diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/filter.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/filter.js
index 6ca025d..03914a8 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/filter.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/filter.js
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 import { FILTER_TYPE } from './const';
 import { LIKE, EQ } from './comparison';
 
-export const filterByText = _ => (data, dataField, { filterVal, comparator = LIKE }) =>
+export const filterByText = _ => (
+  data,
+  dataField,
+  { filterVal, comparator = LIKE },
+  customFilterValue
+) =>
   data.filter((row) => {
-    const cell = _.get(row, dataField);
+    let cell = _.get(row, dataField);
+    if (customFilterValue) {
+      cell = customFilterValue(cell, row);
+    }
     const cellStr = _.isDefined(cell) ? cell.toString() : '';
     if (comparator === EQ) {
       return cellStr === filterVal;
@@ -23,14 +31,15 @@ export const filterFactory = _ => (filterType) => {
   return filterFn;
 };
 
-export const filters = (store, _) => (currFilters) => {
+export const filters = (store, columns, _) => (currFilters) => {
   const factory = filterFactory(_);
   let result = store.getAllData();
   let filterFn;
   Object.keys(currFilters).forEach((dataField) => {
     const filterObj = currFilters[dataField];
     filterFn = factory(filterObj.filterType);
-    result = filterFn(result, dataField, filterObj);
+    const { filterValue } = columns.find(col => col.dataField === dataField);
+    result = filterFn(result, dataField, filterObj, filterValue);
   });
   return result;
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/wrapper.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/wrapper.js
index 3f9363b..0cd8f44 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/wrapper.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/wrapper.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { filters } from './filter';
 export default class FilterWrapper extends Component {
   static propTypes = {
     store: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+    columns: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
     baseElement: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     _: PropTypes.object.isRequired
   }
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export default class FilterWrapper extends Component {
   }
 
   onFilter(column, filterVal, filterType) {
-    const { store, _ } = this.props;
+    const { store, columns, _ } = this.props;
     const { currFilters } = this.state;
     const { dataField, filter } = column;
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export default class FilterWrapper extends Component {
       currFilters[dataField] = { filterVal, filterType, comparator };
     }
 
-    store.filteredData = filters(store, _)(currFilters);
+    store.filteredData = filters(store, columns, _)(currFilters);
     store.filtering = Object.keys(currFilters).length > 0;
 
     this.setState(() => ({ currFilters, isDataChanged: true }));
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/test/filter.test.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/test/filter.test.js
index 7f55a55..508c25f 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/test/filter.test.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/test/filter.test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sinon from 'sinon';
 import _ from 'react-bootstrap-table2/src/utils';
 import Store from 'react-bootstrap-table2/src/store';
 
@@ -18,16 +19,27 @@ describe('filter', () => {
   let store;
   let filterFn;
   let currFilters;
+  let columns;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     store = new Store('id');
     store.data = data;
     currFilters = {};
+    columns = [{
+      dataField: 'id',
+      text: 'ID'
+    }, {
+      dataField: 'name',
+      text: 'Name'
+    }, {
+      dataField: 'price',
+      text: 'Price'
+    }];
   });
 
   describe('text filter', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      filterFn = filters(store, _);
+      filterFn = filters(store, columns, _);
     });
 
     describe(`when default comparator is ${LIKE}`, () => {
@@ -36,7 +48,7 @@ describe('filter', () => {
           filterVal: '3',
           filterType: FILTER_TYPE.TEXT
         };
-        
+
         const result = filterFn(currFilters);
         expect(result).toBeDefined();
         expect(result).toHaveLength(2);
@@ -50,11 +62,33 @@ describe('filter', () => {
           filterType: FILTER_TYPE.TEXT,
           comparator: EQ
         };
-        
+
         const result = filterFn(currFilters);
         expect(result).toBeDefined();
         expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
       });
     });
+
+    describe('column.filterValue is defined', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        columns[1].filterValue = sinon.stub();
+        filterFn = filters(store, columns, _);
+      });
+
+      it('should calling custom filterValue callback correctly', () => {
+        currFilters.name = {
+          filterVal: '3',
+          filterType: FILTER_TYPE.TEXT
+        };
+
+        const result = filterFn(currFilters);
+        expect(result).toBeDefined();
+        expect(columns[1].filterValue.callCount).toBe(data.length);
+        const calls = columns[1].filterValue.getCalls();
+        calls.forEach((call, i) => {
+          expect(call.calledWith(data[i].name, data[i])).toBeTruthy();
+        });
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/header-cell.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/header-cell.js
index d72f35b..80f819c 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/header-cell.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2/src/header-cell.js
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ HeaderCell.propTypes = {
     editCellStyle: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.object, PropTypes.func]),
     editCellClasses: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.func]),
     validator: PropTypes.func,
-    filter: PropTypes.object
+    filter: PropTypes.object,
+    filterValue: PropTypes.func
   }).isRequired,
   index: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
   onSort: PropTypes.func,