diff --git a/test/acceptance/regressions.js b/test/acceptance/regressions.js
index 421df02f..8ac3b4dc 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/regressions.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/regressions.js
@@ -37,4 +37,78 @@ describe('regressions', function() {
             testClient.drain(done);
         });
     });
+
+    it('should create and instantiate a named map with filters', function (done) {
+        const apikeyToken = '1234';
+
+        const template = {
+            version: '0.0.1',
+            name: 'regression-dataview-filter-template',
+            placeholders: {
+                buffersize: {
+                    type: 'number',
+                    default: 0
+                }
+            },
+            layergroup: {
+                version: '1.6.0',
+                layers: [
+                    {
+                        type: 'cartodb',
+                        options: {
+                            source: {
+                                id: 'a1'
+                            },
+                            cartocss: TestClient.CARTOCSS.POINTS,
+                            cartocss_version: '2.3.0'
+                        }
+                    }
+                ],
+                dataviews: {
+                    country_places_count: {
+                        source: {
+                            id: 'a1'
+                        },
+                        type: 'aggregation',
+                        options: {
+                            column: 'adm0_a3',
+                            aggregation: 'count'
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                analyses: [
+                    {
+                        id: 'a1',
+                        type: 'source',
+                        params: {
+                            query: 'select * from populated_places_simple_reduced'
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        };
+
+        const testClient = new TestClient(template, apikeyToken);
+
+        const params = {
+            own_filter: 1,
+            filters: {
+                dataviews: {
+                    country_places_count: {
+                        accept: ['CAN']
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        testClient.getDataview('country_places_count', params, (err, dataview) => {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+
+            assert.equal(dataview.type, 'aggregation');
+            assert.equal(dataview.categories.length, 1);
+            assert.deepEqual(dataview.categories[0], { value: 256, category: 'CAN', agg: false });
+
+            testClient.drain(done);
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/support/test-client.js b/test/support/test-client.js
index 7b068901..487dbe99 100644
--- a/test/support/test-client.js
+++ b/test/support/test-client.js
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ TestClient.prototype.getDataview = function(dataviewName, params, callback) {
     }
 
     var url = '/api/v1/map';
+    var urlNamed = url + '/named';
+
     if (Object.keys(extraParams).length > 0) {
         url += '?' + qs.stringify(extraParams);
     }
@@ -370,17 +372,73 @@ TestClient.prototype.getDataview = function(dataviewName, params, callback) {
     };
 
     step(
-        function createLayergroup() {
+        function createTemplate () {
             var next = this;
+
+            if (!self.template) {
+                return next();
+            }
+
+            if (!self.apiKey) {
+                return next(new Error('apiKey param is mandatory to create a new template'));
+            }
+
+            params.placeholders = params.placeholders || {};
+
             assert.response(self.server,
                 {
-                    url: url,
+                    url: urlNamed + '?' + qs.stringify({ api_key: self.apiKey }),
                     method: 'POST',
                     headers: {
                         host: 'localhost',
                         'Content-Type': 'application/json'
                     },
-                    data: JSON.stringify(self.mapConfig)
+                    data: JSON.stringify(self.template)
+                },
+                {
+                    status: 200,
+                    headers: {
+                        'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
+                    }
+                },
+                function (res, err) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        return next(err);
+                    }
+                    return next(null, JSON.parse(res.body).template_id);
+                }
+            );
+        },
+        function createLayergroup(err, templateId) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+
+            var next = this;
+
+            var data = templateId ? params.placeholders : self.mapConfig;
+
+            const queryParams = {};
+
+            if (self.apiKey) {
+                queryParams.api_key = self.apiKey;
+            }
+
+            if (params.filters !== undefined) {
+                queryParams.filters = JSON.stringify(params.filters);
+            }
+
+            var path  = templateId ?
+                urlNamed + '/' + templateId  + '?' + qs.stringify(queryParams) :
+                url;
+
+            assert.response(self.server,
+                {
+                    url: path,
+                    method: 'POST',
+                    headers: {
+                        host: 'localhost',
+                        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+                    },
+                    data: JSON.stringify(data)
                 },
                 {
                     status: 200,