diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c73d0d0df..f98bda270 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "Inflector"
+version = "0.11.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fe438c63458706e03479442743baae6c88256498e6431708f6dfc520a26515d3"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
 version = "0.17.0"
@@ -680,6 +690,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nu-command"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "Inflector",
  "bytesize",
  "chrono",
  "chrono-humanize",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/where_.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/where_.rs
index 593b23ff1..66f6b6fe8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/where_.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/where_.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 use nu_engine::eval_expression;
 use nu_protocol::ast::{Call, Expr, Expression};
 use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack};
-use nu_protocol::{
-    IntoInterruptiblePipelineData, IntoPipelineData, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature,
-    SyntaxShape, Value,
-};
+use nu_protocol::{PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, SyntaxShape};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Where;
@@ -29,13 +26,12 @@ impl Command for Where {
         call: &Call,
         input: PipelineData,
     ) -> Result<nu_protocol::PipelineData, nu_protocol::ShellError> {
-        let head = call.head;
         let cond = call.positional[0].clone();
 
         let ctrlc = engine_state.ctrlc.clone();
         let engine_state = engine_state.clone();
 
-        // FIXME: very expensive
+        // FIXME: expensive
         let mut stack = stack.clone();
 
         let (var_id, cond) = match cond {
@@ -46,43 +42,18 @@ impl Command for Where {
             _ => return Err(ShellError::InternalError("Expected row condition".into())),
         };
 
-        match input {
-            PipelineData::Stream(stream) => Ok(stream
-                .filter(move |value| {
-                    stack.add_var(var_id, value.clone());
+        input.filter(
+            move |value| {
+                stack.add_var(var_id, value.clone());
 
-                    let result = eval_expression(&engine_state, &mut stack, &cond);
+                let result = eval_expression(&engine_state, &mut stack, &cond);
 
-                    match result {
-                        Ok(result) => result.is_true(),
-                        _ => false,
-                    }
-                })
-                .into_pipeline_data(ctrlc)),
-            PipelineData::Value(Value::List { vals, .. }) => Ok(vals
-                .into_iter()
-                .filter(move |value| {
-                    stack.add_var(var_id, value.clone());
-
-                    let result = eval_expression(&engine_state, &mut stack, &cond);
-
-                    match result {
-                        Ok(result) => result.is_true(),
-                        _ => false,
-                    }
-                })
-                .into_pipeline_data(ctrlc)),
-            PipelineData::Value(x) => {
-                stack.add_var(var_id, x.clone());
-
-                let result = eval_expression(&engine_state, &mut stack, &cond)?;
-
-                if result.is_true() {
-                    Ok(x.into_pipeline_data())
-                } else {
-                    Ok(PipelineData::new(head))
+                match result {
+                    Ok(result) => result.is_true(),
+                    _ => false,
                 }
-            }
-        }
+            },
+            ctrlc,
+        )
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline_data.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline_data.rs
index ac5694346..16dd9bb9f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline_data.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline_data.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,34 @@ impl PipelineData {
             PipelineData::Value(v) => Ok(f(v).into_iter().into_pipeline_data(ctrlc)),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn filter<F>(
+        self,
+        mut f: F,
+        ctrlc: Option<Arc<AtomicBool>>,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+        F: FnMut(&Value) -> bool + 'static + Send,
+    {
+        match self {
+            PipelineData::Value(Value::List { vals, .. }) => {
+                Ok(vals.into_iter().filter(f).into_pipeline_data(ctrlc))
+            }
+            PipelineData::Stream(stream) => Ok(stream.filter(f).into_pipeline_data(ctrlc)),
+            PipelineData::Value(Value::Range { val, .. }) => match val.into_range_iter() {
+                Ok(iter) => Ok(iter.filter(f).into_pipeline_data(ctrlc)),
+                Err(error) => Err(error),
+            },
+            PipelineData::Value(v) => {
+                if f(&v) {
+                    Ok(v.into_pipeline_data())
+                } else {
+                    Ok(Value::Nothing { span: v.span()? }.into_pipeline_data())
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // impl Default for PipelineData {
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index 45e7a15ac..36b7b36d5 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -849,3 +849,8 @@ fn range_and_reduction() -> TestResult {
 fn precedence_of_or_groups() -> TestResult {
     run_test(r#"4 mod 3 == 0 || 5 mod 5 == 0"#, "true")
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn where_on_ranges() -> TestResult {
+    run_test(r#"1..10 | where $it > 8 | math sum"#, "19")
+}