diff --git a/src/base-mixin.js b/src/base-mixin.js
index 666b00357..6087f59fe 100644
--- a/src/base-mixin.js
+++ b/src/base-mixin.js
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ dc.baseMixin = function (_chart) {
         } else if (filters.length === 1 && !filters[0].isFiltered) {
             // single value and not a function-based filter
             dimension.filterExact(filters[0]);
+        } else if (filters.length === 1 && filters[0].filterType==='RangedFilter') {
+            // single value and not a function-based filter
+            dimension.filterRange(filters[0]);
         } else {
             dimension.filterFunction(function (d) {
                 for (var i = 0; i < filters.length; i++) {
diff --git a/src/filters.js b/src/filters.js
index 9749e6763..3bc25c7ba 100644
--- a/src/filters.js
+++ b/src/filters.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dc.filters.RangedFilter = function (low, high) {
     range.isFiltered = function (value) {
         return value >= this[0] && value < this[1];
     };
+    range.filterType = 'RangedFilter';
 
     return range;
 };
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ dc.filters.TwoDimensionalFilter = function (filter) {
         return value.length && value.length === f.length &&
                value[0] === f[0] && value[1] === f[1];
     };
+    f.filterType = 'TwoDimensionalFilter';
 
     return f;
 };
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ dc.filters.RangedTwoDimensionalFilter = function (filter) {
         return x >= fromBottomLeft[0][0] && x < fromBottomLeft[1][0] &&
                y >= fromBottomLeft[0][1] && y < fromBottomLeft[1][1];
     };
+    f.filterType = 'RangedTwoDimensionalFilter';
 
     return f;
 };