diff --git a/app/models/solr_hit.rb b/app/models/solr_hit.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3591b53b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/solr_hit.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+class SolrHit < Delegator
+  def self.for(hit)
+    return hit if hit.is_a? ActiveFedora::SolrHit
+
+    SolrHit.new(hit)
+  end
+
+  def __getobj__
+    @document # return object we are delegating to, required
+  end
+
+  alias static_config __getobj__
+
+  def __setobj__(obj)
+    @document = obj
+  end
+
+  attr_reader :document
+
+  def initialize(document)
+    document = document.with_indifferent_access
+    super
+    @document = document
+  end
+
+  def id
+    document[Hyrax.config.id_field]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/services/hyrax/solr_service.rb b/app/services/hyrax/solr_service.rb
index ce747e40f8..72336d8332 100644
--- a/app/services/hyrax/solr_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/hyrax/solr_service.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Hyrax
   class SolrService
     extend Forwardable
 
-    def_delegators :@old_service, :add, :commit, :count, :delete, :get, :instance, :post, :query
+    def_delegators :@old_service, :add, :commit, :count, :delete, :instance
     def_delegators :instance, :conn
 
     def initialize
@@ -25,5 +25,44 @@ def select_path
 
       delegate :add, :commit, :count, :delete, :get, :instance, :post, :query, to: :new
     end
+
+    # Wraps rsolr get
+    # @return [Hash] the hash straight form rsolr
+    def get(query, args = {})
+      args = args.merge(q: query, qt: 'standard')
+      SolrService.instance.conn.get(Hyrax.config.solr_select_path, params: args)
+    end
+
+    # Wraps rsolr post
+    # @return [Hash] the hash straight form rsolr
+    def post(query, args = {})
+      args = args.merge(q: query, qt: 'standard')
+      SolrService.instance.conn.post(Hyrax.config.solr_select_path, data: args)
+    end
+
+    # Wraps get by default
+    # @return [Array<SolrHit>] the response docs wrapped in SolrHit objects
+    def query(query, args = {})
+      Rails.logger.warn rows_warning unless args.key?(:rows)
+      method = args.delete(:method) || :get
+
+      result = case method
+               when :get
+                 get(query, args)
+               when :post
+                 post(query, args)
+               else
+                 raise "Unsupported HTTP method for querying SolrService (#{method.inspect})"
+               end
+      result['response']['docs'].map do |doc|
+        ::SolrHit.new(doc)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+      def rows_warning
+        "Calling Hyrax::SolrService.get without passing an explicit value for ':rows' is not recommended. You will end up with Solr's default (usually set to 10)\nCalled by #{caller[0]}"
+      end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/solr_hit_spec.rb b/spec/models/solr_hit_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51d7674bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/solr_hit_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+RSpec.describe SolrHit do
+  subject(:solr_hit) { described_class.new "id" => "my:_ID1_" }
+
+  describe "#id" do
+    it "extracts the id from the solr hit" do
+      expect(solr_hit.id).to eq "my:_ID1_"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/hyrax/solr_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/hyrax/solr_service_spec.rb
index 7baab4c353..864c21138c 100644
--- a/spec/services/hyrax/solr_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/hyrax/solr_service_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,67 @@
 RSpec.describe Hyrax::SolrService do
+  let(:mock_conn) { instance_double(RSolr::Client) }
+
   describe '.select_path' do
     it 'raises NotImplementedError' do
       expect { described_class.select_path }.to raise_error NotImplementedError
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#get" do
+    it "calls solr" do
+      stub_result = double("Result")
+      expect(mock_conn).to receive(:get).with('select', params: { q: 'querytext', qt: 'standard' }).and_return(stub_result)
+      allow(described_class).to receive(:instance).and_return(double("instance", conn: mock_conn))
+      expect(described_class.get('querytext')).to eq stub_result
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#post" do
+    it "calls solr" do
+      stub_result = double("Result")
+      expect(mock_conn).to receive(:post).with('select', data: { q: 'querytext', qt: 'standard' }).and_return(stub_result)
+      allow(described_class).to receive(:instance).and_return(double("instance", conn: mock_conn))
+      expect(described_class.post('querytext')).to eq stub_result
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#query" do
+    let(:doc) { { 'id' => 'x' } }
+    let(:docs) { [doc] }
+    let(:stub_result) { { 'response' => { 'docs' => docs } } }
+
+    before do
+      allow(described_class).to receive(:instance).and_return(double("instance", conn: mock_conn))
+    end
+
+    it "defaults to HTTP GET method" do
+      expect(mock_conn).to receive(:get).with('select', params: { rows: 2, q: 'querytext', qt: 'standard' }).and_return(stub_result)
+      described_class.query('querytext', rows: 2)
+    end
+
+    it "allows callers to specify HTTP POST method" do
+      expect(mock_conn).to receive(:post).with('select', data: { rows: 2, q: 'querytext', qt: 'standard' }).and_return(stub_result)
+      described_class.query('querytext', rows: 2, method: :post)
+    end
+
+    it "raises if method not GET or POST" do
+      expect(mock_conn).not_to receive(:head).with('select', data: { rows: 2, q: 'querytext', qt: 'standard' })
+      expect do
+        described_class.query('querytext', rows: 2, method: :head)
+      end.to raise_error(RuntimeError, "Unsupported HTTP method for querying SolrService (:head)")
+    end
+
+    it "wraps the solr response documents in Solr hits" do
+      expect(mock_conn).to receive(:get).with('select', params: { rows: 2, q: 'querytext', qt: 'standard' }).and_return(stub_result)
+      result = described_class.query('querytext', rows: 2)
+      expect(result.size).to eq 1
+      expect(result.first.id).to eq 'x'
+    end
+
+    it "warns about not passing rows" do
+      allow(mock_conn).to receive(:get).and_return(stub_result)
+      expect(Rails.logger).to receive(:warn).with(/^Calling Hyrax::SolrService\.get without passing an explicit value for ':rows' is not recommended/)
+      described_class.query('querytext')
+    end
+  end
 end