diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/search/test_reindex.py b/tests/unit/cli/search/test_reindex.py
index 6bba0bca6e4b..1edf5dcc1e61 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/search/test_reindex.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/search/test_reindex.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def test_project_docs(db_session):
                 "name": p.name,
                 "normalized_name": p.normalized_name,
                 "version": [r.version for r in prs],
+                "downloads": p.downloads,
             },
         }
         for p, prs in sorted(releases.items(), key=lambda x: x[0].name.lower())
diff --git a/tests/unit/packaging/test_search.py b/tests/unit/packaging/test_search.py
index 0be16583c22c..1218e3b61da6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/packaging/test_search.py
+++ b/tests/unit/packaging/test_search.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def test_build_search():
                 pretend.stub(version="3.0"),
                 pretend.stub(version="4.0"),
             ],
+            downloads=9001,
         ),
         summary="This is my summary",
         description="This is my description",
diff --git a/warehouse/packaging/models.py b/warehouse/packaging/models.py
index 875a9130b0e0..e34cb9c5c6e9 100644
--- a/warehouse/packaging/models.py
+++ b/warehouse/packaging/models.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import enum
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from datetime import datetime
 
 from citext import CIText
 from pyramid.security import Allow
@@ -153,6 +154,12 @@ def documentation_url(self):
 
         return request.route_url("legacy.docs", project=self.name)
 
+    @property
+    def downloads(self):
+        release, *_ = self.releases
+        delta = (datetime.now() - release.created).days or 1
+        return release.downloads / delta
+
 
 class DependencyKind(enum.IntEnum):
 
@@ -339,6 +346,10 @@ def urls(self):
     def has_meta(self):
         return any([self.keywords])
 
+    @property
+    def downloads(self):
+        return sum([file_.downloads for file_ in self.files])
+
 
 class File(db.Model):
 
diff --git a/warehouse/packaging/search.py b/warehouse/packaging/search.py
index 8604a14cecda..60879a2003eb 100644
--- a/warehouse/packaging/search.py
+++ b/warehouse/packaging/search.py
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from elasticsearch_dsl import DocType, String, analyzer, MetaField, Date
+from elasticsearch_dsl import (
+    DocType, String, analyzer, MetaField, Date, Float
+)
 
 from warehouse.search import doc_type
 
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ class Project(DocType):
     platform = String(index="not_analyzed")
     created = Date()
     classifiers = String(index="not_analyzed", multi=True)
+    downloads = Float()
 
     class Meta:
         # disable the _all field to save some space
@@ -70,5 +73,6 @@ def from_db(cls, release):
         obj["platform"] = release.platform
         obj["created"] = release.created
         obj["classifiers"] = list(release.classifiers)
+        obj["downloads"] = release.project.downloads
 
         return obj
diff --git a/warehouse/templates/search/results.html b/warehouse/templates/search/results.html
index a529e32b91db..c1a38aff09f3 100644
--- a/warehouse/templates/search/results.html
+++ b/warehouse/templates/search/results.html
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ <h2 class="no-top-padding">Filter Projects</h2>
             <select class="-js-form-submit-trigger" name="o">
               {{ search_option("Relevance", "") }}
               {{ search_option("Date Last Updated", "-created") }}
+              {{ search_option("Downloads", "-downloads", "downloads") }}
             </select>
           </div>
       </section>