diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/components/Routes.tsx b/datahub-web-react/src/components/Routes.tsx
index 6c7c8eab31c561..12aec2a8d57d03 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/src/components/Routes.tsx
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/components/Routes.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ export const Routes = (): JSX.Element => {
                     render={() => <DatasetPage />}
                 />
                 <ProtectedRoute isLoggedIn={isLoggedIn} path={PageRoutes.SEARCH} render={() => <SearchPage />} />
+                <ProtectedRoute
+                    isLoggedIn={isLoggedIn}
+                    path={PageRoutes.SEARCH_RESULTS}
+                    render={() => <SearchPage />}
+                />
                 <ProtectedRoute
                     isLoggedIn={isLoggedIn}
                     exact
diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchFilters.tsx b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchFilters.tsx
index cb047f68b64d7c..3fa52d978a6371 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchFilters.tsx
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchFilters.tsx
@@ -20,18 +20,14 @@ interface Props {
     onFilterSelect: (selected: boolean, field: string, value: string) => void;
 }
 
-export const SearchFilters = ({
-    facets: _facets,
-    selectedFilters: _selectedFilters,
-    onFilterSelect: _onFilterSelect,
-}: Props) => {
+export const SearchFilters = ({ facets, selectedFilters, onFilterSelect }: Props) => {
     return (
         <Card
             style={{ border: '1px solid #d2d2d2' }}
             title={<h3 style={{ marginBottom: '0px' }}>Filters</h3>}
             bodyStyle={{ padding: '24px 0px' }}
         >
-            {_facets.map((facet) => (
+            {facets.map((facet) => (
                 <div style={{ padding: '0px 25px 15px 25px' }}>
                     <div style={{ fontWeight: 'bold', marginBottom: '10px' }}>
                         {facet.field.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + facet.field.slice(1)}
@@ -40,13 +36,13 @@ export const SearchFilters = ({
                         <>
                             <Checkbox
                                 style={{ margin: '5px 0px' }}
-                                defaultChecked={
-                                    _selectedFilters.find(
+                                checked={
+                                    selectedFilters.find(
                                         (f) => f.field === facet.field && f.value === aggregation.value,
                                     ) !== undefined
                                 }
                                 onChange={(e: CheckboxChangeEvent) =>
-                                    _onFilterSelect(e.target.checked, facet.field, aggregation.value)
+                                    onFilterSelect(e.target.checked, facet.field, aggregation.value)
                                 }
                             >
                                 {aggregation.value} ({aggregation.count})
diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchPage.tsx b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchPage.tsx
index bf7785bde921a0..13d03f15808432 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchPage.tsx
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchPage.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
-import * as React from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import * as QueryString from 'query-string';
-import { useHistory, useLocation } from 'react-router';
+import { useHistory, useLocation, useParams } from 'react-router';
 import { Affix, Col, Row, Tabs, Layout } from 'antd';
 
 import { SearchablePage } from './SearchablePage';
-import { fromCollectionName, fromPathName, toCollectionName, toPathName } from '../shared/EntityTypeUtil';
+import { fromCollectionName, fromPathnameOrEmptyString, toCollectionName } from '../shared/EntityTypeUtil';
 import { useGetSearchResultsQuery } from '../../graphql/search.generated';
 import { SearchResults } from './SearchResults';
-import { EntityType, PlatformNativeType } from '../../types.generated';
+import { EntityType, FacetFilterInput, PlatformNativeType } from '../../types.generated';
 import { SearchFilters } from './SearchFilters';
 import { SearchCfg } from '../../conf';
 import { PageRoutes } from '../../conf/Global';
+import useFilters from './utils/useFilters';
+import { navigateToSearchUrl } from './utils/navigateToSearchUrl';
 
 const { SEARCHABLE_ENTITY_TYPES, RESULTS_PER_PAGE } = SearchCfg;
 
+type SearchPageParams = {
+    type?: string;
+};
+
 /**
  * A dedicated search page.
  *
@@ -23,11 +29,11 @@ export const SearchPage = () => {
     const history = useHistory();
     const location = useLocation();
 
-    const params = QueryString.parse(location.search);
-    const type = params.type ? fromPathName(params.type as string) : SEARCHABLE_ENTITY_TYPES[0];
-    const query = params.query ? (params.query as string) : '';
-    const page = params.page && Number(params.page as string) > 0 ? Number(params.page as string) : 1;
-    const filters = location.state ? ((location.state as any).filters as Array<{ field: string; value: string }>) : [];
+    const params = QueryString.parse(location.search, { arrayFormat: 'comma' });
+    const type = fromPathnameOrEmptyString(useParams<SearchPageParams>().type || '') || SEARCHABLE_ENTITY_TYPES[0];
+    const query: string = params.query ? (params.query as string) : '';
+    const page: number = params.page && Number(params.page as string) > 0 ? Number(params.page as string) : 1;
+    const filters: Array<FacetFilterInput> = useFilters(params);
 
     const { loading, error, data } = useGetSearchResultsQuery({
         variables: {
@@ -43,10 +49,7 @@ export const SearchPage = () => {
 
     const onSearchTypeChange = (newType: string) => {
         const entityType = fromCollectionName(newType);
-        history.push({
-            pathname: PageRoutes.SEARCH,
-            search: `?type=${toPathName(entityType)}&query=${query}&page=1`,
-        });
+        navigateToSearchUrl({ type: entityType, query, page: 1, history });
     };
 
     const onFilterSelect = (selected: boolean, field: string, value: string) => {
@@ -54,23 +57,11 @@ export const SearchPage = () => {
             ? [...filters, { field, value }]
             : filters.filter((filter) => filter.field !== field || filter.value !== value);
 
