diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/aggregation.js b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/aggregation.js
index 0d576614..77f37723 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/aggregation.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/aggregation.js
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ Aggregation.prototype.search = function(psql, userQuery, callback) {
     var self = this;
 
     var _userQuery = psql.escapeLiteral('%' + userQuery + '%');
+    var _value = this.aggregation !== 'count' && this.aggregationColumn ?
+        this.aggregation + '(' + this.aggregationColumn + ')' : 'count(1)';
 
     // TODO unfiltered will be wrong as filters are already applied at this point
     var query = searchQueryTpl({
@@ -333,7 +335,7 @@ Aggregation.prototype.search = function(psql, userQuery, callback) {
         _searchFiltered: filterCategoriesQueryTpl({
             _query: this.query,
             _column: this.column,
-            _value: 'count(1)',
+            _value: _value,
             _userQuery: _userQuery
         })
     });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 463848c5..4ed05477 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
   "contributors": [
     "Simon Tokumine <simon@vizzuality.com>",
     "Javi Santana <jsantana@vizzuality.com>",
-    "Sandro Santilli <strk@vizzuality.com>"
+    "Sandro Santilli <strk@vizzuality.com>",
+    "Carlos Matallín <matallo@carto.com>"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "~1.14.0",
diff --git a/test/acceptance/dataviews/aggregation.js b/test/acceptance/dataviews/aggregation.js
index 697004e8..d8d03177 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/dataviews/aggregation.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/dataviews/aggregation.js
@@ -145,6 +145,35 @@ describe('aggregations happy cases', function() {
             });
         });
     });
+
+    var widgetSearchExpects = {
+        'count': [ { category: 'other_a', value: 3 } ],
+        'sum': [ { category: 'other_a', value: 6 } ],
+        'avg': [ { category: 'other_a', value: 2 } ],
+        'max': [ { category: 'other_a', value: 3 } ],
+        'min': [ { category: 'other_a', value: 1 } ]
+    };
+
+    Object.keys(operations_and_values).forEach(function (operation) {
+        var description = 'should search OTHER category using "' + operation + '"';
+
+        it(description, function (done) {
+            this.testClient = new TestClient(aggregationOperationMapConfig(operation, query_other, 'cat', 'val'));
+            this.testClient.widgetSearch('cat', 'other_a', function (err, res, searchResult) {
+                assert.ifError(err);
+
+                assert.ok(searchResult);
+                assert.equal(searchResult.type, 'aggregation');
+
+                assert.equal(searchResult.categories.length, 1);
+                assert.deepEqual(
+                    searchResult.categories,
+                    widgetSearchExpects[operation]
+                );
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+    });
 });
 
 describe('aggregation-dataview: special float values', function() {
diff --git a/test/acceptance/widgets/ported/aggregation.js b/test/acceptance/widgets/ported/aggregation.js
index 9329f039..62c998a5 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/widgets/ported/aggregation.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/widgets/ported/aggregation.js
@@ -322,6 +322,25 @@ describe('widgets', function() {
                     });
                 });
             });
+
+            [adm0name].forEach(function(userQuery) {
+                it('should search with sum aggregation: ' + userQuery, function(done) {
+                    this.testClient = new TestClient(aggregationSumMapConfig);
+                    this.testClient.widgetSearch('adm0name', userQuery, function (err, res, searchResult) {
+                        assert.ok(!err, err);
+                        assert.ok(searchResult);
+                        assert.equal(searchResult.type, 'aggregation');
+
+                        assert.equal(searchResult.categories.length, 1);
+                        assert.deepEqual(
+                            searchResult.categories,
+                            [{ category:"Argentina", value:28015640 }]
+                        );
+
+                        done();
+                    });
+                });
+            });
         });
 
     });