diff --git a/lib/pickle/parser/matchers.rb b/lib/pickle/parser/matchers.rb
index dd7a9718..18b1d668 100644
--- a/lib/pickle/parser/matchers.rb
+++ b/lib/pickle/parser/matchers.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ def match_field
         /(?:\w+\: [^,]+(?=$|,))/
       end
       
+      def match_value
+        /(?:nil|true|false|[+-]?[0-9]+(?:\.\d+)?)/
+      end
+        
       def match_fields
         /#{match_field.source}(?:, #{match_field.source})*/
       end
diff --git a/spec/pickle/parser/matchers_spec.rb b/spec/pickle/parser/matchers_spec.rb
index dd053f3b..4b514b2c 100644
--- a/spec/pickle/parser/matchers_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/pickle/parser/matchers_spec.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
   
     its(:match_pickle_ref) { should match_all 'a user', 'a user: "fred"', 'the 2nd user', 'the super_admin', '"fred"' }
     its(:match_pickle_ref) { should_not match_any 'another person:', 'another person: ', 'an admin user', 'a 2nd user', '' }
+    
+    its(:match_value) { should match_all '1', '2.56', 'true', 'false', '-67.7', 'nil' }
+    its(:match_value) { should_not match_any '1 1', '2_2.56', 'truthy', '`rm -rf`', 'exec' }
   
     describe "with config.factories = ['admin user', 'funky thing']" do
       before do