diff --git a/search_api_page.admin.inc b/search_api_page.admin.inc
index a993136..e419a67 100644
--- a/search_api_page.admin.inc
+++ b/search_api_page.admin.inc
@@ -231,6 +231,22 @@ function search_api_page_admin_add(array $form, array &$form_state) {
     );
   }
 
+  $description = t('This is what is shown when the user enters an empty search, or removes all filters from an active search.') . ' ';
+  if (!module_exists('search_api_facetapi')) {
+    $description .= t('<strong>Facets will not be shown until you enable the Search facets module.</strong>');
+  }
+  $form['empty_behavior'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'radios',
+    '#title' => t('Behavior on empty search'),
+    '#options' => array(
+      'none' => t("Show search box"),
+      'blocks'  => t("Show enabled facets' blocks in their configured regions"),
+      'results' => t("Show enabled facets' blocks in their configured regions and first page of all available results"),
+    ),
+    '#description' => $description,
+    '#default_value' => 'none',
+  );
+
   $form['submit'] = array(
     '#type' => 'submit',
     '#value' => t('Create page'),
@@ -420,6 +436,22 @@ function search_api_page_admin_edit(array $form, array &$form_state, Entity $pag
     );
   }
 
+  $description = t('This is what is shown when the user enters an empty search, or removes all filters from an active search.') . ' ';
+  if (!module_exists('search_api_facetapi')) {
+    $description .= t('<strong>Facets will not be shown until you enable the Search facets module.</strong>');
+  }
+  $form['options']['empty_behavior'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'radios',
+    '#title' => t('Behavior on empty search'),
+    '#options' => array(
+      'none' => t("Show search box"),
+      'blocks'  => t("Show enabled facets' blocks in their configured regions"),
+      'results' => t("Show enabled facets' blocks in their configured regions and first page of all available results"),
+    ),
+    '#description' => $description,
+    '#default_value' => isset($page->options['empty_behavior']) ? $page->options['empty_behavior'] : 'none',
+  );
+
   $form['actions']['#type'] = 'actions';
   $form['actions']['submit'] = array(
     '#type' => 'submit',
diff --git a/search_api_page.install b/search_api_page.install
index 58962ae..e729b9d 100644
--- a/search_api_page.install
+++ b/search_api_page.install
@@ -195,3 +195,17 @@ function search_api_page_update_7102() {
     throw new DrupalUpdateException(t('An exception occurred during the update: @msg.', array('@msg' => $e->getMessage())));
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Add the default option for the empty search option to all existing search
+ * pages.
+ */
+function search_api_page_update_7103() {
+  $pages = search_api_page_load_multiple();
+  if (!empty($pages)) {
+    foreach ($pages as $page) {
+      $page->options['empty_behavior'] = 'none';
+      $page->save();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/search_api_page.pages.inc b/search_api_page.pages.inc
index 25e6886..5a8b390 100644
--- a/search_api_page.pages.inc
+++ b/search_api_page.pages.inc
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ function search_api_page_view($id, $keys = NULL) {
     $ret['form'] = drupal_get_form('search_api_page_search_form', $page, $keys);
   }
 
-  if ($keys) {
+  // Do a search if we have keys, or our empty behavior and facets dictate.
+  if ($keys || $page->options['empty_behavior'] == 'results' || ($page->options['empty_behavior'] == 'blocks' && !empty($_GET['f']))) {
     try {
       $results = search_api_page_search_execute($page, $keys);
     }
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ function search_api_page_view($id, $keys = NULL) {
       $ret['pager']['#quantity'] = 9;
     }
 
-    if (!empty($results['ignored'])) {
+    if (!empty($results['ignored']) && $page->options['empty_behavior'] == 'none') {
       drupal_set_message(t('The following search keys are too short or too common and were therefore ignored: "@list".', array('@list' => implode(t('", "'), $results['ignored']))), 'warning');
     }
     if (!empty($results['warnings'])) {
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ function search_api_page_view($id, $keys = NULL) {
       }
     }
   }
+  else if ($page->options['empty_behavior'] == 'blocks') {
+    // Run an empty search so we can have facets.
+    search_api_page_search_execute_empty_search($page);
+  }
 
   if (isset($page->options['original_per_page'])) {
     $page->options['per_page'] = $page->options['original_per_page'];
@@ -91,7 +96,7 @@ function search_api_page_view($id, $keys = NULL) {
  * @return array
  *   The search results as returned by SearchApiQueryInterface::execute().
  */
-function search_api_page_search_execute(Entity $page, $keys) {
+function search_api_page_search_execute(Entity $page, $keys = '') {
   $limit = $page->options['per_page'];
   $offset = pager_find_page() * $limit;
   $options = array(
@@ -113,6 +118,22 @@ function search_api_page_search_execute(Entity $page, $keys) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Executes an empty search.
+ *
+ * @param Entity $page
+ *   The page for which a search should be executed.
+ */
+function search_api_page_search_execute_empty_search(Entity $page) {
+  $options = array(
+    'search id' => 'search_api_page:' . $page->path,
+    'parse mode' => $page->options['mode'],
+  );
+  $query = search_api_query($page->index_id, $options)
+    ->range(0, 0);
+  $query->execute();
+}
+
+/**
  * Function for preprocessing the variables for the search_api_page_results
  * theme.
  *

diff --git a/search_api_page.module b/search_api_page.module
index 383b938..7f3b89a 100755
--- a/search_api_page.module
+++ b/search_api_page.module
@@ -474,7 +474,9 @@ function search_api_page_search_form(array $form, array &$form_state, Entity $pa
  * Validation callback for search_api_page_search_form().
  */
 function search_api_page_search_form_validate(array $form, array &$form_state) {
-  if (!trim($form_state['values']['keys_' . $form_state['values']['id']])) {
+  $page = search_api_page_load($form_state['values']['id']);
+
+  if (!trim($form_state['values']['keys_' . $form_state['values']['id']]) && ($page->options['empty_behavior'] == 'results' || $page->options['empty_behavior'] == 'blocks'))  {
     form_set_error('keys_' . $form_state['values']['id'], t('Please enter at least one keyword.'));
   }
 }