diff --git a/src/RsqlParserNet.Linq/RsqlPredicateBuilder.cs b/src/RsqlParserNet.Linq/RsqlPredicateBuilder.cs
index c7fdceb..3c01281 100644
--- a/src/RsqlParserNet.Linq/RsqlPredicateBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/RsqlParserNet.Linq/RsqlPredicateBuilder.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq.Expressions;
 
@@ -380,6 +381,12 @@ private static Expression ConvertValueExpression<T>(
 
         try
         {
+            var converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(nonNullableType);
+            if (converter != null && converter.CanConvertFrom(typeof(string)))
+            {
+                return converter.ConvertFrom(null, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, text);
+            }
+            
             if (nonNullableType == typeof(bool))
             {
                 converted = bool.Parse(text);