diff --git a/elasticsearch/client/__init__.py b/elasticsearch/client/__init__.py
index dbb81a82..223e82c7 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/client/__init__.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/client/__init__.py
@@ -471,3 +471,29 @@ class Elasticsearch(object):
         status, data = self.transport.perform_request('GET', _make_path(index, doc_type, id, '_mlt'), params=params, body=body)
         return data
 
+    @query_params('analyze_wildcard', 'analyzer', 'default_operator', 'df', 'fields', 'lenient', 'lowercase_expanded_terms', 'parent', 'preference', 'q', 'routing', 'source')
+    def explain(self, index, doc_type, id, body, params=None):
+        """
+        The explain api computes a score explanation for a query and a specific document.
+        http://elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/explain/
+
+        :arg index: The name of the index
+        :arg doc_type: The type of the document
+        :arg id: The document ID
+        :arg body: The query definition using the Query DSL
+        :arg analyze_wildcard: Specify whether wildcards and prefix queries in the query string query should be analyzed (default: false)
+        :arg analyzer: The analyzer for the query string query
+        :arg default_operator: The default operator for query string query (AND or OR), default u'OR'
+        :arg df: The default field for query string query (default: _all)
+        :arg fields: A comma-separated list of fields to return in the response
+        :arg lenient: Specify whether format-based query failures (such as providing text to a numeric field) should be ignored
+        :arg lowercase_expanded_terms: Specify whether query terms should be lowercased
+        :arg parent: The ID of the parent document
+        :arg preference: Specify the node or shard the operation should be performed on (default: random)
+        :arg q: Query in the Lucene query string syntax
+        :arg routing: Specific routing value
+        :arg source: The URL-encoded query definition (instead of using the request body)
+        """
+        status, data = self.transport.perform_request('GET', _make_path(index, doc_type, id, '_explain'), params=params, body=body)
+        return data
+