diff --git a/awx/api/filters.py b/awx/api/filters.py
index 4b74b37a2c..77e04e1bd6 100644
--- a/awx/api/filters.py
+++ b/awx/api/filters.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class FieldLookupBackend(BaseFilterBackend):
     '''
 
     RESERVED_NAMES = ('page', 'page_size', 'format', 'order', 'order_by',
-                      'search', 'type')
+                      'search', 'type', 'host_filter')
 
     SUPPORTED_LOOKUPS = ('exact', 'iexact', 'contains', 'icontains',
                          'startswith', 'istartswith', 'endswith', 'iendswith',
diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index ce1eeeefd3..da49187df7 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ from awx.api.metadata import RoleMetadata
 from awx.main.consumers import emit_channel_notification
 from awx.main.models.unified_jobs import ACTIVE_STATES
 from awx.main.scheduler.tasks import run_job_complete
+from awx.main.fields import DynamicFilterField
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.api.views')
 
@@ -1701,6 +1702,14 @@ class HostList(ListCreateAPIView):
     serializer_class = HostSerializer
     capabilities_prefetch = ['inventory.admin']
 
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        qs = super(HostList, self).get_queryset()
+        filter_string = self.request.query_params.get('host_filter', None)
+        if filter_string:
+            filter_q = DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
+            qs = qs.filter(filter_q)
+        return qs
+
 
 class HostDetail(RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
 
diff --git a/awx/main/fields.py b/awx/main/fields.py
index 51b0efd2ed..f654c51ae4 100644
--- a/awx/main/fields.py
+++ b/awx/main/fields.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Ansible, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
+# Python
 import json
+import re
+import sys
+from pyparsing import infixNotation, opAssoc, Optional, Literal, CharsNotIn
 
 # Django
 from django.db.models.signals import (
@@ -18,6 +22,7 @@ from django.db.models.fields.related import (
     ReverseManyRelatedObjectsDescriptor,
 )
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
+from django.db.models import Q
 
 # Django-JSONField
 from jsonfield import JSONField as upstream_JSONField
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ from awx.main.models.rbac import batch_role_ancestor_rebuilding, Role
 from awx.main.utils import get_current_apps
 
 
-__all__ = ['AutoOneToOneField', 'ImplicitRoleField', 'JSONField']
+__all__ = ['AutoOneToOneField', 'ImplicitRoleField', 'JSONField', 'DynamicFilterField']
 
