diff --git a/spec/QueryTools.spec.js b/spec/QueryTools.spec.js
index dbd3c9a5d39..8dbda98b0a6 100644
--- a/spec/QueryTools.spec.js
+++ b/spec/QueryTools.spec.js
@@ -125,6 +125,35 @@ describe('matchesQuery', function () {
     expect(matchesQuery(obj, q)).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('matches queries with eq constraint', function () {
+    const obj = {
+      objectId: 'Person2',
+      score: 12,
+      name: 'Tom',
+    };
+
+    const q1 = {
+      objectId: {
+        $eq: 'Person2',
+      },
+    };
+
+    const q2 = {
+      score: {
+        $eq: 12,
+      },
+    };
+
+    const q3 = {
+      name: {
+        $eq: 'Tom',
+      },
+    };
+    expect(matchesQuery(obj, q1)).toBe(true);
+    expect(matchesQuery(obj, q2)).toBe(true);
+    expect(matchesQuery(obj, q3)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('matches on equality queries', function () {
     const day = new Date();
     const location = new Parse.GeoPoint({
diff --git a/src/LiveQuery/QueryTools.js b/src/LiveQuery/QueryTools.js
index 50d8d3394a1..1607278f46f 100644
--- a/src/LiveQuery/QueryTools.js
+++ b/src/LiveQuery/QueryTools.js
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ function matchesKeyConstraints(object, key, constraints) {
           return false;
         }
         break;
+      case '$eq':
+        if (!equalObjects(object[key], compareTo)) {
+          return false;
+        }
+        break;
       case '$ne':
         if (equalObjects(object[key], compareTo)) {
           return false;