-        history.push({
-            pathname: PageRoutes.SEARCH,
-            search: `?type=${toPathName(type)}&query=${query}&page=1`,
-            state: {
-                filters: newFilters,
-            },
-        });
+        navigateToSearchUrl({ type, query, page: 1, filters: newFilters, history });
     };
 
     const onResultsPageChange = (newPage: number) => {
-        return history.push({
-            pathname: PageRoutes.SEARCH,
-            search: `?type=${toPathName(type)}&query=${query}&page=${newPage}`,
-            state: {
-                filters: [...filters],
-            },
-        });
+        navigateToSearchUrl({ type, query, page: newPage, filters, history });
     };
 
     const navigateToDataset = (urn: string) => {
@@ -130,7 +121,7 @@ export const SearchPage = () => {
         }
     };
 
-    const searchResults = (data && data?.search && toSearchResults(data.search.elements)) || [];
+    const searchResults = toSearchResults(data?.search?.elements || []);
 
     return (
         <SearchablePage initialQuery={query} initialType={type}>
@@ -138,9 +129,9 @@ export const SearchPage = () => {
                 <Affix offsetTop={64}>
                     <Tabs
                         tabBarStyle={{ backgroundColor: 'white', padding: '0px 165px', marginBottom: '0px' }}
-                        defaultActiveKey={toCollectionName(type)}
+                        activeKey={toCollectionName(type)}
                         size="large"
-                        onChange={(newPath) => onSearchTypeChange(newPath)}
+                        onChange={onSearchTypeChange}
                     >
                         {SEARCHABLE_ENTITY_TYPES.map((t) => (
                             <Tabs.TabPane tab={toCollectionName(t)} key={toCollectionName(t)} />
@@ -148,21 +139,21 @@ export const SearchPage = () => {
                     </Tabs>
                 </Affix>
                 <Row style={{ width: '80%', margin: 'auto auto', backgroundColor: 'white' }}>
-                    <Col style={{ margin: '24px 0px 0px 0px', padding: '0px 15px' }} span={6}>
+                    <Col style={{ margin: '24px 0px 0px 0px', padding: '0px 16px' }} span={6}>
                         <SearchFilters
-                            facets={(data && data?.search && data.search.facets) || []}
+                            facets={data?.search?.facets || []}
                             selectedFilters={filters}
                             onFilterSelect={onFilterSelect}
                         />
                     </Col>
-                    <Col style={{ margin: '24px 0px 0px 0px', padding: '0px 15px' }} span={18}>
+                    <Col style={{ margin: '24px 0px 0px 0px', padding: '0px 16px' }} span={18}>
                         {loading && <p>Loading results...</p>}
                         {error && !data && <p>Search error!</p>}
-                        {data && data?.search && (
+                        {data?.search && (
                             <SearchResults
                                 typeName={toCollectionName(type)}
                                 results={searchResults}
-                                pageStart={data.search?.start}
+                                pageStart={data?.search?.start}
                                 pageSize={data.search?.count}
                                 totalResults={data.search?.total}
                                 onChangePage={onResultsPageChange}
diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchablePage.tsx b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchablePage.tsx
index 20004a9d316225..5fd2a8a3234a7a 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchablePage.tsx
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/SearchablePage.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import 'antd/dist/antd.css';
 import { Layout } from 'antd';
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router';
 import { SearchHeader } from './SearchHeader';
-import { EntityType, fromCollectionName, toCollectionName, toPathName } from '../shared/EntityTypeUtil';
+import { EntityType, fromCollectionName, toCollectionName } from '../shared/EntityTypeUtil';
 import { SearchCfg } from '../../conf';
 import { useGetAutoCompleteResultsLazyQuery } from '../../graphql/search.generated';
+import { navigateToSearchUrl } from './utils/navigateToSearchUrl';
 
 const { SEARCHABLE_ENTITY_TYPES, SEARCH_BAR_PLACEHOLDER_TEXT, SHOW_ALL_ENTITIES_SEARCH_TYPE } = SearchCfg;
 
