diff --git a/api/v1/openapi/schemas/facets.yaml b/api/v1/openapi/schemas/facets.yaml
index 0b0a3d3a1..0f1c836bd 100644
--- a/api/v1/openapi/schemas/facets.yaml
+++ b/api/v1/openapi/schemas/facets.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ enum:
   - placenames
   - places
   - pubPlace
+  - publisher
   - repository
   - residences
   - sender
diff --git a/catalogues/dictionary_de.xml b/catalogues/dictionary_de.xml
index bb980b392..1dc945ca0 100644
--- a/catalogues/dictionary_de.xml
+++ b/catalogues/dictionary_de.xml
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@
     <entry xml:id="sources-details-cat">Kategorie (Detail)</entry>
     <entry xml:id="sources-meta-cat">Kategorie</entry>
     <entry xml:id="pubPlace">Druckort</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="publisher">Verlag/Druckerei</entry>
     <entry xml:id="received">erhalten</entry>
     <entry xml:id="descriptions">Beschreibungen</entry>
     <entry xml:id="sentVersion">Übermittelter Brief</entry>
diff --git a/catalogues/dictionary_en.xml b/catalogues/dictionary_en.xml
index c7d215c84..62f6bb2e4 100644
--- a/catalogues/dictionary_en.xml
+++ b/catalogues/dictionary_en.xml
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@
     <entry xml:id="sources-details-cat">Category (Detail)</entry>
     <entry xml:id="sources-meta-cat">Category</entry>
     <entry xml:id="pubPlace">Place of Publication</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="publisher">Publisher</entry>
     <entry xml:id="received">received</entry>
     <entry xml:id="descriptions">Descriptions</entry>
     <entry xml:id="sentVersion">Sent letter</entry>
diff --git a/modules/api.xqm b/modules/api.xqm
index 7fa30470c..497e7a239 100644
--- a/modules/api.xqm
+++ b/modules/api.xqm
@@ -978,6 +978,16 @@ declare function api:validate-pubPlace($model as map(*)) as map(*)? {
     else error($api:INVALID_PARAMETER, 'Unsupported value for parameter "pubPlace". It must be a WeGA place ID.' )
 };
 
+(:~
+ : Check parameter publisher
+ : multiple values allowed as input, either by providing multiple URL parameters
+ : or by sending a comma separated list as the value of one URL parameter
+~:)
+declare function api:validate-publisher($model as map(*)) as map(*)? {
+    if(every $i in $model?publisher ! tokenize(., ',') satisfies wdt:personsPlus($i)('check')()) then map { 'publisher': $model?publisher ! tokenize(., ',') }
+    else error($api:INVALID_PARAMETER, 'Unsupported value for parameter "publisher". It must be a WeGA org or person ID.' )
+};
+
 (:~
  : Check parameter placenames (NB: this is supposed to be a string value, not a WeGA ID)
  : multiple values allowed as input, either by providing multiple URL parameters
diff --git a/modules/facets.xqm b/modules/facets.xqm
index 1b54b4952..1458f74d9 100644
--- a/modules/facets.xqm
+++ b/modules/facets.xqm
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ declare %private function facets:display-term($facet as xs:string, $term as xs:s
     switch($facet)
     case 'persons' case 'personsPlus' case 'sender' case 'addressee' 
     case 'dedicatees' case 'lyricists' case 'librettists' 
-    case 'composers' case 'authors' case 'editors' return
+    case 'composers' case 'authors' case 'editors' case 'publisher' return
         if(wdt:persons($term)('check')()) then wdt:persons($term)('label-facets')() (:$facets:persons-norm-file//norm:entry[range:eq(@docID,$term)]/normalize-space():)
         else wdt:orgs($term)('label-facets')()
     case 'works' return wdt:works($term)('label-facets')()
diff --git a/modules/query.xqm b/modules/query.xqm
index e5bae05d0..1df1d35c3 100644
--- a/modules/query.xqm
+++ b/modules/query.xqm
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ declare function query:get-facets($collection as node()*, $facet as xs:string) a
     case 'forenames' return $collection//tei:forename[not(@full)]
     case 'surnames' return $collection//tei:surname | $collection//tei:orgName[@type]
     case 'pubPlace' return ($collection//mei:pubPlace/@codedval |  $collection//tei:pubPlace/@key)
+    case 'publisher' return ($collection//mei:publisher[parent::mei:pubStmt]/@codedval |  $collection//tei:publisher[parent::tei:imprint]/@key)
     case 'sources-details-cat' return ($collection//mei:termList[@label='sources-details-cat']/mei:term | $collection//tei:keywords[@scheme='sources-details-cat']/tei:term)
     case 'sources-meta-cat' return ($collection//mei:termList[@label='sources-meta-cat']/mei:term | $collection//tei:keywords[@scheme='sources-meta-cat']/tei:term)
     case 'placenames' return $collection//tei:placeName[@type='reg']
diff --git a/templates/ajax/sources.html b/templates/ajax/sources.html
index 608c8740d..2722174b9 100644
--- a/templates/ajax/sources.html
+++ b/templates/ajax/sources.html
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ <h4 data-template="lang:translate">sources-details-cat</h4>
             <h4 data-template="lang:translate">pubPlace</h4>
             <select multiple="multiple" data-template="facets:select" name="pubPlace"/>
             
-            <!--<h4 data-template="lang:translate">dedicatees</h4>
-            <select multiple="multiple" data-template="facets:select" name="dedicatees"/>-->
+            <h4 data-template="lang:translate">publisher</h4>
+            <select multiple="multiple" data-template="facets:select" name="publisher"/>
             
         </div>
     </div>