diff --git a/spec/QueryTools.spec.js b/spec/QueryTools.spec.js
index 7e09078dad..28bbc7a9e4 100644
--- a/spec/QueryTools.spec.js
+++ b/spec/QueryTools.spec.js
@@ -255,6 +255,71 @@ describe('matchesQuery', function () {
     expect(matchesQuery(img, q)).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('matches on queries with new format #parse-SDK-JS/pull/1373', function () {
+    const obj1 = {
+      objectId: 'Person01',
+      score: 12,
+      name: 'Bill',
+    };
+
+    const q = {
+      score: {
+        $eq: 12,
+      },
+    };
+    expect(matchesQuery(obj1, q)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('matches on queries with new format #parse-SDK-JS/pull/1373 for Pointer', function () {
+    const obj1 = {
+      objectId: 'Person01',
+      name: 'Bill',
+      age: 34,
+    };
+
+    const obj2 = {
+      objectId: 'Car01',
+      name: 'Volkswagen',
+      owner: pointer('Person', obj1.objectId),
+    };
+
+    const q = {
+      owner: {
+        $eq: pointer('Person', obj1.objectId),
+      },
+    };
+    expect(matchesQuery(obj2, q)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('matches on queries with new format #parse-SDK-JS/pull/1373 for Object', function () {
+    const obj1 = {
+      objectId: 'Person01',
+      addr: { planet: 'Earth' },
+    };
+
+    const q = {
+      addr: {
+        $eq: { planet: 'Earth' },
+      },
+    };
+    expect(matchesQuery(obj1, q)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('matches on queries with new format #parse-SDK-JS/pull/1373 for Array', function () {
+    const obj = {
+      objectId: 'Person01',
+      name: 'Bill',
+      nums: [1, 2, 3, 4],
+    };
+
+    const q = {
+      nums: {
+        $eq: 5,
+      },
+    };
+    expect(matchesQuery(obj, q)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('matches on inequalities', function () {
     const player = {
       id: new Id('Person', 'O1'),
diff --git a/src/LiveQuery/QueryTools.js b/src/LiveQuery/QueryTools.js
index 905919ef61..db9b4a0608 100644
--- a/src/LiveQuery/QueryTools.js
+++ b/src/LiveQuery/QueryTools.js
@@ -217,6 +217,32 @@ function matchesKeyConstraints(object, key, constraints) {
       compareTo = Parse._decode(key, compareTo);
     }
     switch (condition) {
+      case '$eq': {
+        if (typeof compareTo !== 'object') {
+          // Equality (or Array contains) cases
+          if (Array.isArray(object[key])) {
+            if (object[key].indexOf(constraints[condition]) === -1) {
+              return false;
+            }
+            break;
+          }
+          if (object[key] !== compareTo) {
+            return false;
+          }
+          break;
+        } else {
+          if (compareTo && constraints[condition].__type === 'Pointer') {
+            return equalObjectsGeneric(object[key], constraints[condition], function (obj, ptr) {
+              return (
+                typeof obj !== 'undefined' &&
+                ptr.className === obj.className &&
+                ptr.objectId === obj.objectId
+              );
+            });
+          }
+          return equalObjectsGeneric(object[key], compareTo, equalObjects);
+        }
+      }
       case '$lt':
         if (object[key] >= compareTo) {
           return false;