@@ -49,13 +50,10 @@ export const SearchablePage = ({
     const [getAutoCompleteResults, { data: suggestionsData }] = useGetAutoCompleteResultsLazyQuery();
 
     const search = (type: string, query: string) => {
-        const typeParam =
-            ALL_ENTITIES_SEARCH_TYPE_NAME === type ? EMPTY_STRING : `type=${toPathName(fromCollectionName(type))}`;
-        const queryParam = `query=${query}`;
-
-        history.push({
-            pathname: '/search',
-            search: `?${typeParam}&${queryParam}`,
+        navigateToSearchUrl({
+            type: ALL_ENTITIES_SEARCH_TYPE_NAME === type ? SEARCHABLE_ENTITY_TYPES[0] : fromCollectionName(type),
+            query,
+            history,
         });
     };
 
diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/constants.ts b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2aab0b3721b95c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const FILTER_URL_PREFIX = 'filter_';
diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/filtersToQueryStringParams.ts b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/filtersToQueryStringParams.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fd2367784bd57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/filtersToQueryStringParams.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { FacetFilterInput } from '../../../types.generated';
+import { FILTER_URL_PREFIX } from './constants';
+
+// transform filters from [{ filter, value }, { filter, value }] to { filter: [value, value ] } that QueryString can parse
+export default function filtersToQueryStringParams(filters: Array<FacetFilterInput> = []) {
+    return filters.reduce((acc, filter) => {
+        acc[`${FILTER_URL_PREFIX}${filter.field}`] = [
+            ...(acc[`${FILTER_URL_PREFIX}${filter.field}`] || []),
+            filter.value,
+        ];
+        return acc;
+    }, {} as Record<string, string[]>);
+}
diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/navigateToSearchUrl.ts b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/navigateToSearchUrl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b667aacf9ff80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/navigateToSearchUrl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import * as QueryString from 'query-string';
+import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+import filtersToQueryStringParams from './filtersToQueryStringParams';
+import { EntityType, FacetFilterInput } from '../../../types.generated';
+import { toPathName } from '../../shared/EntityTypeUtil';
+import { PageRoutes } from '../../../conf/Global';
+
+export const navigateToSearchUrl = ({
+    type: newType,
+    query: newQuery,
+    page: newPage = 1,
+    filters: newFilters,
+    history,
+}: {
+    type: EntityType;
+    query?: string;
+    page?: number;
+    filters?: Array<FacetFilterInput>;
+    history: RouteComponentProps['history'];
+}) => {
+    const search = QueryString.stringify(
+        {
+            ...filtersToQueryStringParams(newFilters),
+            query: newQuery,
+            page: newPage,
+        },
+        { arrayFormat: 'comma' },
+    );
+
+    history.push({
+        pathname: `${PageRoutes.SEARCH}/${toPathName(newType)}`,
+        search,
+    });
+};
diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/useFilters.ts b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/useFilters.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bc345a3c24871d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/components/search/utils/useFilters.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import * as QueryString from 'query-string';
+
+import { FILTER_URL_PREFIX } from './constants';
+import { FacetFilterInput } from '../../../types.generated';
+
+export default function useFilters(params: QueryString.ParsedQuery<string>): Array<FacetFilterInput> {
+    return useMemo(
+        () =>
+            // get all query params
+            Object.entries(params)
+                // select only the ones with the `filter_` prefix
+                .filter(([key, _]) => key.indexOf(FILTER_URL_PREFIX) >= 0)
+                // transform the filters currently in format [key, [value1, value2]] to [{key: key, value: value1}, { key: key, value: value2}] format that graphql expects
+                .flatMap(([key, value]) => {
+                    // remove the `filter_` prefix
+                    const field = key.replace(FILTER_URL_PREFIX, '');
+                    if (!value) return [];
+
+                    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+                        return value.map((distinctValue) => ({ field, value: distinctValue }));
+                    }
+                    return [{ field, value }];
+                }),
+        [params],
+    );
+}
diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/components/shared/EntityTypeUtil.tsx b/datahub-web-react/src/components/shared/EntityTypeUtil.tsx
index ca2a2ccfb0b3ba..e3f38e6ac136a8 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/src/components/shared/EntityTypeUtil.tsx
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/components/shared/EntityTypeUtil.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ export const fromPathName = (pathName: string): EntityType => {
     }
 };
 
+export const fromPathnameOrEmptyString = (pathName: string): EntityType | null => {
+    if (pathName === '') return null;
+    return fromPathName(pathName);
+};
+
 export const toPathName = (type: EntityType): string => {
     switch (type) {
         case EntityType.Dataset:
diff --git a/datahub-web-react/src/conf/Global.tsx b/datahub-web-react/src/conf/Global.tsx
index cac2dc54dcd69c..03e98f92c33046 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/src/conf/Global.tsx
+++ b/datahub-web-react/src/conf/Global.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export const LOGO_IMAGE = DataHubLogo;
 */
 export enum PageRoutes {
     LOG_IN = '/login',
+    SEARCH_RESULTS = '/search/:type',
     SEARCH = '/search',
     BROWSE = '/browse',
     BROWSE_RESULTS = '/browse/:type',