diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/wagtailsearchpicks/templatetags/__init__.py b/wagtail/contrib/wagtailsearchpicks/templatetags/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/wagtailsearchpicks/templatetags/wagtailsearchpicks_tags.py b/wagtail/contrib/wagtailsearchpicks/templatetags/wagtailsearchpicks_tags.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cee68f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/wagtailsearchpicks/templatetags/wagtailsearchpicks_tags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from django import template
+
+from wagtail.wagtailsearch.models import Query
+
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.assignment_tag()
+def get_search_picks(search_query):
+    return Query.get(search_query).editors_picks.all()
diff --git a/wagtail/contrib/wagtailsearchpicks/tests.py b/wagtail/contrib/wagtailsearchpicks/tests.py
index 573f15215..8c78cc3d2 100644
--- a/wagtail/contrib/wagtailsearchpicks/tests.py
+++ b/wagtail/contrib/wagtailsearchpicks/tests.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from wagtail.tests.utils import WagtailTestUtils
 from wagtail.wagtailsearch.models import Query
 from wagtail.contrib.wagtailsearchpicks.models import SearchPick
+from wagtail.contrib.wagtailsearchpicks.templatetags.wagtailsearchpicks_tags import get_search_picks
 
 
 class TestSearchPicks(TestCase):
@@ -48,6 +49,29 @@ class TestSearchPicks(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(Query.get("root page").editors_picks.last().description, "Last search pick")
 
 
+class TestGetSearchPicksTemplateTag(TestCase):
+    def test_get_search_picks_template_tag(self):
+        # Create a search pick to the root page
+        pick = SearchPick.objects.create(
+            query=Query.get("root page"),
+            page_id=1,
+            sort_order=0,
+            description="First search pick",
+        )
+
+        # Create another search pick against a different query
+        SearchPick.objects.create(
+            query=Query.get("root page again"),
+            page_id=1,
+            sort_order=0,
+            description="Second search pick",
+        )
+
+        # Check
+        search_picks = list(get_search_picks("root page"))
+        self.assertEqual(search_picks, [pick])
+
+
 class TestSearchPicksIndexView(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):
         self.login()