diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Projections/TermsFilter.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Projections/TermsFilter.cs
index d9eca7382..f07415f8b 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Projections/TermsFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Projections/TermsFilter.cs
@@ -47,8 +47,11 @@ namespace Orchard.Taxonomies.Projections {
                 var terms = ids.Select(_taxonomyService.GetTerm).ToList();
                 var allChildren = new List<TermPart>();
                 foreach (var term in terms) {
-                    allChildren.AddRange(_taxonomyService.GetChildren(term));
-                    allChildren.Add(term);
+                    bool.TryParse(context.State.ExcludeChildren?.Value, out bool excludeChildren);
+                    if (!excludeChildren)
+                        allChildren.AddRange(_taxonomyService.GetChildren(term));
+                    if (term != null)
+                        allChildren.Add(term);
                 }
 
                 allChildren = allChildren.Distinct().ToList();
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Projections/TermsFilterForms.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Projections/TermsFilterForms.cs
index 297b93b6c..c6cc27a4b 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Projections/TermsFilterForms.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Projections/TermsFilterForms.cs
@@ -48,8 +48,13 @@ namespace Orchard.Taxonomies.Projections {
                                 Id: "operator-is-all-of", Name: "Operator",
                                 Title: T("Is all of"), Value: "1"
                                 )
-                            )
-                        );
+                            ),
+                        _ExcludeChildren: Shape.Checkbox(
+                            Id: "ExcludeChildren", Name: "ExcludeChildren",
+                            Title: T("Automatically exclude children terms in filtering"),
+                            Value: "true"
+                        )
+                    );
 
                     foreach (var taxonomy in _taxonomyService.GetTaxonomies()) {
                         f._Terms.Add(new SelectListItem { Value = String.Empty, Text = taxonomy.Name });