diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3422917e..01a12946 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ testem.log
 #System Files
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
+
+yarn.lock
diff --git a/examples/ng-cli/src/app/shared/ngx-filter.pipe.spec.ts b/examples/ng-cli/src/app/shared/ngx-filter.pipe.spec.ts
index 62ad0d15..dd42173c 100644
--- a/examples/ng-cli/src/app/shared/ngx-filter.pipe.spec.ts
+++ b/examples/ng-cli/src/app/shared/ngx-filter.pipe.spec.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,36 @@ describe('Pipe: FilterPipe', () => {
     expect(pipe.transform(objects, { name: 'Qwe123' })).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it('should get value from getter defined in class ancestor', () => {
+    class User {
+      firstName: string;
+      lastName: string;
+
+      constructor(first: string, last: string) {
+        this.firstName = first;
+        this.lastName = last;
+      }
+
+      get name() {
+        return `${ this.firstName } ${ this.lastName }`;
+      }
+    }
+
+    class UserEx extends User {
+
+    }
+
+    const userA = new UserEx('Abc', '123');
+    const objects = [
+      userA,
+      new UserEx('Qwe', '123')
+    ];
+
+    expect(pipe.transform(objects, { name: '123' })).toEqual(objects);
+    expect(pipe.transform(objects, { name: 'Abc 123' })).toEqual([userA]);
+    expect(pipe.transform(objects, { name: 'Qwe123' })).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it('should filter by empty filter string', () => {
     const objects = [
       'test',
diff --git a/examples/ng-cli/src/app/shared/ngx-filter.pipe.ts b/examples/ng-cli/src/app/shared/ngx-filter.pipe.ts
index eeca73ca..77bd2400 100644
--- a/examples/ng-cli/src/app/shared/ngx-filter.pipe.ts
+++ b/examples/ng-cli/src/app/shared/ngx-filter.pipe.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,16 @@ export class FilterPipe {
           continue;
         }
 
-        if (!value.hasOwnProperty(key) && !Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Object.getPrototypeOf(value), key)) {
+        let walker = value;
+        let found = false;
+        do {
+          if (walker.hasOwnProperty(key) || Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(walker, key)) {
+            found = true;
+            break;
+          }
+        } while (walker = Object.getPrototypeOf(walker));
+
+        if (!found) {
           return false;
         }
 
@@ -148,4 +157,4 @@ export class FilterPipe {
 
     return array.filter(this.filterDefault(filter));
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}