diff --git a/build/reactable.js b/build/reactable.js
index 7671bed2..1da0fe88 100644
--- a/build/reactable.js
+++ b/build/reactable.js
@@ -1314,7 +1314,11 @@ window.ReactDOM["default"] = window.ReactDOM;
                                 }
                             } else {
                                 // Apply custom filter
-                                if (this._filterable[filterColumn]((0, _libExtract_data_from.extractDataFrom)(data, filterColumn).toString(), filter)) {
+                                var rawData = (0, _libExtract_data_from.extractDataFrom)(data, filterColumn);
+                                if (rawData.toString() !== '[object Object]') {
+                                    rawData = rawData.toString();
+                                }
+                                if (this._filterable[filterColumn](rawData, filter)) {
                                     matchedChildren.push(children[i]);
                                     break;
                                 }
diff --git a/lib/reactable/table.js b/lib/reactable/table.js
index e2235b66..f8a1646e 100644
--- a/lib/reactable/table.js
+++ b/lib/reactable/table.js
@@ -321,7 +321,11 @@ var Table = (function (_React$Component) {
                             }
                         } else {
                             // Apply custom filter
-                            if (this._filterable[filterColumn]((0, _libExtract_data_from.extractDataFrom)(data, filterColumn).toString(), filter)) {
+                            var rawData = (0, _libExtract_data_from.extractDataFrom)(data, filterColumn);
+                            if (rawData.toString() !== '[object Object]') {
+                                rawData = rawData.toString();
+                            }
+                            if (this._filterable[filterColumn](rawData, filter)) {
                                 matchedChildren.push(children[i]);
                                 break;
                             }
diff --git a/src/reactable/table.jsx b/src/reactable/table.jsx
index 82601180..4b095ccc 100644
--- a/src/reactable/table.jsx
+++ b/src/reactable/table.jsx
@@ -277,7 +277,11 @@ export class Table extends React.Component {
                         }
                     } else {
                         // Apply custom filter
-                        if (this._filterable[filterColumn](extractDataFrom(data, filterColumn).toString(), filter)) {
+                        let rawData = extractDataFrom(data, filterColumn);
+                        if (rawData.toString() !== '[object Object]') {
+                            rawData = rawData.toString();
+                        }
+                        if (this._filterable[filterColumn](rawData, filter)) {
                             matchedChildren.push(children[i]);
                             break;
                         }
diff --git a/tests/reactable_test.jsx b/tests/reactable_test.jsx
index cd98a33c..447a0246 100644
--- a/tests/reactable_test.jsx
+++ b/tests/reactable_test.jsx
@@ -2421,6 +2421,60 @@ describe('Reactable', function() {
                 });
             });
         });
+
+
+        context('with custom filter and complex contents', function() {
+            before(function() {
+                this.component = ReactDOM.render(
+                    <Reactable.Table className="table" id="table"
+                        filterable={[
+                            {
+                                column: 'State',
+                                filterFunction: function(contents, filter) {
+                                    return (
+                                        typeof(contents) !== 'undefined' && typeof(filter) !== 'undefined' &&
+                                        contents.props.value.toLowerCase().indexOf(filter) > -1
+                                    );
+                                },
+                            }
+                        ]}
+                        filterPlaceholder="Filter Results"
+                        columns={['State', 'Description', 'Tag']}>
+                        <Reactable.Tr>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='State'><div value="NY">New York</div></Reactable.Td>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='Description'>this is some text</Reactable.Td>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='Tag'>new</Reactable.Td>
+                        </Reactable.Tr>
+                        <Reactable.Tr>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='State'><div value="NM">New Mexico</div></Reactable.Td>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='Description'>lorem ipsum</Reactable.Td>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='Tag'>old x</Reactable.Td>
+                        </Reactable.Tr>
+                        <Reactable.Tr>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='State'><div value="CO">Colorado</div></Reactable.Td>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='Description'>lol</Reactable.Td>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='Tag'>renewed x</Reactable.Td>
+                        </Reactable.Tr>
+                        <Reactable.Tr>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='State'><div value="AK">Alaska</div></Reactable.Td>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='Description'>bacon</Reactable.Td>
+                            <Reactable.Td column='Tag'>new</Reactable.Td>
+                        </Reactable.Tr>
+                    </Reactable.Table>,
+                    ReactableTestUtils.testNode()
+                );
+
+                this.component.filterBy('AK');
+            });
+
+            after(ReactableTestUtils.resetTestEnvironment);
+
+            it('filters based on a prop specified in the custom filter', function() {
+                ReactableTestUtils.expectRowText(0, ['Alaska', 'bacon', 'new']);
+            });
+        });
+
+
     });
 
     describe('directly passing a data array with non-string data', function() {