diff --git a/docs/en/topics/datamodel.md b/docs/en/topics/datamodel.md
index c442678e9..bb437734a 100755
--- a/docs/en/topics/datamodel.md
+++ b/docs/en/topics/datamodel.md
@@ -161,12 +161,30 @@ Then there is the most complex task when you want to find Sam and Sig that has e
 		'FirstName' => array('Sam', 'Sig'),
 		'Age' => array(17, 74)
 	));
+	// SQL: WHERE ("FirstName" IN ('Sam', 'Sig) AND "Age" IN ('17', '74))
 
-This would be equivalent to a SQL query of
+In case you want to match multiple criteria non-exclusively (with an "OR" disjunctive),
+use the `filterAny()` method instead:
 
-	:::
-	... WHERE ("FirstName" IN ('Sam', 'Sig) AND "Age" IN ('17', '74));
+	:::php
+	$members = Member::get()->filterAny(array(
+		'FirstName' => 'Sam',
+		'Age' => 17,
+	));
+	// SQL: WHERE ("FirstName" = 'Sam' OR "Age" = '17')
 
+You can also combine both conjunctive ("AND") and disjunctive ("OR") statements.
+
+	:::php
+	$members = Member::get()
+		->filter(array(
+			'LastName' => 'Minnée'
+		))
+		->filterAny(array(
+			'FirstName' => 'Sam',
+			'Age' => 17,
+		));
+	// SQL: WHERE ("LastName" = 'Minnée' AND ("FirstName" = 'Sam' OR "Age" = '17'))
 
 ### Exclude
 
diff --git a/model/DataList.php b/model/DataList.php
index dd0a4387f..d63f7fa01 100644
--- a/model/DataList.php
+++ b/model/DataList.php
@@ -385,6 +385,68 @@ class DataList extends ViewableData implements SS_List, SS_Filterable, SS_Sortab
 		return $this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return a copy of this list which does not contain items matching any of these charactaristics.
+	 *
+	 * @example // filter bob from list
+	 *          $list = $list->filterAny('Name', 'bob'); 
+	 *          // SQL: WHERE "Name" = 'bob'
+	 * @example // filter aziz and bob from list
+	 *          $list = $list->filterAny('Name', array('aziz', 'bob'); 
+	 *          // SQL: WHERE ("Name" IN ('aziz','bob'))
+	 * @example // filter by bob or anybody aged 21
+	 *          $list = $list->filterAny(array('Name'=>'bob, 'Age'=>21)); 
+	 *          // SQL: WHERE ("Name" = 'bob' OR "Age" = '21')
+	 * @example // filter by bob or anybody aged 21 or 43
+	 *          $list = $list->filterAny(array('Name'=>'bob, 'Age'=>array(21, 43))); 
+	 *          // SQL: WHERE ("Name" = 'bob' OR ("Age" IN ('21', '43'))
+	 * @example // bob age 21 or 43, phil age 21 or 43 would be excluded
+	 *          $list = $list->filterAny(array('Name'=>array('bob','phil'), 'Age'=>array(21, 43)));
+	 *          // SQL: WHERE (("Name" IN ('bob', 'phil')) OR ("Age" IN ('21', '43'))
+	 *
+	 * @todo extract the sql from this method into a SQLGenerator class
+	 *
+	 * @param string|array See {@link filter()}
+	 * @return DataList
+	 */
+	public function filterAny() {
+		$numberFuncArgs = count(func_get_args());
+		$whereArguments = array();
+
+		if($numberFuncArgs == 1 && is_array(func_get_arg(0))) {
+			$whereArguments = func_get_arg(0);
+		} elseif($numberFuncArgs == 2) {
+			$whereArguments[func_get_arg(0)] = func_get_arg(1);
+		} else {
+			throw new InvalidArgumentException('Incorrect number of arguments passed to exclude()');
+		}
+
+		return $this->alterDataQuery(function($query, $list) use ($whereArguments) {
+			$subquery = $query->disjunctiveGroup();
+
+			foreach($whereArguments as $field => $value) {
+				$fieldArgs = explode(':', $field);
+				$field = array_shift($fieldArgs);
+				$filterType = array_shift($fieldArgs);
+				$modifiers = $fieldArgs;
+
+				// This is here since PHP 5.3 can't call protected/private methods in a closure.
+				$t = singleton($list->dataClass())->dbObject($field);
+				if($filterType) {
+					$className = "{$filterType}Filter";
+				} else {
+					$className = 'ExactMatchFilter';
+				}
+				if(!class_exists($className)){
+					$className = 'ExactMatchFilter';
+					array_unshift($modifiers, $filterType);
+				}
+				$t = new $className($field, $value, $modifiers);
+				$t->apply($subquery);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Filter this DataList by a callback function.
 	 * The function will be passed each record of the DataList in turn, and must return true for the record to be
diff --git a/tests/model/DataListTest.php b/tests/model/DataListTest.php
index 59b36850d..2d5adb35a 100644
--- a/tests/model/DataListTest.php
+++ b/tests/model/DataListTest.php
@@ -457,6 +457,91 @@ class DataListTest extends SapphireTest {
 		$this->assertEquals(2, $gtList->count());
 	}
 