 
 class JSONField(upstream_JSONField):
@@ -292,3 +297,187 @@ class ImplicitRoleField(models.ForeignKey):
         child_ids = [x for x in Role_.parents.through.objects.filter(to_role_id__in=role_ids).distinct().values_list('from_role_id', flat=True)]
         Role_.objects.filter(id__in=role_ids).delete()
         Role.rebuild_role_ancestor_list([], child_ids)
+
+
+unicode_spaces = [unichr(c) for c in xrange(sys.maxunicode) if unichr(c).isspace()]
+unicode_spaces_other = unicode_spaces + [u'(', u')', u'=', u'"']
+
+
+def string_to_type(t):
+    if t == 'true':
+        return True
+    elif t == 'false':
+        return False
+
+    if re.search('^[-+]?[0-9]+$',t):
+        return int(t)
+
+    if re.search('^[-+]?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$',t):
+        return float(t)
+
+    return t
+
+
+class DynamicFilterField(models.TextField):
+
+
+    class BoolOperand(object):
+        def __init__(self, t):
+            #print("Got t %s" % t)
+            kwargs = dict()
+            k, v = self._extract_key_value(t)
+            k, v = self._json_path_to_contains(k, v)
+            kwargs[k] = v
+            self.result = Q(**kwargs)
+
+        '''
+        TODO: We should be able to express this in the grammar and let 
+              pyparsing do the heavy lifting.
+        TODO: separate django filter requests from our custom json filter
+              request so we don't process the key any. This could be
+              accomplished using a whitelist or introspecting the
+              relationship refered to to see if it's a jsonb type.
+        '''
+        def _json_path_to_contains(self, k, v):
+            pieces = k.split('__')
+
+            flag_first_arr_found = False
+
+            assembled_k = ''
+            assembled_v = v
+
+            last_kv = None
+            last_v = None
+
+            contains_count = 0
+            for i, piece in enumerate(pieces):
+                if flag_first_arr_found is False and piece.endswith('[]'):
+                    assembled_k += '%s__contains' % (piece[0:-2])
+                    contains_count += 1
+                    flag_first_arr_found = True
+                elif flag_first_arr_found is False and i == len(pieces) - 1:
+                    assembled_k += '%s' % piece
+                elif flag_first_arr_found is False:
+                    assembled_k += '%s__' % piece
+                elif flag_first_arr_found is True:
+                    new_kv = dict()
+                    if piece.endswith('[]'):
+                        new_v = []
+                        new_kv[piece[0:-2]] = new_v
+                    else:
+                        new_v = dict()
+                        new_kv[piece] = new_v
+
+
+                    if last_v is None:
+                        last_v = []
+                        assembled_v = last_v
+
+                    if type(last_v) is list:
+                        last_v.append(new_kv)
+                    elif type(last_v) is dict:
+                        last_kv[last_kv.keys()[0]] = new_kv
+
+                    last_v = new_v
+                    last_kv = new_kv
+                    contains_count += 1
+                    
+            if contains_count > 1:
+                if type(last_v) is list:
+                    last_v.append(v)
+                if type(last_v) is dict:
+                    last_kv[last_kv.keys()[0]] = v
+
+            return (assembled_k, assembled_v)
+
+        def _extract_key_value(self, t):
+            t_len = len(t)
+
+            k = None
+            v = None
+
+            # key
+            # "something"=
+            v_offset = 2
+            if t_len >= 2 and t[0] == "\"" and t[2] == "\"":
+                k = t[1]
+                v_offset = 4
+            # something=
+            else:
+                k = t[0]
+
+            # value
+            # ="something"
+            if t_len > (v_offset + 2) and t[v_offset] == "\"" and t[v_offset + 2] == "\"":
+                v = t[v_offset + 1]
+            # empty ""
+            elif t_len > (v_offset + 1):
+                v = ""
+            # no ""
+            else:
+                v = string_to_type(t[v_offset])
+
+            return (k, v)
+
+
+    class BoolBinOp(object):
+        def __init__(self, t):
+            self.left = t[0][0].result
+            self.right = t[0][2].result
+
+            self.result = self.execute_logic(self.left, self.right)
+
+
+    class BoolAnd(BoolBinOp):
