diff --git site/sites/all/modules/apachesolr/apachesolr_search.module site/sites/all/modules/apachesolr/apachesolr_search.module
index 9cb0689..d342d83 100644
--- site/sites/all/modules/apachesolr/apachesolr_search.module
+++ site/sites/all/modules/apachesolr/apachesolr_search.module
@@ -227,9 +227,12 @@ function apachesolr_search_execute($keys, $filters, $solrsort, $base_path = '',
   }
 
   if (('' == $keys) && isset($params['fq'])) {
-    // Move the fq params to the q.alt for better performance.
-    $params['q.alt'] = implode(' ', $params['fq']);
-    unset($params['fq']);
+    $filter_queries = implode(' ', $params['fq']);
+    if (!strstr($filter_queries, '{!')) {
+      // Move the fq params to the q.alt for better performance.
+      $params['q.alt'] = $filter_queries;
+      unset($params['fq']);
+    }
   }
 
   $response = $solr->search($query->get_query_basic(), $params['start'], $params['rows'], $params);