+	public function testFilterAny() {
+		$list = DataObjectTest_TeamComment::get();
+		$list = $list->filterAny('Name', 'Bob');
+		$this->assertEquals(1, $list->count());
+	}	
+
+	public function testFilterAnyMultipleArray() {
+		$list = DataObjectTest_TeamComment::get();
+		$list = $list->filterAny(array('Name'=>'Bob', 'Comment'=>'This is a team comment by Bob'));
+		$this->assertEquals(1, $list->count());
+		$this->assertEquals('Bob', $list->first()->Name, 'Only comment should be from Bob');
+	}
+
+	public function testFilterAnyOnFilter() {
+		$list = DataObjectTest_TeamComment::get();
+		$list = $list->filter(array(
+			'TeamID'=>$this->idFromFixture('DataObjectTest_Team', 'team1')
+		));
+		$list = $list->filterAny(array(
+			'Name'=>array('Phil', 'Joe'),
+			'Comment'=>'This is a team comment by Bob'
+		));
+		$list = $list->sort('Name');
+		$this->assertEquals(2, $list->count());
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'Bob', 
+			$list->offsetGet(0)->Name, 
+			'Results should include comments from Bob, matched by comment and team'
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'Joe', 
+			$list->offsetGet(1)->Name, 
+			'Results should include comments by Joe, matched by name and team (not by comment)'
+		);
+
+		$list = DataObjectTest_TeamComment::get();
+		$list = $list->filter(array(
+			'TeamID'=>$this->idFromFixture('DataObjectTest_Team', 'team1')
+		));
+		$list = $list->filterAny(array(
+			'Name'=>array('Phil', 'Joe'),
+			'Comment'=>'This is a team comment by Bob'
+		));
+		$list = $list->sort('Name');
+		$list = $list->filter(array('Name' => 'Bob'));
+		$this->assertEquals(1, $list->count());
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'Bob', 
+			$list->offsetGet(0)->Name, 
+			'Results should include comments from Bob, matched by name and team'
+		);
+	}
+	
+	public function testFilterAnyMultipleWithArrayFilter() {
+		$list = DataObjectTest_TeamComment::get();
+		$list = $list->filterAny(array('Name'=>array('Bob','Phil')));
+		$this->assertEquals(2, $list->count(), 'There should be two comments');
+		$this->assertEquals('Bob', $list->first()->Name, 'First comment should be from Bob');
+		$this->assertEquals('Phil', $list->last()->Name, 'Last comment should be from Phil');
+	}
+	
+	public function testFilterAnyArrayInArray() {
+		$list = DataObjectTest_TeamComment::get();
+		$list = $list->filterAny(array(
+			'Name'=>array('Bob','Phil'),
+			'TeamID'=>array($this->idFromFixture('DataObjectTest_Team', 'team1'))))
+			->sort('Name');
+		$this->assertEquals(3, $list->count());
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'Bob', 
+			$list->offsetGet(0)->Name, 
+			'Results should include comments from Bob, matched by name and team'
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'Joe', 
+			$list->offsetGet(1)->Name, 
+			'Results should include comments by Joe, matched by team (not by name)'
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'Phil', 
+			$list->offsetGet(2)->Name, 
+			'Results should include comments from Phil, matched by name (even if he\'s not in Team1)'
+		);
+	}
+
 	public function testFilterAndExcludeById() {
 		$id = $this->idFromFixture('DataObjectTest_SubTeam', 'subteam1');
 		$list = DataObjectTest_SubTeam::get()->filter('ID', $id);