diff --git a/geonode/api/resourcebase_api.py b/geonode/api/resourcebase_api.py
index ba72c21689f..ce9cc9adf97 100644
--- a/geonode/api/resourcebase_api.py
+++ b/geonode/api/resourcebase_api.py
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ def build_filters(self, filters=None, ignore_bad_filters=False, **kwargs):
             orm_filters.update({'polymorphic_ctype__model__in': [filt.lower() for filt in filters.getlist('app_type__in')]})
         if 'extent' in filters:
             orm_filters.update({'extent': filters['extent']})
-        _metadata = {f"metadata__{_k}": _v for _k, _v in filters.items() if _k.startswith('metadata__')}
+        #  getting metadata filters
+        _metadata = {f"metadata__{k}__in": filters.getlist(k) for k in filter(lambda x: x.startswith('metadata__'), filters)}
         if _metadata:
             orm_filters.update({"metadata_filters": _metadata})
         orm_filters['f_method'] = filters['f_method'] if 'f_method' in filters else 'and'
diff --git a/geonode/base/templatetags/base_tags.py b/geonode/base/templatetags/base_tags.py
index 1472acade16..6629ed76db8 100644
--- a/geonode/base/templatetags/base_tags.py
+++ b/geonode/base/templatetags/base_tags.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #
 #########################################################################
 
+from enum import Enum
 import logging
 
 from django import template
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
 from pinax.ratings.models import Rating
 from guardian.shortcuts import get_objects_for_user
 
-from geonode.base.models import ResourceBase
+from geonode.base.models import ExtraMetadata, ResourceBase
 from geonode.base.bbox_utils import filter_bbox
 from geonode.layers.models import Layer
 from geonode.maps.models import Map
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@
     HierarchicalKeyword, Menu, MenuItem
 )
 from geonode.security.utils import get_visible_resources
-from collections import OrderedDict
+from collections import OrderedDict, Counter
+
+from geonode.utils import get_geoapps_models
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -56,6 +59,13 @@
 }
 
 
+class FACET_TO_RESOURCE_TYPE(Enum):
+    layers = 'layer'
+    maps = 'map'
+    documents = 'document'
+    geoapps = 'geoapp'
+
+
 @register.filter(name='template_trans')
 def template_trans(text):
     try:
@@ -495,3 +505,42 @@ def get_layer_count_by_services(service_id, user):
         queryset=Layer.objects.filter(remote_service=service_id),
         user=user
     ).count()
+
+
+@register.simple_tag(takes_context=True)
+def dynamic_metadata_filters(context):
+
+    facet_type = context.get('facet_type', 'all')
+
+    metadata_available = ExtraMetadata.objects.all()
+
+    if facet_type != 'all':
+        resource_type = [getattr(FACET_TO_RESOURCE_TYPE, facet_type).value]
+        if 'geoapp' in resource_type:
+            resource_type = [''.join(list(x.models)) for x in get_geoapps_models()]
+        metadata_available = metadata_available\
+            .filter(resource__polymorphic_ctype__model__in=resource_type)
+
+    if not metadata_available.exists():
+        return []
+
+    categories = metadata_available.values_list('metadata__filter_header', flat=True).distinct()
+
+    output = {}
+
+    for _cat in categories:
+        output[_cat] = _get_filter_by_category(_cat, metadata_available)
+
+    return output
+
+
+def _get_filter_by_category(category, metadata_available):
+    metadata_for_category = metadata_available\
+        .filter(metadata__filter_header=category)
+
+    counters = Counter(metadata_for_category.values_list('metadata__field_name', 'metadata__field_value'))
+    out = []
+    for _el in metadata_for_category.distinct("metadata__field_name", "metadata__field_value"):
+        cnt = counters.get((_el.metadata['field_name'], _el.metadata['field_value']), 0)
+        out.append({**{"id": _el.id, "count": cnt}, **_el.metadata})
+    return out
diff --git a/geonode/templates/search/_dynamic_metadata_filter.html b/geonode/templates/search/_dynamic_metadata_filter.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..252c4fa9ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geonode/templates/search/_dynamic_metadata_filter.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load base_tags %}
+  {% dynamic_metadata_filters as data %}
+  {% for key, values in data.items %}
+  <nav class="filter">
+    <h4><a href="#" class="toggle toggle-nav"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i>{{key}}</a></h4>
+    <ul class="nav closed" id="dynamic_filter_{{ key|slugify }}">
+      {% for el in values %}
+      <li>
+        <a id="dynamic_filter_{{ el.id }}" data-value="{{ el.field_value }}" data-filter="metadata__field_value" ng-click="multiple_choice_listener($event)">
+            {{ el.field_label }}
+            <span class="badge pull-right">{{el.count}}</span>
+        </a>
+      </li>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  </nav>
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/geonode/templates/search/_search_content.html b/geonode/templates/search/_search_content.html
index 8e031fa133b..296b423a805 100644
--- a/geonode/templates/search/_search_content.html
+++ b/geonode/templates/search/_search_content.html
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
             {% if SEARCH_FILTERS.EXTENT_ENABLED %}
               {% include "search/_extent_filter.html" %}
             {% endif %}
+            {% include "search/_dynamic_metadata_filter.html" %}
           {% endblock search_facet_lists %}
         </div>
       {% endif %}