+        def execute_logic(self, left, right):
+            return left & right
+
+
+    class BoolOr(BoolBinOp):
+        def execute_logic(self, left, right):
+            return left | right
+
+
+    class BoolNot(object):
+        def __init__(self,t):
+            self.right = t[0][1]
+            self.result = ~self.right
+
+
+    @classmethod
+    def filter_string_to_q(cls, filter_string):
+
+        '''
+        TODO:
+        * handle values with " via: a.b.c.d="hello\"world"
+        * handle keys with " via: a.\"b.c="yeah"
+        * handle key with __ in it
+
+        * add not support
+
+        * transform [] into contains via: a.b.c[].d[].e.f[]="blah"
+
+        * handle optional value quoted: a.b.c=""
+
+        '''
+        atom = CharsNotIn(unicode_spaces_other)
+        atom_inside_quotes = CharsNotIn(u'"')
+        atom_quoted = Literal('"') + Optional(atom_inside_quotes) + Literal('"')
+        EQUAL = Literal('=')
+
+        grammar = ((atom_quoted | atom) + EQUAL + Optional((atom_quoted | atom)))
+        grammar.setParseAction(cls.BoolOperand)
+
+        boolExpr = infixNotation(grammar, [
+            #("not", 1, opAssoc.RIGHT, cls.BoolNot),
+            ("and", 2, opAssoc.LEFT, cls.BoolAnd),
+            ("or",  2, opAssoc.LEFT, cls.BoolOr),
+        ])
+
+        res = boolExpr.parseString('(' + filter_string + ')')
+        if len(res) > 0:
+            return res[0].result
+
+        raise RuntimeError("Parsing the filter_string %s went terribly wrong" % filter_string)
+
+
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_host_filter.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_host_filter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a19c24e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_host_filter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# TODO: As of writing this our only concern is ensuring that the fact feature is reflected in the Host endpoint.
+# Other host tests should live here to make this test suite more complete.
+import pytest
+import urllib
+
+from awx.api.versioning import reverse
+
+from awx.main.models import Organization, Host, Group, Inventory
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def inventory_structure():
+    org = Organization.objects.create(name="org")
+    inv = Inventory.objects.create(name="inv", organization=org)
+    Host.objects.create(name="host1", inventory=inv)
+    Host.objects.create(name="host2", inventory=inv)
+    Host.objects.create(name="host3", inventory=inv)
+    Group.objects.create(name="g1", inventory=inv)
+    Group.objects.create(name="g2", inventory=inv)
+    Group.objects.create(name="g3", inventory=inv)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_q1(inventory_structure, get, user):
+    def evaluate_query(query, expected_hosts):
+        url = reverse('api:host_list')
+        get_params = "?host_filter=%s" % urllib.quote(query, safe='')
+        response = get(url + get_params, user('admin', True))
+
+        hosts = response.data['results']
+
+        assert len(expected_hosts) == len(hosts)
+
+        host_ids = [host['id'] for host in hosts]
+        for i, expected_host in enumerate(expected_hosts):
+            assert expected_host.id in host_ids
+
+    hosts = Host.objects.all()
+    groups = Group.objects.all()
+
+    groups[0].hosts.add(hosts[0], hosts[1])
+    groups[1].hosts.add(hosts[0], hosts[1], hosts[2])
+
+    query = '(name="host1" and groups__name="g1")'
+    evaluate_query(query, [hosts[0]])
+
+    query = '(name="host1" and groups__name="g1") or (name="host3" and groups__name="g2")'
+    evaluate_query(query, [hosts[0], hosts[2]])
+
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_filters.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_filters.py
index 1625c946b1..e4ea8e07bf 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_filters.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/api/test_filters.py
@@ -7,10 +7,19 @@ from awx.api.filters import FieldLookupBackend
 from awx.main.models import (AdHocCommand, AuthToken, CustomInventoryScript,
                              Credential, Job, JobTemplate, SystemJob,
                              UnifiedJob, User, WorkflowJob,
-                             WorkflowJobTemplate, WorkflowJobOptions)
+                             WorkflowJobTemplate, WorkflowJobOptions,
+                             InventorySource)
 from awx.main.models.jobs import JobOptions
 
