diff --git a/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/ElasticQuery.scala b/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/ElasticQuery.scala
index 1bf615cff..7e98d2cdb 100644
--- a/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/ElasticQuery.scala
+++ b/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/ElasticQuery.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ object ElasticQuery {
   def matches(field: String, query: Long): ElasticQuery =
     Match(field, query)
 
+  def term(field: String, query: String): ElasticQuery =
+    Term(field, query)
+
   def boolQuery(): BoolQuery = BoolQuery.empty
 
   private[elasticsearch] final case class BoolQuery(must: List[ElasticQuery], should: List[ElasticQuery])
@@ -51,4 +54,9 @@ object ElasticQuery {
       }
   }
 
+  private[elasticsearch] final case class Term(field: String, query: String) extends ElasticQuery {
+    override def asJson: Json = {
+      Obj("term" -> Obj(field -> Str(query)))
+    }
+  }
 }