diff --git a/src/gui/qgsfieldproxymodel.cpp b/src/gui/qgsfieldproxymodel.cpp
index f0a14aa6e02c..831d9cb45eee 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsfieldproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsfieldproxymodel.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ bool QgsFieldProxyModel::filterAcceptsRow( int source_row, const QModelIndex &so
       ( mFilters.testFlag( LongLong ) && type == QVariant::LongLong ) ||
       ( mFilters.testFlag( Int ) && type == QVariant::Int ) ||
       ( mFilters.testFlag( Double ) && type == QVariant::Double ) ||
-      ( mFilters.testFlag( Date ) && type == QVariant::Date ) )
+      ( mFilters.testFlag( Date ) && type == QVariant::Date ) ||
+      ( mFilters.testFlag( Date ) && type == QVariant::DateTime ) )
     return true;
 
   return false;
diff --git a/tests/src/gui/testqgsfieldexpressionwidget.cpp b/tests/src/gui/testqgsfieldexpressionwidget.cpp
index ff8d5f00af25..9700f384beaa 100644
--- a/tests/src/gui/testqgsfieldexpressionwidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/gui/testqgsfieldexpressionwidget.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class TestQgsFieldExpressionWidget : public QObject
     void testRemoveJoin();
     void asExpression();
     void testIsValid();
+    void testFilters();
 
   private:
     QgsFieldExpressionWidget* mWidget;
@@ -219,6 +220,55 @@ void TestQgsFieldExpressionWidget::testIsValid()
   QgsMapLayerRegistry::instance()->removeMapLayer( layer );
 }
 
+void TestQgsFieldExpressionWidget::testFilters()
+{
+  QgsVectorLayer* layer = new QgsVectorLayer( "point?field=intfld:int&field=stringfld:string&field=string2fld:string&field=longfld:long&field=doublefld:double&field=datefld:date&field=timefld:time&field=datetimefld:datetime", "x", "memory" );
+  QgsMapLayerRegistry::instance()->addMapLayer( layer );
+
+  QScopedPointer< QgsFieldExpressionWidget > widget( new QgsFieldExpressionWidget() );
+  widget->setLayer( layer );
+
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->count(), 8 );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 0 ), QString( "intfld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 1 ), QString( "stringfld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 2 ), QString( "string2fld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 3 ), QString( "longfld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 4 ), QString( "doublefld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 5 ), QString( "datefld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 6 ), QString( "timefld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 7 ), QString( "datetimefld" ) );
+
+  widget->setFilters( QgsFieldProxyModel::String );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->count(), 2 );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 0 ), QString( "stringfld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 1 ), QString( "string2fld" ) );
+
+  widget->setFilters( QgsFieldProxyModel::Int );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->count(), 1 );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 0 ), QString( "intfld" ) );
+
+  widget->setFilters( QgsFieldProxyModel::LongLong );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->count(), 1 );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 0 ), QString( "longfld" ) );
+
+  widget->setFilters( QgsFieldProxyModel::Double );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->count(), 1 );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 0 ), QString( "doublefld" ) );
+
+  widget->setFilters( QgsFieldProxyModel::Numeric );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->count(), 3 );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 0 ), QString( "intfld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 1 ), QString( "longfld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 2 ), QString( "doublefld" ) );
+
+  widget->setFilters( QgsFieldProxyModel::Date );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->count(), 2 );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 0 ), QString( "datefld" ) );
+  QCOMPARE( widget->mCombo->itemText( 1 ), QString( "datetimefld" ) );
+
+  QgsMapLayerRegistry::instance()->removeMapLayer( layer );
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN( TestQgsFieldExpressionWidget )
 #include "testqgsfieldexpressionwidget.moc"