diff --git a/news/139.bugfix b/news/139.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec4772e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/139.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Handle parenthesis inside quotes
+[erral]
diff --git a/plone/app/querystring/querybuilder.py b/plone/app/querystring/querybuilder.py
index d9ef15b..bd8978f 100644
--- a/plone/app/querystring/querybuilder.py
+++ b/plone/app/querystring/querybuilder.py
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ def _quote(term):
     # being parsed as logical query atoms.
     if term.lower() in ("and", "or", "not"):
         term = '"%s"' % term
-    return term
+    return _quote_chars(term)
 
 
 def munge_search_term(query):
+    original_query = query
     for char in _BAD_CHARS:
         query = query.replace(char, " ")
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ def munge_search_term(query):
 
     r += map(_quote, query.strip().split())
     r = " AND ".join(r)
-    r = _quote_chars(r) + ("*" if r and not r.endswith('"') else "")
+    r = r + ("*" if r and not original_query.endswith('"') else "")
     return r
 
 
diff --git a/plone/app/querystring/tests/testQueryBuilder.py b/plone/app/querystring/tests/testQueryBuilder.py
index 4c39838..6a79bf0 100644
--- a/plone/app/querystring/tests/testQueryBuilder.py
+++ b/plone/app/querystring/tests/testQueryBuilder.py
@@ -325,6 +325,80 @@ def testQueryBuilderCustomQueryDoNotOverrideValues(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(results), 1)
         self.assertEqual(results[0].Title(), "Collectionstestpage 2")
 
+    def test_munge_search_term(self):
+        from plone.app.querystring.querybuilder import _BAD_CHARS
+        from plone.app.querystring.querybuilder import munge_search_term
+
+        search_term_tests = [
+            (
+                # search term
+                "spam ham",
+                "spam AND ham*",
+            ),
+            (
+                # quoted term
+                '"spam ham"',
+                '"spam ham"',
+            ),
+            (
+                # cleanup quoted terms
+                '" spam ham   "',
+                '"spam ham"',
+            ),
+            (
+                # quoted term with inner parenthesis
+                '"spam (ham)"',
+                '"spam (ham)"',
+            ),
+            (
+                # quoted term with inner parenthesis
+                '"spam" (ham)',
+                '"spam" AND "("ham")"*',
+            ),
+            (
+                # quoted term with inner parenthesis
+                '"(spam ham)"',
+                '"(spam ham)"',
+            ),
+            (
+                # mixed cases
+                "Spam hAm",
+                "Spam AND hAm*",
+            ),
+            (
+                # mix quoting and unquoted
+                'let\'s eat some "ham and eggs " without spam ',
+                '"ham and eggs" AND let\'s AND eat AND some ' "AND without AND spam*",
+            ),
+            (
+                'test "Welcome" to "Plone" retest',
+                '"Welcome" AND "Plone" AND test AND to AND retest*',
+            ),
+            (
+                # parentheses
+                "spam (ham)",
+                'spam AND "("ham")"*',
+            ),
+            (
+                # special keywords
+                "spam or not ham and eggs",
+                'spam AND "or" AND "not" AND ham AND "and" AND eggs*',
+            ),
+            (
+                # bad characters
+                " ".join(_BAD_CHARS),
+                "",
+            ),
+            (
+                # weird input
+                'test ""Welcome" to "Plone"" retest',
+                '"to" AND test AND WelcomePlone AND retest*',
+            ),
+        ]
+
+        for _in, _out in search_term_tests:
+            self.assertEqual(munge_search_term(_in), _out)
+
 
 class TestQuerybuilderResultTypes(unittest.TestCase):
     layer = TEST_PROFILE_PLONEAPPQUERYSTRING_INTEGRATION_TESTING