diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 302a321..2bf9e3e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use ::tantivy as tv;
+use ::tantivy::schema::{Term, Value};
 use pyo3::{exceptions, prelude::*, wrap_pymodule};
 
 mod document;
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ use schemabuilder::SchemaBuilder;
 use searcher::{DocAddress, Order, SearchResult, Searcher};
 use snippet::{Snippet, SnippetGenerator};
 
+use crate::document::extract_value;
+
 /// Python bindings for the search engine library Tantivy.
 ///
 /// Tantivy is a full text search engine library written in rust.
@@ -153,3 +156,29 @@ pub(crate) fn get_field(
 
     Ok(field)
 }
+
+pub(crate) fn make_term(
+    schema: &tv::schema::Schema,
+    field_name: &str,
+    field_value: &PyAny,
+) -> PyResult<tv::Term> {
+    let field = get_field(schema, field_name)?;
+    let value = extract_value(field_value)?;
+    let term = match value {
+        Value::Str(text) => Term::from_field_text(field, &text),
+        Value::U64(num) => Term::from_field_u64(field, num),
+        Value::I64(num) => Term::from_field_i64(field, num),
+        Value::F64(num) => Term::from_field_f64(field, num),
+        Value::Date(d) => Term::from_field_date(field, d),
+        Value::Facet(facet) => Term::from_facet(field, &facet),
+        Value::Bool(b) => Term::from_field_bool(field, b),
+        Value::IpAddr(i) => Term::from_field_ip_addr(field, i),
+        _ => {
+            return Err(exceptions::PyValueError::new_err(format!(
+                "Can't create a term for Field `{field_name}` with value `{field_value}`."
+            )))
+        }
+    };
+
+    Ok(term)
+}
diff --git a/src/query.rs b/src/query.rs
index ef841a0..53da089 100644
--- a/src/query.rs
+++ b/src/query.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use crate::{make_term, Schema};
+use pyo3::{exceptions, prelude::*, types::PyAny};
 use tantivy as tv;
 
 /// Tantivy's Query
@@ -18,4 +19,28 @@ impl Query {
     fn __repr__(&self) -> PyResult<String> {
         Ok(format!("Query({:?})", self.get()))
     }
+
+    /// Construct a Tantivy's TermQuery
+    #[staticmethod]
+    #[pyo3(signature = (schema, field_name, field_value, index_option = "position"))]
+    pub(crate) fn term_query(
+        schema: &Schema,
+        field_name: &str,
+        field_value: &PyAny,
+        index_option: &str,
+    ) -> PyResult<Query> {
+        let term = make_term(&schema.inner, field_name, field_value)?;
+        let index_option = match index_option {
+            "position" => tv::schema::IndexRecordOption::WithFreqsAndPositions,
+            "freq" => tv::schema::IndexRecordOption::WithFreqs,
+            "basic" => tv::schema::IndexRecordOption::Basic,
+            _ => return Err(exceptions::PyValueError::new_err(
+                "Invalid index option, valid choices are: 'basic', 'freq' and 'position'"
+            ))
+        };
+        let inner = tv::query::TermQuery::new(term, index_option);
+        Ok(Query {
+            inner: Box::new(inner),
+        })
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tantivy/tantivy.pyi b/tantivy/tantivy.pyi
index 3d2c580..06c5690 100644
--- a/tantivy/tantivy.pyi
+++ b/tantivy/tantivy.pyi
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ class Document:
 
 
 class Query:
-    pass
+    @staticmethod
+    def term_query(schema: Schema, field_name: str, field_value: Any, index_option: str = "position") -> Query:
+        pass
 
 
 class Order(Enum):
diff --git a/tests/tantivy_test.py b/tests/tantivy_test.py
index 6b4c2b4..80c1719 100644
--- a/tests/tantivy_test.py
+++ b/tests/tantivy_test.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import tantivy
 import pickle
 import pytest
 import tantivy
-from tantivy import Document, Index, SchemaBuilder, SnippetGenerator
+from tantivy import Document, Index, SchemaBuilder, SnippetGenerator, Query
 
 
 def schema():
@@ -925,3 +925,15 @@ class TestSnippets(object):
             assert first.end == 23
             html_snippet = snippet.to_html()
             assert html_snippet == "The Old Man and the <b>Sea</b>"
+
+
+class TestQuery(object):
+    def test_term_query(self, ram_index):
+        index = ram_index
+        query = Query.term_query(index.schema, "title", "sea")
+
+        result = index.searcher().search(query, 10)
+        assert len(result.hits) == 1
+        _, doc_address = result.hits[0]
+        searched_doc = index.searcher().doc(doc_address)
+        assert searched_doc["title"] == ["The Old Man and the Sea"]