diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 50b17cd0..e2ec44e7 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -1850,10 +1850,12 @@ $(function(){
 
 			<tr id="widget-filter-cssfilter">
 				<td><a href="#" class="permalink">filter_cssFilter</a></td>
-				<td>String</td>
+				<td>String or Array</td>
 				<td>&quot;&quot;</td>
-				<td>Additional CSS class applied to each filter - <span class="version updated">v2.11</span>
+				<td>Additional CSS class applied to each filter - <span class="version updated">v2.14.6</span>
 					<div class="collapsible"><br>
+						As of v2.14.6, this option can also contain an array of class names that are to be applied to input filters.<br>
+						<br>
 						Changed to empty string in v2.11, as the <code>&quot;tablesorter-filter&quot;</code> class will always be added to the filter; this option now contains any additional class names to add.
 						<p>Use the <a href="#widget-filter-cssfilter"><code>&quot;tablesorter-filter&quot;</code></a> option to add an extra css class name as follows:</p>
 						<pre class="prettyprint lang-javascript">$(function(){
@@ -1861,6 +1863,7 @@ $(function(){
     widgets: ["filter"],
     widgetOptions : {
       // css class applied to the table row containing the filters & the inputs within that row
+      // or [ "filter1", "filter2", "filter3", etc... ]
       filter_cssFilter : "tablesorter-filter"
     }
   });
diff --git a/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js b/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js
index e307a5bc..c30548fd 100644
--- a/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js
+++ b/js/jquery.tablesorter.widgets.js
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ ts.filter = {
 		return filters;
 	},
 	buildRow: function(table, c, wo) {
-		var column, $header, buildSelect, disabled,
+		var column, $header, buildSelect, disabled, name,
 			// c.columns defined in computeThIndexes()
 			columns = c.columns,
 			buildFilter = '<tr class="tablesorter-filter-row">';
@@ -699,7 +699,11 @@ ts.filter = {
 				}
 			}
 			if (buildFilter) {
-				buildFilter.addClass('tablesorter-filter ' + wo.filter_cssFilter).attr('data-column', column);
+				// add filter class name
+				name = ( $.isArray(wo.filter_cssFilter) ?
+					(typeof wo.filter_cssFilter[column] !== 'undefined' ? wo.filter_cssFilter[column] || '' : '') :
+					wo.filter_cssFilter ) || '';
+				buildFilter.addClass('tablesorter-filter ' + name).attr('data-column', column);
 				if (disabled) {
 					buildFilter.addClass('disabled')[0].disabled = true; // disabled!
 				}