 
+def test_related():
+    field_lookup = FieldLookupBackend()
+    lookup = '__'.join(['inventory', 'organization', 'pk'])
+    field, new_lookup = field_lookup.get_field_from_lookup(InventorySource, lookup)
+    print(field)
+    print(new_lookup)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(u"empty_value", [u'', ''])
 def test_empty_in(empty_value):
     field_lookup = FieldLookupBackend()
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..468a90da9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+
+# Python
+import pytest
+from pyparsing import ParseException
+
+# AWX
+from awx.main.fields import DynamicFilterField
+
+# Django
+from django.db.models import Q
+
+
+class TestDynamicFilterFieldFilterStringToQ():
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filter_string,q_expected", [
+        ('facts__facts__blank=""', Q(facts__facts__blank="")),
+        ('"facts__facts__ space "="f"', Q(**{ "facts__facts__ space ": "f"})),
+        ('"facts__facts__ e "=no_quotes_here', Q(**{ "facts__facts__ e ": "no_quotes_here"})),
+        ('a__b__c=3', Q(**{ "a__b__c": 3})),
+        ('a__b__c=3.14', Q(**{ "a__b__c": 3.14})),
+        ('a__b__c=true', Q(**{ "a__b__c": True})),
+        ('a__b__c=false', Q(**{ "a__b__c": False})),
+        ('a__b__c="true"', Q(**{ "a__b__c": "true"})),
+        #('"a__b\"__c"="true"', Q(**{ "a__b\"__c": "true"})),
+        #('a__b\"__c="true"', Q(**{ "a__b\"__c": "true"})),
+    ])
+    def test_query_generated(self, filter_string, q_expected):
+        q = DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
+        assert str(q) == str(q_expected)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filter_string", [
+        'facts__facts__blank='
+        'a__b__c__ space  =ggg',
+    ])
+    def test_invalid_filter_strings(self, filter_string):
+        with pytest.raises(ParseException):
+            DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filter_string,q_expected", [
+        (u'(a=abc\u1F5E3def)', Q(**{u"a": u"abc\u1F5E3def"})),
+    ])
+    def test_unicode(self, filter_string, q_expected):
+        q = DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
+        assert str(q) == str(q_expected)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filter_string,q_expected", [
+        ('(a=b)', Q(**{"a": "b"})),
+        ('a=b and c=d', Q(**{"a": "b"}) & Q(**{"c": "d"})),
+        ('(a=b and c=d)', Q(**{"a": "b"}) & Q(**{"c": "d"})),
+        ('a=b or c=d', Q(**{"a": "b"}) | Q(**{"c": "d"})),
+        ('(a=b and c=d) or (e=f)', (Q(**{"a": "b"}) & Q(**{"c": "d"})) | (Q(**{"e": "f"}))),
+        ('(a=b) and (c=d or (e=f and (g=h or i=j))) or (y=z)', Q(**{"a": "b"}) & (Q(**{"c": "d"}) | (Q(**{"e": "f"}) & (Q(**{"g": "h"}) | Q(**{"i": "j"})))) | Q(**{"y": "z"}))
+    ])
+    def test_boolean_parenthesis(self, filter_string, q_expected):
+        q = DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
+        assert str(q) == str(q_expected)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filter_string,q_expected", [
+        ('a__b__c[]=3', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": 3})),
+        ('a__b__c[]=3.14', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": 3.14})),
+        ('a__b__c[]=true', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": True})),
+        ('a__b__c[]=false', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": False})),
+        ('a__b__c[]="true"', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": "true"})),
+        ('a__b__c[]__d[]="foobar"', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": [{"d": ["foobar"]}]})),
+        ('a__b__c[]__d="foobar"', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": [{"d": "foobar"}]})),
+        ('a__b__c[]__d__e="foobar"', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": [{"d": {"e": "foobar"}}]})),
+        ('a__b__c[]__d__e[]="foobar"', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": [{"d": {"e": ["foobar"]}}]})),
+        ('a__b__c[]__d__e__f[]="foobar"', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": [{"d": {"e": {"f": ["foobar"]}}}]})),
+        ('(a__b__c[]__d__e__f[]="foobar") and (a__b__c[]__d__e[]="foobar")', Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": [{"d": {"e": {"f": ["foobar"]}}}]}) & Q(**{ "a__b__c__contains": [{"d": {"e": ["foobar"]}}]})),
+        #('"a__b\"__c"="true"', Q(**{ "a__b\"__c": "true"})),
+        #('a__b\"__c="true"', Q(**{ "a__b\"__c": "true"})),
+    ])
+    def test_contains_query_generated(self, filter_string, q_expected):
+        q = DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
+        assert str(q) == str(q_expected)
+
+
+'''
+#('"facts__quoted_val"="f\"oo"', 1),
+#('facts__facts__arr[]="foo"', 1),
+#('facts__facts__arr_nested[]__a[]="foo"', 1), 
+'''