diff --git a/src/clj/fluree/db/query/fql/parse.cljc b/src/clj/fluree/db/query/fql/parse.cljc
index bd73d4ed6..b39d92c08 100644
--- a/src/clj/fluree/db/query/fql/parse.cljc
+++ b/src/clj/fluree/db/query/fql/parse.cljc
@@ -75,16 +75,20 @@
 (defn match-value-binding-map
   [var-match binding-map context]
   (let [attrs (expand-keys binding-map context)
+        id    (get attrs const/iri-id)
         val   (get attrs const/iri-value)]
-    (if-let [dt-iri (get-expanded-datatype attrs context)]
-      (if (= const/iri-anyURI dt-iri)
-        (let [expanded (json-ld/expand-iri val context)]
-          (where/match-iri var-match expanded))
-        (where/match-value var-match val dt-iri))
-      (if-let [lang (get attrs const/iri-language)]
-        (where/match-value var-match val const/iri-lang-string {:lang lang})
-        (let [dt (datatype/infer-iri val)]
-          (where/match-value var-match val dt))))))
+    (cond id (let [expanded (json-ld/expand-iri id context)]
+               (where/match-iri var-match expanded))
+          :else
+          (if-let [dt-iri (get-expanded-datatype attrs context)]
+            (if (= const/iri-anyURI dt-iri)
+              (let [expanded (json-ld/expand-iri val context)]
+                (where/match-iri var-match expanded))
+              (where/match-value var-match val dt-iri))
+            (if-let [lang (get attrs const/iri-language)]
+              (where/match-value var-match val const/iri-lang-string {:lang lang})
+              (let [dt (datatype/infer-iri val)]
+                (where/match-value var-match val dt)))))))
 
 (defn match-value-binding
   [var-match value context]
diff --git a/test/fluree/db/query/values_test.clj b/test/fluree/db/query/values_test.clj
index ca5d0bef1..847275497 100644
--- a/test/fluree/db/query/values_test.clj
+++ b/test/fluree/db/query/values_test.clj
@@ -34,7 +34,18 @@
           (is (= [["foo1"] ["foo2"] ["foo3"]]
                  @(fluree/query db1 {"select" ["?foo"]
                                      "values" ["?foo" ["foo1" "foo2" "foo3" ]]}))
-              "syntactic form is parsed correctly"))))
+              "syntactic form is parsed correctly")))
+      (testing "iri values"
+        (is (= [["Brian" "brian@example.org"]
+                ["Cam" "cam@example.org"]]
+               @(fluree/query db1 {"@context" context
+                                   "select" ["?name" "?email"]
+                                   "where" [{"@id" "?s" "schema:name" "?name"}
+                                            {"@id" "?s" "schema:email" "?email"}
+                                            ["values"
+                                             ["?s" [{"@id" "ex:cam"}
+                                                    {"@id" "ex:brian"}]]]]}))
+            "id-maps can be used to distinguish iris")))
     (testing "where pattern"
       (testing "single var"
         (is (= [["Brian" "brian@example.org"]
@@ -56,7 +67,7 @@
                                             {"@id" "?s" "schema:email" "?email"}
                                             ["values"
                                              [["?s"] [[{"@type" "xsd:anyURI" "@value" "ex:cam"}]
-                                                      [{"@type" "xsd:anyURI" "@value" "ex:brian"}]]]]]}))
+                                                      [{"@id" "ex:brian"}]]]]]}))
             "syntactic form is parsed correctly"))
       (testing "nested under optional clause"
         (is (= [["Nikola" nil true]]