diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 25f78d69edafec336e3e35f868a198aeca60cdf7..975aa041c01d1d3eb3805f3da0d09755935e3a94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Search API 1.x, dev (xxxx-xx-xx):
 ---------------------------------
+- #2942846 by idebr, drunken monkey, borisson_: Added empty/not empty operators
+  to Views fulltext field filters.
 - #2940255 by drunken monkey: Updated the DB autocomplete implementation to the
   stable API version.
 - #2938646 by drunken monkey, Johnny vd Laar: Fixed item-boosts in database
diff --git a/src/Plugin/views/filter/SearchApiText.php b/src/Plugin/views/filter/SearchApiText.php
index a306990164554534c898347f5f61070d6e71fa30..aff9698611a61e3757be7d87a781dc7e578a4f5c 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/views/filter/SearchApiText.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/views/filter/SearchApiText.php
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@ class SearchApiText extends SearchApiString {
     $operators['=']['title'] = $this->t('contains');
     $operators['!=']['title'] = $this->t("doesn't contain");
 
-    $operators = array_intersect_key($operators, ['=' => 1, '!=' => 1]);
+    $supported_operators = [
+      '=' => 1,
+      '!=' => 1,
+      'empty' => 1,
+      'not empty' => 1,
+    ];
+    $operators = array_intersect_key($operators, $supported_operators);
 
     return $operators;
   }
diff --git a/tests/search_api_test_views/config/install/views.view.search_api_test_view.yml b/tests/search_api_test_views/config/install/views.view.search_api_test_view.yml
index 7823869dc8d157a0427093671ba03d7bf47fd027..98df161cdf5364a1412cbc828d7fd1cf6ef9509a 100644
--- a/tests/search_api_test_views/config/install/views.view.search_api_test_view.yml
+++ b/tests/search_api_test_views/config/install/views.view.search_api_test_view.yml
@@ -176,6 +176,31 @@ display:
               anonymous: '0'
               administrator: '0'
           is_grouped: false
+        name:
+          plugin_id: search_api_text
+          id: name
+          table: search_api_index_database_search_index
+          field: name
+          relationship: none
+          admin_label: ''
+          operator: '='
+          group: 1
+          exposed: true
+          expose:
+            operator_id: name_op
+            label: ''
+            description: ''
+            use_operator: true
+            operator: name_op
+            identifier: name
+            required: false
+            remember: false
+            multiple: false
+            remember_roles:
+              authenticated: authenticated
+              anonymous: '0'
+              administrator: '0'
+          is_grouped: false
         search_api_language:
           plugin_id: search_api_language
           id: search_api_language
diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/ViewsTest.php b/tests/src/Functional/ViewsTest.php
index 0048b90e1fd51e6261275981c9e0af8096820bcf..4a1106fddd5d088a015948a3cd6bbe277af16c95 100644
--- a/tests/src/Functional/ViewsTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Functional/ViewsTest.php
@@ -197,6 +197,24 @@ class ViewsTest extends SearchApiBrowserTestBase {
     ];
     $this->checkResults($query, [1, 2, 4, 5], 'Search with Keywords "not empty" filter');
 
+    $query = [
+      'name[value]' => 'foo',
+    ];
+    $this->checkResults($query, [1, 2, 4], 'Search with Name "contains" filter');
+    $query = [
+      'name[value]' => 'foo',
+      'name_op' => '!=',
+    ];
+    $this->checkResults($query, [3, 5], 'Search with Name "doesn\'t contain" filter');
+    $query = [
+      'name_op' => 'empty',
+    ];
+    $this->checkResults($query, [], 'Search with Name "empty" filter');
+    $query = [
+      'name_op' => 'not empty',
+    ];
+    $this->checkResults($query, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 'Search with Name "not empty" filter');
+
     $query = [
       'language' => ['***LANGUAGE_site_default***'],
     ];