diff -u b/handler_filter_fulltext.inc b/handler_filter_fulltext.inc
--- b/handler_filter_fulltext.inc
+++ b/handler_filter_fulltext.inc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     parent::init($view, $options);
     $fields = $this->getFulltextFields();  
     $this->use_fields_op = $fields;
+    $options['expose']['fields_id'] = $this->options['id'] . '_fields_op';
     if (!empty($options['exposed']) && !empty($options['expose']['fields_id']) && !isset($options['expose']['use_fields_id'])) {
       $this->options['expose']['use_fields_id'] = $options['expose']['use_fields_id'] = $options['expose']['fields_id'];
     }
@@ -90,33 +91,61 @@
       );
     }
   }
- 
-  /**
-   * Provide default options for exposed filter.
-   */
-  function expose_options() {
-    parent::expose_options();
-    $this->options['expose']['use_fields'] = FALSE;
-    $this->options['expose']['fields_id'] = $this->options['id'] . '_fields_op';
-  }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */ 
   function accept_exposed_input($input) {
     $rc = parent::accept_exposed_input($input);
+    $use_fields = $this->options['expose']['use_fields_id'];
     if (!empty($this->options['expose']['use_fields']) && isset($input[$use_fields])) {
       $this->use_fields_op = $input[$use_fields];
     }
     return $rc;
   }
 
+  function store_exposed_input($input, $status) {
+    $var = parent::store_exposed_input($input, $status);
+    if (empty($this->options['expose']['use_fields']) || empty($this->options['expose']['identifier'])) {
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    // Figure out which display id is responsible for the filters, so we
+    // know where to look for session stored values.
+    $display_id = ($this->view->display_handler->is_defaulted('filters')) ? 'default' : $this->view->current_display;
+
+    // shortcut test.
+    $use_fields_id = !empty($this->options['expose']['use_fields']) && !empty($this->options['expose']['use_fields_id']);
+    // false means that we got a setting that means to recuse ourselves,
+    // so we should erase whatever happened to be there.
+    if (!$status && isset($_SESSION['views'][$this->view->name][$display_id])) {
+      $session = &$_SESSION['views'][$this->view->name][$display_id];
+      if ($use_fields_id && isset($session[$this->options['expose']['use_fields_id']])) {
+        unset($session[$this->options['expose']['use_fields_id']]);
+      }
+
+      if (isset($session[$this->options['expose']['identifier']])) {
+        unset($session[$this->options['expose']['identifier']]);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if ($status) {
+      if (!isset($_SESSION['views'][$this->view->name][$display_id])) {
+        $_SESSION['views'][$this->view->name][$display_id] = array();
+      }
+
+      $session = &$_SESSION['views'][$this->view->name][$display_id];
+
+    }
+    return $var;
+  }
+
   /**
   * Render our chunk of the exposed filter form when selecting
   */
   function exposed_form(&$form, &$form_state) {
     parent::exposed_form($form, $form_state);
-    if (!empty($this->options['expose']['use_fields'])) {
+    if (!empty($this->options['expose']['use_fields_id']) && !empty($this->options['expose']['use_fields'])) {
       $use_fields = $this->options['expose']['use_fields_id'];
       $this->fields_form($form, $form_state);
       $form[$use_fields] = $form['use_fields'];
@@ -198,6 +227,15 @@
       '#default_value' => $this->options['min_length'],
     );
   }
+ 
+  /**
+   * Provide default options for exposed filter.
+   */
+  public function expose_options() {
+    parent::expose_options();
+    $this->options['expose']['use_fields'] = FALSE;
+    $this->options['expose']['fields_id'] = $this->options['id'] . '_fields_op';
+  }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}