diff --git a/pkg/datastore/filedb/filter.go b/pkg/datastore/filedb/filter.go
index 56b1605d7a..7228c2a7a8 100644
--- a/pkg/datastore/filedb/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/datastore/filedb/filter.go
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ func filter(col datastore.Collection, e interface{}, filters []datastore.ListFil
 			return false, nil
 		}
 
-		cmp, err := compare(val, filter.Value, filter.Operator)
+		operand, err := normalizeFieldValue(filter.Value)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		cmp, err := compare(val, operand, filter.Operator)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
@@ -220,3 +225,33 @@ func normalizeFieldName(key string) string {
 	}
 	return strings.ToLower(string(key[0])) + key[1:]
 }
+
+// normalizeFieldValue converts value of any type to the primitive type
+// Note: Find a better way to handle this instead of marshal/unmarshal.
+func normalizeFieldValue(val interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	var needConvert = false
+	switch val.(type) {
+	case int, int8, int16, int32, int64:
+	case uint, uint8, uint16, uint32:
+	case float32, float64:
+	case string:
+	case bool:
+	default:
+		needConvert = true
+	}
+
+	if !needConvert {
+		return val, nil
+	}
+
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(val)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var out interface{}
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(raw, &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/datastore/filedb/filter_test.go b/pkg/datastore/filedb/filter_test.go
index da8ea5da9b..bcc4b22d8b 100644
--- a/pkg/datastore/filedb/filter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/datastore/filedb/filter_test.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Field:    "Kind",
 					Operator: datastore.OperatorEqual,
-					Value:    0,
+					Value:    model.ApplicationKind_KUBERNETES,
 				},
 			},
 			expect: true,
@@ -316,6 +316,30 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expect: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "filter with IN operator - passed",
+			entity: &model.Deployment{Status: model.DeploymentStatus_DEPLOYMENT_PENDING},
+			filters: []datastore.ListFilter{
+				{
+					Field:    "Status",
+					Operator: datastore.OperatorIn,
+					Value:    model.GetNotCompletedDeploymentStatuses(),
+				},
+			},
+			expect: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "filter with IN operator - not passed",
+			entity: &model.Deployment{Status: model.DeploymentStatus_DEPLOYMENT_CANCELLED},
+			filters: []datastore.ListFilter{
+				{
+					Field:    "Status",
+					Operator: datastore.OperatorIn,
+					Value:    model.GetNotCompletedDeploymentStatuses(),
+				},
+			},
+			expect: false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testcases {