diff --git a/invenio/invenio.cfg b/invenio/invenio.cfg
index a0ba8f5..465c390 100644
--- a/invenio/invenio.cfg
+++ b/invenio/invenio.cfg
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ from invenio_records_permissions.generators import (
     SystemProcess,
 )
 from invenio_records_resources.services.custom_fields import TextCF
-from invenio_records_resources.services.records.facets.facets import TermsFacet
+from invenio_records_resources.services.records.facets.facets import (
+    LabelledFacetMixin,
+    TermsFacet,
+)
 from invenio_records_resources.services.records.queryparser import (
     FieldValueMapper,
     QueryParser,
@@ -460,6 +463,62 @@ RDM_SORT_OPTIONS = {
 #     value_labels={"true": _("Yes"), "false": _("No")},
 # )
 
+
+class DateHistogramFacet(LabelledFacetMixin, dsl.DateHistogramFacet):
+    """Date Range Facet
+
+    facets = {
+        'publication_date': DateRangeFacet(
+            field='dates',
+            interval='year',
+            format='yyyy'
+        )
+    }
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Show only years with at least 1 document."""
+        kwargs.setdefault("min_doc_count", 1)
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_value_filter(self, filter_value):
+        """Overriding this function to cast string dates to datetime"""
+
+        for interval_type in ("calendar_interval", "fixed_interval"):
+            if interval_type in self._params:
+                break
+        else:
+            interval_type = "interval"
+
+        # dealing with a range
+        try:
+            if "--" in filter_value:
+                start, end = [
+                    datetime.strptime(year, "%Y") for year in filter_value.split("--")
+                ]
+                end = self.DATE_INTERVALS[self._params[interval_type]](end)
+            else:
+                start = datetime.strptime(filter_value, "%Y")
+                end = self.DATE_INTERVALS[self._params[interval_type]](start)
+        except ValueError:
+            start = 0
+            end = 1
+
+        # swap them
+        if start > end:
+            start, end = end, start
+
+        return dsl.query.Range(
+            _expand__to_dot=False,
+            **{
+                self._params["field"]: {
+                    "gte": start,
+                    "lt": end,
+                }
+            },
+        )
+
+
 RDM_FACETS = {
     "access_status": {
         "facet": facets.access_status,