diff --git a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/search/SearchCollector.java b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/search/SearchCollector.java
index 6f2c45b4961..571bff38044 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/search/SearchCollector.java
+++ b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/search/SearchCollector.java
@@ -54,6 +54,23 @@ static FacetSearchCollector facet(final SearchOperator operator, final Iterable<
                 .append("facets", combineToBson(facets)));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a {@link SearchCollector} that groups results by values or ranges in the specified faceted fields and returns the count
+     * for each of those groups, faceting over the entire collection.
+     * <p>
+     * Unlike {@link #facet(SearchOperator, Iterable)}, this method omits the search operator, so the facets are computed
+     * across all documents in the collection.</p>
+     *
+     * @param facets The non-empty facet definitions.
+     * @return The requested {@link SearchCollector}.
+     * @mongodb.atlas.manual atlas-search/facet/ facet collector
+     */
+    @Beta({Reason.CLIENT, Reason.SERVER})
+    static FacetSearchCollector facet(final Iterable<? extends SearchFacet> facets) {
+        notNull("facets", facets);
+        return new SearchConstructibleBsonElement("facet", new Document("facets", combineToBson(facets)));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a {@link SearchCollector} from a {@link Bson} in situations when there is no builder method that better satisfies your needs.
      * This method cannot be used to validate the syntax.
diff --git a/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/client/model/search/SearchCollectorTest.java b/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/client/model/search/SearchCollectorTest.java
index f8826554990..3cf9b86507a 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/client/model/search/SearchCollectorTest.java
+++ b/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/client/model/search/SearchCollectorTest.java
@@ -62,6 +62,27 @@ void facet() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void facetWithoutOperator() {
+        assertAll(
+                () -> assertThrows(CodecConfigurationException.class, () ->
+                        // facet names must be unique; `BsonCodec` wraps our `IllegalStateException` into `CodecConfigurationException`
+                        SearchCollector.facet(
+                                asList(
+                                        stringFacet("duplicateFacetName", fieldPath("stringFieldName")),
+                                        numberFacet("duplicateFacetName", fieldPath("numberFieldName"), asList(10, 20, 30))))
+                                // we have to render into `BsonDocument` in order to trigger the lazy check
+                                .toBsonDocument()
+                ),
+                () -> assertEquals(
+                        documentWithoutOperator()
+                                .toBsonDocument(),
+                        searchCollectorWithoutOperator()
+                                .toBsonDocument()
+                )
+        );
+    }
+
     private static SearchCollector docExamplePredefined() {
         return SearchCollector.facet(
                 exists(
@@ -89,4 +110,28 @@ private static Document docExampleCustom() {
                                         fieldPath("numberFieldName"),
                                         asList(10, 20, 30))))));
     }
+
+    private static SearchCollector searchCollectorWithoutOperator() {
+        return SearchCollector.facet(
+                asList(
+                        stringFacet(
+                                "stringFacetName",
+                                fieldPath("stringFieldName")),
+                        numberFacet(
+                                "numberFacetName",
+                                fieldPath("numberFieldName"),
+                                asList(10, 20, 30))));
+    }
+
+    private static Document documentWithoutOperator() {
+        return new Document("facet",
+                new Document("facets", combineToBson(asList(
+                        stringFacet(
+                                "stringFacetName",
+                                fieldPath("stringFieldName")),
+                        numberFacet(
+                                "numberFacetName",
+                                fieldPath("numberFieldName"),
+                                asList(10, 20, 30))))));
+    }
 }