diff --git a/Sieve/Models/FilterTerm.cs b/Sieve/Models/FilterTerm.cs
index 77bfeec..f2fd6ee 100644
--- a/Sieve/Models/FilterTerm.cs
+++ b/Sieve/Models/FilterTerm.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public class FilterTerm : IFilterTerm, IEquatable<FilterTerm>
         public FilterTerm() { }
 
         private const string EscapedPipePattern = @"(?<!($|[^\\])(\\\\)*?\\)\|";
+        private const string PipeToEscape = @"\|";
 
         private static readonly string[] Operators = new string[] {
                     "!@=*",
@@ -36,7 +37,11 @@ public string Filter
                 var filterSplits = value.Split(Operators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
                     .Select(t => t.Trim()).ToArray();
                 Names = Regex.Split(filterSplits[0], EscapedPipePattern).Select(t => t.Trim()).ToArray();
-                Values = filterSplits.Length > 1 ? Regex.Split(filterSplits[1], EscapedPipePattern).Select(t => t.Trim()).ToArray() : null;
+                Values = filterSplits.Length > 1
+                    ? Regex.Split(filterSplits[1], EscapedPipePattern)
+                        .Select(t => t.Replace(PipeToEscape, "|").Trim())
+                        .ToArray()
+                    : null;
                 Operator = Array.Find(Operators, o => value.Contains(o)) ?? "==";
                 OperatorParsed = GetOperatorParsed(Operator);
                 OperatorIsCaseInsensitive = Operator.EndsWith("*");
@@ -90,6 +95,5 @@ public bool Equals(FilterTerm other)
                 && Values.SequenceEqual(other.Values)
                 && Operator == other.Operator;
         }
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sieve/Models/SieveModel.cs b/Sieve/Models/SieveModel.cs
index a3f9818..8d43153 100644
--- a/Sieve/Models/SieveModel.cs
+++ b/Sieve/Models/SieveModel.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Linq;
diff --git a/SieveUnitTests/General.cs b/SieveUnitTests/General.cs
index f12e5a3..a59c15f 100644
--- a/SieveUnitTests/General.cs
+++ b/SieveUnitTests/General.cs
@@ -613,5 +613,61 @@ public void BaseDefinedPropertyMappingSortingWorks_WithCustomName()
             Assert.Equal(1,posts[2].Id);
             Assert.Equal(0,posts[3].Id);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanFilter_WithEscapeCharacter()
+        {
+            var comments = new List<Comment>
+            {
+                new Comment
+                {
+                    Id = 0,
+                    DateCreated = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
+                    Text = "Here is, a comment"
+                },
+                new Comment
+                {
+                    Id = 1,
+                    DateCreated = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddDays(-1),
+                    Text = "Here is, another comment"
+                },
+            }.AsQueryable();
+
+            var model = new SieveModel
+            {
+                Filters = "Text==Here is\\, another comment"
+            };
+
+            var result = _processor.Apply(model, comments);
+            Assert.Equal(1, result.Count());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OrEscapedPipeValueFilteringWorks()
+        {
+            var comments = new List<Comment>
+            {
+                new Comment
+                {
+                    Id = 0,
+                    DateCreated = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
+                    Text = "Here is | a comment"
+                },
+                new Comment
+                {
+                    Id = 1,
+                    DateCreated = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddDays(-1),
+                    Text = "Here is | another comment"
+                },
+            }.AsQueryable();
+
+            var model = new SieveModel()
+            {
+                Filters = "Text==Here is \\| a comment|Here is \\| another comment",
+            };
+
+            var result = _processor.Apply(model, comments);
+            Assert.Equal(2, result.Count());
+        }
     }
 }