diff --git a/src/query.rs b/src/query.rs
index d38a7475..a6e5b565 100644
--- a/src/query.rs
+++ b/src/query.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,26 @@ impl Query {
         Ok(format!("Query({:?})", self.get()))
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn __and__(&self, other: Query) -> Query {
+        let inner = tv::query::BooleanQuery::from(vec![
+            (tv::query::Occur::Must, self.inner.box_clone()),
+            (tv::query::Occur::Must, other.inner.box_clone()),
+        ]);
+        Query {
+            inner: Box::new(inner),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn __or__(&self, other: Query) -> Query {
+        let inner = tv::query::BooleanQuery::from(vec![
+            (tv::query::Occur::Should, self.inner.box_clone()),
+            (tv::query::Occur::Should, other.inner.box_clone()),
+        ]);
+        Query {
+            inner: Box::new(inner),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Construct a Tantivy's TermQuery
     #[staticmethod]
     #[pyo3(signature = (schema, field_name, field_value, index_option = "position"))]
diff --git a/tests/tantivy_test.py b/tests/tantivy_test.py
index e2a77eb5..68ab7b30 100644
--- a/tests/tantivy_test.py
+++ b/tests/tantivy_test.py
@@ -64,6 +64,32 @@ def test_and_query(self, ram_index):
 
         assert len(result.hits) == 1
 
+    def test_combine_queries(self, ram_index):
+        index = ram_index
+
+        query1 = ram_index.parse_query("title:men", ["title"])
+        query2 = ram_index.parse_query("body:summer", ["body"])
+
+        combined_and = query1 & query2
+
+        searcher = index.searcher()
+        result = searcher.search(combined_and, 10)
+
+        # This is an AND query, so it should return 0 results since summer isn't present
+        assert len(result.hits) == 0
+
+        combined_or = query1 | query2
+
+        result = searcher.search(combined_or, 10)
+
+        assert len(result.hits) == 1
+
+        double_combined = (query1 & query2) | query1
+
+        result = searcher.search(double_combined, 10)
+
+        assert len(result.hits) == 1
+
     def test_and_query_numeric_fields(self, ram_index_numeric_fields):
         index = ram_index_numeric_fields
         searcher = index.searcher()