diff --git a/src/jsonpath/parser.rs b/src/jsonpath/parser.rs
index 3a889af..52e7b83 100644
--- a/src/jsonpath/parser.rs
+++ b/src/jsonpath/parser.rs
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ fn expr_atom(input: &[u8], root_predicate: bool) -> IResult<&[u8], Expr<'_>> {
 }
 
 fn filter_func(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], FilterFunc<'_>> {
-    alt((exists,))(input)
+    alt((exists, starts_with))(input)
 }
 
 fn exists(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], FilterFunc<'_>> {
@@ -441,6 +441,13 @@ fn exists_paths(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], Vec<Path<'_>>> {
     )(input)
 }
 
+fn starts_with(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], FilterFunc<'_>> {
+    preceded(
+        tag("starts with"),
+        preceded(multispace0, map(string, FilterFunc::StartsWith)),
+    )(input)
+}
+
 fn expr_and(input: &[u8], root_predicate: bool) -> IResult<&[u8], Expr<'_>> {
     map(
         separated_list1(delimited(multispace0, tag("&&"), multispace0), |i| {
@@ -478,3 +485,18 @@ fn expr_or(input: &[u8], root_predicate: bool) -> IResult<&[u8], Expr<'_>> {
         },
     )(input)
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_starts_with() {
+        let input = r#"starts with "Nigel""#;
+        let res = starts_with(input.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            res,
+            (&b""[..], FilterFunc::StartsWith(Cow::Borrowed("Nigel")))
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/jsonpath/path.rs b/src/jsonpath/path.rs
index dcc0784..b5a33f9 100644
--- a/src/jsonpath/path.rs
+++ b/src/jsonpath/path.rs
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ pub enum Expr<'a> {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub enum FilterFunc<'a> {
     Exists(Vec<Path<'a>>),
+    StartsWith(Cow<'a, str>),
 }
 
 impl<'a> Display for JsonPath<'a> {
@@ -401,6 +402,10 @@ impl<'a> Display for Expr<'a> {
                     }
                     f.write_str(")")?;
                 }
+                FilterFunc::StartsWith(paths) => {
+                    f.write_str("starts with ")?;
+                    write!(f, "{paths}")?;
+                }
             },
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/src/jsonpath/selector.rs b/src/jsonpath/selector.rs
index e3d0c09..39f09e9 100644
--- a/src/jsonpath/selector.rs
+++ b/src/jsonpath/selector.rs
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ impl<'a> Selector<'a> {
             },
             Expr::FilterFunc(filter_expr) => match filter_expr {
                 FilterFunc::Exists(paths) => self.eval_exists(root, pos, paths),
+                FilterFunc::StartsWith(prefix) => self.eval_starts_with(root, pos, prefix),
             },
             _ => todo!(),
         }
@@ -506,6 +507,16 @@ impl<'a> Selector<'a> {
         Ok(res)
     }
 
+    fn eval_starts_with(
+        &'a self,
+        _root: &'a [u8],
+        _pos: &Position,
+        _prefix: &str,
+    ) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        // todo
+        Ok(false)
+    }
+
     fn convert_expr_val(
         &'a self,
         root: &'a [u8],
diff --git a/tests/it/jsonpath_parser.rs b/tests/it/jsonpath_parser.rs
index 928fe1a..fcd3461 100644
--- a/tests/it/jsonpath_parser.rs
+++ b/tests/it/jsonpath_parser.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ fn test_json_path() {
         // exists expression
         r#"$.store.book?(exists(@.price?(@ > 20)))"#,
         r#"$.store?(exists(@.book?(exists(@.category?(@ == "fiction")))))"#,
+        r#"$.store.book?(starts with "Nigel")"#,
     ];
 
     for case in cases {
diff --git a/tests/it/testdata/json_path.txt b/tests/it/testdata/json_path.txt
index 4a5b223..9e0fd7f 100644
--- a/tests/it/testdata/json_path.txt
+++ b/tests/it/testdata/json_path.txt
@@ -1219,3 +1219,28 @@ JsonPath {
 }
 
 
+---------- Input ----------
+$.store.book?(starts with "Nigel")
+---------- Output ---------
+$.store.book?(starts with Nigel)
+---------- AST ------------
+JsonPath {
+    paths: [
+        Root,
+        DotField(
+            "store",
+        ),
+        DotField(
+            "book",
+        ),
+        FilterExpr(
+            FilterFunc(
+                StartsWith(
+                    "Nigel",
+                ),
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+}
+
+