diff --git a/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.html b/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.html
index 6eab66226..b83d63754 100644
--- a/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.html
+++ b/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.html
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ function updatepage(str) {
     </fieldset>
     </form>
     <form action="IndexControlURLs_p.html" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" accept-charset="UTF-8">
+    <fieldset><legend>Optimize Solr</legend>
+      <dl>
+        <dt class="TableCellLight">&nbsp;</dt>
+        <dd>merge to max. <input type="text" name="optimizemax" value="#[optimizemax]#" size="6" maxlength="6" /> segments
+        <input type="submit" name="optimizesolr" value="Optimize Solr" class="submitready" style="width:240px;"/>
+        </dd>
+      </dl>
+    </fieldset>
+    </form>
+    <form action="IndexControlURLs_p.html" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" accept-charset="UTF-8">
     <fieldset><legend>Reboot Solr Core</legend>
       <dl>
         <dt class="TableCellLight">&nbsp;</dt>
@@ -249,4 +259,4 @@ function updatepage(str) {
     
     #%env/templates/footer.template%#
   </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.java b/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.java
index 69f43c97a..e75d9547a 100644
--- a/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.java
+++ b/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class IndexControlURLs_p {
         prop.put("dumprestore", 1);
         List<File> dumpFiles =  segment.fulltext().dumpFiles();
         prop.put("dumprestore_dumpfile", dumpFiles.size() == 0 ? "" : dumpFiles.get(dumpFiles.size() - 1).getAbsolutePath());
+        prop.put("dumprestore_optimizemax", 10);
         prop.put("cleanup", post == null ? 1 : 0);
         prop.put("cleanup_solr", segment.fulltext().connectedRemoteSolr() ? 1 : 0);
         prop.put("cleanup_rwi", segment.termIndex() != null && !segment.termIndex().isEmpty() ? 1 : 0);
@@ -277,6 +278,12 @@ public class IndexControlURLs_p {
             final File dump = new File(post.get("dumpfile", ""));
             segment.fulltext().restoreSolr(dump);
         }
+        
+        if (post.containsKey("optimizesolr")) {
+        	final int size = post.getInt("optimizemax", 10);
+        	segment.fulltext().optimize(size);
+            sb.tables.recordAPICall(post, "IndexControlURLs_p.html", WorkTables.TABLE_API_TYPE_STEERING, "solr optimize " + size);
+        }
 
         if (post.containsKey("rebootsolr")) {
             segment.fulltext().rebootSolr();
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/search/index/Fulltext.java b/source/net/yacy/search/index/Fulltext.java
index b43a3b095..f021d410f 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/search/index/Fulltext.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/search/index/Fulltext.java
@@ -701,9 +701,19 @@ public final class Fulltext {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * optimize solr (experimental to check resource management)
+     * @param size
+     */
+    public void optimize(final int size) {
+        if (size < 1) return;
+        getDefaultConnector().optimize(size);
+        getWebgraphConnector().optimize(size);
+    }
     
     /**
-     * reboot solr (experimental to check resource management
+     * reboot solr (experimental to check resource management)
      */
     public void rebootSolr() {
         synchronized (this.solrInstances) {