diff --git a/elasticmock/fake_elasticsearch.py b/elasticmock/fake_elasticsearch.py
index 284e2e6..5a556d5 100644
--- a/elasticmock/fake_elasticsearch.py
+++ b/elasticmock/fake_elasticsearch.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 from elasticmock.utilities import get_random_id, get_random_scroll_id
 
-
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
 if PY3:
     unicode = str
@@ -185,6 +184,20 @@ def search(self, index=None, doc_type=None, body=None, params=None):
             match['_score'] = 1.0
             hits.append(match)
 
+        # build aggregations
+        if body is not None and 'aggs' in body:
+            aggregations = {}
+
+            for aggregation, definition in body['aggs'].items():
+                aggregations[aggregation] = {
+                    "doc_count_error_upper_bound": 0,
+                    "sum_other_doc_count": 0,
+                    "buckets": []
+                }
+
+            if aggregations:
+                result['aggregations'] = aggregations
+
         if 'scroll' in params:
             result['_scroll_id'] = str(get_random_scroll_id())
             params['size'] = int(params.get('size') if 'size' in params else 10)
@@ -198,6 +211,7 @@ def search(self, index=None, doc_type=None, body=None, params=None):
             hits = hits[params.get('from'):params.get('from') + params.get('size')]
         
         result['hits']['hits'] = hits
+        
         return result
 
     @query_params('scroll')
diff --git a/tests/test_elasticmock.py b/tests/test_elasticmock.py
index 7840b15..27deaac 100644
--- a/tests/test_elasticmock.py
+++ b/tests/test_elasticmock.py
@@ -241,6 +241,14 @@ def test_doc_type_can_be_list(self):
         result = self.es.search(doc_type=doc_types[:2])
         self.assertEqual(count_per_doc_type * 2, result.get('hits').get('total'))
 
+    def test_usage_of_aggregations(self):
+        self.es.index(index='index', doc_type='document', body={'genre': 'rock'})
+
+        body = {"aggs": {"genres": {"terms": {"field": "genre"}}}}
+        result = self.es.search(index='index', body=body)
+
+        self.assertTrue('aggregations' in result)
+
     def test_search_with_scroll_param(self):
         for _ in range(100):
             self.es.index(index='groups', doc_type='groups', body={'budget': 1000})