diff --git a/src/query-builder/QueryBuilder.ts b/src/query-builder/QueryBuilder.ts
index d55a32a5d9..3ad96a1274 100644
--- a/src/query-builder/QueryBuilder.ts
+++ b/src/query-builder/QueryBuilder.ts
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ export abstract class QueryBuilder<Entity> {
     /**
      * Computes given where argument - transforms to a where string all forms it can take.
      */
-    protected createWhereConditionExpression(condition: WhereClauseCondition): string {
+    protected createWhereConditionExpression(condition: WhereClauseCondition, alwaysWrap: boolean = false): string {
         if (typeof condition === "string")
             return condition;
 
@@ -828,7 +828,9 @@ export abstract class QueryBuilder<Entity> {
                 return "1=1";
             }
 
-            if (condition.length === 1) {
+            // In the future we should probably remove this entire condition
+            // but for now to prevent any breaking changes it exists.
+            if (condition.length === 1 && !alwaysWrap) {
                 return this.createWhereClausesExpression(condition);
             }
 
@@ -872,6 +874,8 @@ export abstract class QueryBuilder<Entity> {
 
             case "not":
                 return `NOT(${this.createWhereConditionExpression(condition.condition)})`;
+            case "brackets":
+                return `${this.createWhereConditionExpression(condition.condition, true)}`;
         }
 
         throw new TypeError(`Unsupported FindOperator ${FindOperator.constructor.name}`);
@@ -1184,7 +1188,10 @@ export abstract class QueryBuilder<Entity> {
 
             where.whereFactory(whereQueryBuilder as any);
 
-            return whereQueryBuilder.expressionMap.wheres;
+            return {
+                operator: "brackets",
+                condition: whereQueryBuilder.expressionMap.wheres
+            };
         }
 
         if (where instanceof Function) {
diff --git a/src/query-builder/WhereClause.ts b/src/query-builder/WhereClause.ts
index 1a239b16b8..47b6b0fa28 100644
--- a/src/query-builder/WhereClause.ts
+++ b/src/query-builder/WhereClause.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-type WrappingOperator = "not";
+type WrappingOperator = "not" | "brackets";
 
 type PredicateOperator = "lessThan" | "lessThanOrEqual" | "moreThan" | "moreThanOrEqual" | "equal" | "notEqual" | "ilike" | "like" | "between" | "in" | "any" | "isNull";
 
diff --git a/test/functional/query-builder/brackets/query-builder-brackets.ts b/test/functional/query-builder/brackets/query-builder-brackets.ts
index 5d653c6179..c249d3af91 100644
--- a/test/functional/query-builder/brackets/query-builder-brackets.ts
+++ b/test/functional/query-builder/brackets/query-builder-brackets.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,44 @@ import {User} from "./entity/User";
 import {Brackets} from "../../../../src/query-builder/Brackets";
 
 describe("query builder > brackets", () => {
-    
+
     let connections: Connection[];
     before(async () => connections = await createTestingConnections({
         entities: [__dirname + "/entity/*{.js,.ts}"],
+        enabledDrivers: [ "sqlite" ],
     }));
     beforeEach(() => reloadTestingDatabases(connections));
     after(() => closeTestingConnections(connections));
 
+    it("should put parentheses in the SQL", () => Promise.all(connections.map(async connection => {
+        const sql = await connection.createQueryBuilder(User, "user")
+            .where("user.isAdmin = :isAdmin", { isAdmin: true })
+            .orWhere(new Brackets(qb => {
+                qb.where("user.firstName = :firstName1", { firstName1: "Hello" })
+                    .andWhere("user.lastName = :lastName1", { lastName1: "Mars" });
+            }))
+            .orWhere(new Brackets(qb => {
+                qb.where("user.firstName = :firstName2", { firstName2: "Hello" })
+                    .andWhere("user.lastName = :lastName2", { lastName2: "Earth" });
+            }))
+            .andWhere(new Brackets(qb => {
+                qb.where("user.firstName = :firstName3 AND foo = bar", { firstName3: "Hello" })
+
+            }))
+            .disableEscaping()
+            .getSql()
+
+        expect(sql).to.be.equal(
+            "SELECT user.id AS user_id, user.firstName AS user_firstName, " +
+            "user.lastName AS user_lastName, user.isAdmin AS user_isAdmin " +
+            "FROM user user " +
+            "WHERE user.isAdmin = ? " +
+            "OR (user.firstName = ? AND user.lastName = ?) " +
+            "OR (user.firstName = ? AND user.lastName = ?) " +
+            "AND (user.firstName = ? AND foo = bar)"
+        )
+    })));
+
     it("should put brackets correctly into WHERE expression", () => Promise.all(connections.map(async connection => {
 
         const user1 = new User();
@@ -50,4 +80,4 @@ describe("query builder > brackets", () => {
 
     })));
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/test/functional/query-builder/select/query-builder-select.ts b/test/functional/query-builder/select/query-builder-select.ts
index 6fe1f385cd..9c16adfa16 100644
--- a/test/functional/query-builder/select/query-builder-select.ts
+++ b/test/functional/query-builder/select/query-builder-select.ts
@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@ describe("query builder > select", () => {
 
             expect(sql).to.equal(
                 'SELECT post.id AS post_id FROM external_post post WHERE ' +
-                '((post.outlet = ? AND post.id = ?) OR ' +
-                '(post.outlet = ? AND post.id = ?) OR ' +
-                '(post.outlet = ? AND post.id = ?))'
+                '(((post.outlet = ? AND post.id = ?)) OR ' +
+                '((post.outlet = ? AND post.id = ?)) OR ' +
+                '((post.outlet = ? AND post.id = ?)))'
             )
             expect(params).to.eql([ "foo", 1, "bar", 2, "baz", 5 ])
         })))
@@ -428,9 +428,9 @@ describe("query builder > select", () => {
 
             expect(sql).to.equal(
                 'SELECT post.id AS post_id FROM external_post post WHERE ' +
-                '((post.outlet = ? AND post.id = ?) OR ' +
-                '(post.outlet = ? AND post.id = ?) OR ' +
-                'post.id = ?)'
+                '(((post.outlet = ? AND post.id = ?)) OR ' +
+                '((post.outlet = ? AND post.id = ?)) OR ' +
+                '(post.id = ?))'
             )
             expect(params).to.eql([ "foo", 1, "bar", 2, 5 ])
         })))