diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/h2/V1.21.0__cast_function.sql b/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/h2/V1.21.0__cast_function.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..146bf3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/h2/V1.21.0__cast_function.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+DROP ALIAS IF EXISTS CAST_TO_NUMERIC;
+CREATE ALIAS CAST_TO_NUMERIC AS '
+import java.text.*;
+import java.math.*;
+@CODE
+BigDecimal castToNumeric(String s) throws Exception {
+  try { return new BigDecimal(s); }
+  catch (Exception e) {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+'
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/mariadb/V1.21.0__cast_function.sql b/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/mariadb/V1.21.0__cast_function.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24ae76de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/mariadb/V1.21.0__cast_function.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-- Create a function to cast to a numeric, if an error occurs return null
+-- Could not get it working with decimal type, so using double
+create or replace function CAST_TO_NUMERIC (s char(255))
+returns double deterministic
+return cast(s as double);
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/postgresql/V1.21.0__cast_function.sql b/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/postgresql/V1.21.0__cast_function.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b603275c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/resources/db/migration/postgresql/V1.21.0__cast_function.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+-- Create a function to cast to a numeric, if an error occurs return null
+create or replace function CAST_TO_NUMERIC(text) returns numeric as $$
+begin
+    return cast($1 as numeric);
+exception
+    when invalid_text_representation then
+        return null;
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql immutable;
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/DBFunction.scala b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/DBFunction.scala
index 58cca850..40db91b2 100644
--- a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/DBFunction.scala
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/DBFunction.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ object DBFunction {
 
   case class Cast(expr: SelectExpr, newType: String) extends DBFunction
 
+  case class CastNumeric(expr: SelectExpr) extends DBFunction
+
   case class Avg(expr: SelectExpr) extends DBFunction
 
   case class Sum(expr: SelectExpr) extends DBFunction
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/DSL.scala b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/DSL.scala
index fba05543..63a0afc4 100644
--- a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/DSL.scala
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/DSL.scala
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ trait DSL extends DoobieMeta {
   def cast(expr: SelectExpr, targetType: String): DBFunction =
     DBFunction.Cast(expr, targetType)
 
+  def castNumeric(expr: SelectExpr): DBFunction =
+    DBFunction.CastNumeric(expr)
+
   def coalesce(expr: SelectExpr, more: SelectExpr*): DBFunction.Coalesce =
     DBFunction.Coalesce(expr, more.toVector)
 
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/generator/ItemQueryGenerator.scala b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/generator/ItemQueryGenerator.scala
index 18cdf909..71760463 100644
--- a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/generator/ItemQueryGenerator.scala
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/generator/ItemQueryGenerator.scala
@@ -242,16 +242,33 @@ object ItemQueryGenerator {
   )(coll: Ident, op: QOp, value: String): Select = {
     val cf  = RCustomField.as("cf")
     val cfv = RCustomFieldValue.as("cfv")
-    val v   = if (op == QOp.LowerLike) QueryWildcard.lower(value) else value
-    Select(
-      select(cfv.itemId),
-      from(cfv).innerJoin(cf, cf.id === cfv.field),
-      cf.cid === coll && sel(cf) && Condition.CompareVal(
-        cfv.value,
-        op,
-        v
+
+    val baseSelect =
+      Select(
+        select(cfv.itemId),
+        from(cfv).innerJoin(cf, sel(cf) && cf.cid === coll && cf.id === cfv.field)
       )
-    )
+
+    if (op == QOp.LowerLike) {
+      val v = QueryWildcard.lower(value)
+      baseSelect.where(Condition.CompareVal(cfv.value, op, v))
+    } else {
+      val stringCmp =
+        Condition.CompareVal(cfv.value, op, value)
+
+      value.toDoubleOption
+        .map { n =>
+          val numericCmp = Condition.CompareFVal(castNumeric(cfv.value.s), op, n)
+          val fieldIsNumeric =
+            cf.ftype === CustomFieldType.Numeric || cf.ftype === CustomFieldType.Money
+          val fieldNotNumeric =
+            cf.ftype <> CustomFieldType.Numeric && cf.ftype <> CustomFieldType.Money
+          baseSelect.where(
+            (fieldIsNumeric && numericCmp) || (fieldNotNumeric && stringCmp)
+          )
+        }
+        .getOrElse(baseSelect.where(stringCmp))
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/impl/DBFunctionBuilder.scala b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/impl/DBFunctionBuilder.scala
index 3a75569a..c57a9ac3 100644
--- a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/impl/DBFunctionBuilder.scala
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/qb/impl/DBFunctionBuilder.scala
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ object DBFunctionBuilder extends CommonBuilder {
           fr" AS" ++ Fragment.const(newType) ++
           sql")"
 
+      case DBFunction.CastNumeric(f) =>
+        sql"CAST_TO_NUMERIC(" ++ SelectExprBuilder.build(f) ++ sql")"
+
       case DBFunction.Avg(expr) =>
         sql"AVG(" ++ SelectExprBuilder.build(expr) ++ fr")"