diff --git a/pubs/query.py b/pubs/query.py
index 52b96c9..40f3460 100644
--- a/pubs/query.py
+++ b/pubs/query.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from bibtexparser.latexenc import latex_to_unicode
 from . import bibstruct
 
 
@@ -24,15 +25,16 @@ class QueryFilter(object):
         if case_sensitive is None:
             case_sensitive = not query.islower()
         self.case = case_sensitive
-        self.query = self._lower(query)
+        self.query = self._normalize(query)
 
     def __call__(self, paper):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def _is_query_in(self, field_value):
-        return self.query in self._lower(field_value)
+        return self.query in self._normalize(field_value)
 
-    def _lower(self, s):
+    def _normalize(self, s):
+        s = latex_to_unicode(s)
         return s if self.case else s.lower()
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_queries.py b/tests/test_queries.py
index 59c71cd..0508794 100644
--- a/tests/test_queries.py
+++ b/tests/test_queries.py
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ class TestCheckField(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(
             FieldFilter('title', 'nice', case_sensitive=True)(doe_paper))
 
+    def test_latex_enc(self):
+        latexenc_paper = doe_paper.deepcopy()
+        latexenc_paper.bibentry['Doe2013']['title'] = "{G}r{\\\"u}n"
+        self.assertTrue(
+            FieldFilter('title', 'Grün')(latexenc_paper))
+        self.assertTrue(
+            FieldFilter('title', 'Gr{\\\"u}n')(latexenc_paper))
+
 
 class TestCheckQueryBlock(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -122,6 +130,14 @@ class TestFilterPaper(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(get_paper_filter(['author:doe', 'year:2014-'])(doe_paper))
         self.assertFalse(get_paper_filter(['author:doee', 'year:2014'])(doe_paper))
 
+    def test_latex_enc(self):
+        latexenc_paper = doe_paper.deepcopy()
+        latexenc_paper.bibentry['Doe2013']['title'] = "{E}l Ni{\~n}o"
+        latexenc_paper.bibentry['Doe2013']['author'][0] = "Erd\H{o}s, Paul"
+        self.assertTrue(get_paper_filter(['title:El'])(latexenc_paper))
+        self.assertTrue(get_paper_filter(['title:Niño'])(latexenc_paper))
+        self.assertTrue(get_paper_filter(['author:erdős'])(latexenc_paper))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()