache = in.readBoolean();
     }
 
     @Override public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(filterCache);
+        out.writeBoolean(fieldDataCache);
+        out.writeBoolean(idCache);
+        out.writeBoolean(bloomCache);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java
index 9df922f53e2..67509e385e6 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java
@@ -111,10 +111,30 @@ public class TransportClearIndicesCacheAction extends TransportBroadcastOperatio
     }
 
     @Override protected ShardClearIndicesCacheResponse shardOperation(ShardClearIndicesCacheRequest request) throws ElasticSearchException {
-        // TODO we can optimize to go to a single node where the index exists
         IndexService service = indicesService.indexService(request.index());
         if (service != null) {
-            service.cache().clear();
+            // we always clear the query cache
+            service.cache().queryParserCache().clear();
+            boolean clearedAtLeastOne = false;
+            if (request.filterCache()) {
+                clearedAtLeastOne = true;
+                service.cache().filter().clear();
+            }
+            if (request.fieldDataCache()) {
+                clearedAtLeastOne = true;
+                service.cache().fieldData().clear();
+            }
+            if (request.idCache()) {
+                clearedAtLeastOne = true;
+                service.cache().idCache().clear();
+            }
+            if (request.bloomCache()) {
+                clearedAtLeastOne = true;
+                service.cache().bloomCache().clear();
+            }
+            if (!clearedAtLeastOne) {
+                service.cache().clear();
+            }
         }
         return new ShardClearIndicesCacheResponse(request.index(), request.shardId());
     }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder.java
index 3e70a5727cd..6ba23b53723 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder.java
@@ -40,14 +40,26 @@ public class ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder extends BaseIndicesRequestBuilder<C
         return this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Should the filter cache be cleared or not. Defaults to <tt>true</tt>.
-     */
     public ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder setFilterCache(boolean filterCache) {
         request.filterCache(filterCache);
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder setFieldDataCache(boolean fieldDataCache) {
+        request.fieldDataCache(fieldDataCache);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder setIdCache(boolean idCache) {
+        request.idCache(idCache);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ClearIndicesCacheRequestBuilder setBloomCache(boolean bloomCache) {
+        request.bloomCache(bloomCache);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Should the listener be called on a separate thread if needed.
      */
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/RestClearIndicesCacheAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/RestClearIndicesCacheAction.java
index 60bb9e9c5ad..25843e97e7b 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/RestClearIndicesCacheAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/RestClearIndicesCacheAction.java
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ public class RestClearIndicesCacheAction extends BaseRestHandler {
     @Override public void handleRequest(final RestRequest request, final RestChannel channel) {
         ClearIndicesCacheRequest clearIndicesCacheRequest = new ClearIndicesCacheRequest(RestActions.splitIndices(request.param("index")));
         try {
-            clearIndicesCacheRequest.filterCache(request.paramAsBoolean("filter_cache", clearIndicesCacheRequest.filterCache()));
+            clearIndicesCacheRequest.filterCache(request.paramAsBoolean("filter", clearIndicesCacheRequest.filterCache()));
+            clearIndicesCacheRequest.fieldDataCache(request.paramAsBoolean("field_data", clearIndicesCacheRequest.fieldDataCache()));
+            clearIndicesCacheRequest.idCache(request.paramAsBoolean("id", clearIndicesCacheRequest.idCache()));
+            clearIndicesCacheRequest.bloomCache(request.paramAsBoolean("bloom", clearIndicesCacheRequest.bloomCache()));
 
             // we just send back a response, no need to fork a listener
             clearIndicesCacheRequest.listenerThreaded(false);