diff --git a/code/solr/SolrIndex.php b/code/solr/SolrIndex.php
index b6b7a951..43991fbf 100644
--- a/code/solr/SolrIndex.php
+++ b/code/solr/SolrIndex.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function addAnalyzer($field, $type, $params) {
 
 	function getFieldDefinitions() {
 		$xml = array();
-		$stored = Director::isDev() ? "stored='true'" : "stored='false'";
+		$stored = $this->getStoredDefault();
 
 		$xml[] = "";
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function getFieldDefinitions() {
 
 		// Add the fulltext collation field
 
-		$xml[] = "<field name='_text' type='htmltext' indexed='true' $stored multiValued='true' />" ;
+		$xml[] = "<field name='_text' type='htmltext' indexed='true' stored='$stored' multiValued='true' />" ;
 
 		// Add the user-specified fields
 
@@ -143,6 +143,28 @@ protected function getSuggestionQueryString($collation = '') {
 		return str_replace(' ', '+', $this->getNiceSuggestion($collation));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Add a field that should be stored
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field The field to add
+	 * @param string $forceType The type to force this field as (required in some cases, when not
+	 * detectable from metadata)
+	 * @param array $extraOptions Dependent on search implementation
+	 */
+	public function addStoredField($field, $forceType = null, $extraOptions = array()) {
+		$options = array_merge($extraOptions, array('stored' => 'true'));
+		$this->addFulltextField($field, $forceType, $options);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the default 'stored' value for fields in this index
+	 *
+	 * @return string A default value for the 'stored' field option, either 'true' or 'false'
+	 */
+	protected function getStoredDefault() {
+		return Director::isDev() ? 'true' : 'false';
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param String $name
 	 * @param Array $spec
@@ -166,7 +188,7 @@ protected function getFieldDefinition($name, $spec, $typeMap = null) {
 				'name' => $name, 
 				'type' => $type, 
 				'indexed' => 'true', 
-				'stored' => Director::isDev() ? 'true' : 'false', 
+				'stored' => $this->getStoredDefault(),
 				'multiValued' => $multiValued
 			),
 			isset($spec['extra_options']) ? $spec['extra_options'] : array()
diff --git a/tests/SolrIndexTest.php b/tests/SolrIndexTest.php
index 7b05da2a..b3aee60e 100644
--- a/tests/SolrIndexTest.php
+++ b/tests/SolrIndexTest.php
@@ -132,6 +132,39 @@ function testAddCopyField() {
 		$this->assertEquals('destField', $copyField[0]['dest']);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Tests the setting of the 'stored' flag
+	 */
+	public function testStoredFields() {
+		// Test two fields
+		$index = new SolrIndexTest_FakeIndex2();
+		$index->addStoredField('Field1');
+		$index->addFulltextField('Field2');
+		$schema = $index->getFieldDefinitions();
+		$this->assertContains(
+			"<field name='SearchUpdaterTest_Container_Field1' type='text' indexed='true' stored='true'",
+			$schema
+		);
+		$this->assertContains(
+			"<field name='SearchUpdaterTest_Container_Field2' type='text' indexed='true' stored='false'",
+			$schema
+		);
+
+		// Test with addAllFulltextFields
+		$index2 = new SolrIndexTest_FakeIndex2();
+		$index2->addAllFulltextFields();
+		$index2->addStoredField('Field2');
+		$schema2 = $index2->getFieldDefinitions();
+		$this->assertContains(
+			"<field name='SearchUpdaterTest_Container_Field1' type='text' indexed='true' stored='false'",
+			$schema2
+		);
+		$this->assertContains(
+			"<field name='SearchUpdaterTest_Container_Field2' type='text' indexed='true' stored='true'",
+			$schema2
+		);
+	}
+
 	protected function getServiceMock() {
 		return Phockito::mock('Solr3Service');
 	}
@@ -165,3 +198,20 @@ function init() {
 		$this->addFilterField('ManyManyObjects.Field1');
 	}
 }
+
+
+class SolrIndexTest_FakeIndex2 extends SolrIndex {
+	
+	protected function getStoredDefault() {
+		// Override isDev defaulting to stored
+		return 'false';
+	}
+
+	function init() {
+		$this->addClass('SearchUpdaterTest_Container');
+		$this->addFilterField('MyDate', 'Date');
+		$this->addFilterField('HasOneObject.Field1');
+		$this->addFilterField('HasManyObjects.Field1');
+		$this->addFilterField('ManyManyObjects.Field1');
+	}
+}