diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index 62623b7..cde320a 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ function attachQueries (request) {
   request.options = {}
 
   // Iterate over dynamic query strings.
-  for (const parameter of Object.keys(query)) {
+  for (const parameter of Object.keys(query))
     // Attach fields option.
     if (parameter.match(isField)) {
       const sparseField = Array.isArray(query[parameter]) ?
@@ -330,10 +330,28 @@ function attachQueries (request) {
       const field = inflect(matches[1])
       const filterType = matches[2]
 
-      if (!(field in fields)) throw new BadRequestError(
-        `The field "${field}" is non-existent.`)
+      if (isRelationFilter(field)) {
+        const relationPath = field
+        if (filterType !== 'fuzzy-match')
+          throw new BadRequestError(
+            `Filtering relationship only
+            supported on fuzzy-match for now
+          `)
+
+        const isValidPath =
+              isValidRelationPath( recordTypes,
+                                   fields,
+                                   getRelationFilterSegments(field) )
+        if (! isValidPath )
+          throw new BadRequestError(`Path ${relationPath} is not valid`)
+      }
+
+      else if (!(field in fields))
+        throw new BadRequestError(`The field "${field}" is non-existent.`)
 
-      const fieldType = fields[field][keys.type]
+      const filterSegments = getRelationFilterSegments(field)
+      const fieldType = getLastTypeInPath( recordTypes,
+                                           fields, filterSegments )[keys.type]
 
       if (filterType === void 0) {
         if (!('match' in request.options)) request.options.match = {}
@@ -354,10 +372,31 @@ function attachQueries (request) {
         request.options.range[field][index] =
           castValue(query[parameter], fieldType, options)
       }
+      else if (filterType === 'fuzzy-match') {
+        const lastTypeInPath =
+              getLastTypeInPath( recordTypes,
+                                 fields,
+                                 getRelationFilterSegments(field) )
+        if ( ! lastTypeInPath[keys.type] )
+          throw new BadRequestError(
+            `fuzzy-match only allowed on attributes. For ${field}` )
+
+
+        if ( lastTypeInPath[keys.type].name !== 'String')
+          throw new BadRequestError(
+            `fuzzy-match only allowed on String types.
+             ${field} is of type ${lastTypeInPath[keys.type].name}
+          ` )
+
+
+        if (!('fuzzyMatch' in request.options))
+          request.options['fuzzyMatch'] = {}
+        request.options.fuzzyMatch[field] = query[parameter]
+      }
       else throw new BadRequestError(
         `The filter "${filterType}" is not valid.`)
     }
-  }
+
 
   // Attach include option.
   if (reservedKeys.include in query) {
@@ -516,3 +555,58 @@ function setInflectType (inflect, types) {
 
   return out
 }
+
+function isValidRelationPath ( recordTypes,
+                               fieldsCurrentType,
+                               remainingPathSegments ) {
+  if ( !remainingPathSegments.length )
+    return false
+
+  const pathSegment = remainingPathSegments[0]
+
+  if ( !fieldsCurrentType[pathSegment] )
+    return false
+
+  if ( fieldsCurrentType[pathSegment].type
+       && remainingPathSegments.length === 1 )
+    return true
+
+
+  const nextTypeToCompare = fieldsCurrentType[pathSegment].link
+  if ( nextTypeToCompare )
+    return isValidRelationPath( recordTypes,
+                                recordTypes[nextTypeToCompare],
+                                remainingPathSegments.slice(1) )
+
+  return false
+}
+
+function getLastTypeInPath ( recordTypes,
+                             fieldsCurrentType,
+                             remainingPathSegments ) {
+  if ( !remainingPathSegments.length )
+    return fieldsCurrentType
+
+
+  const pathSegment = remainingPathSegments[0]
+
+  if ( !fieldsCurrentType[pathSegment] )
+    return {}
+
+
+  const nextType = fieldsCurrentType[pathSegment].link
+  if ( nextType )
+    return getLastTypeInPath( recordTypes,
+                              recordTypes[nextType],
+                              remainingPathSegments.slice(1) )
+
+  return fieldsCurrentType[pathSegment]
+}
+
+function isRelationFilter ( field ) {
+  return field.split(':').length > 1
+}
+
+function getRelationFilterSegments ( field ) {
+  return field.split(':')
+}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d8cbe57..bf00cd2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -760,9 +760,8 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "fortune": {
-      "version": "5.5.17",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fortune/-/fortune-5.5.17.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-xFGDev45KLW0LCIakb3hT19WQ37tE0XxKvFSa3ZcWeUglcyhrK12xLhpG2QLR3aYCi+DpKzUcYIUJu3t7pmT1A==",
+      "version": "git+https://github.com/cecemel/fortune.git#64a6f63874b369fc2738c2f0a81e8fe8abd691fa",
+      "from": "git+https://github.com/cecemel/fortune.git#64a6f63874b369fc2738c2f0a81e8fe8abd691fa",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "error-class": "^2.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 50897f8..0cf06d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "chalk": "^3.0.0",
     "eslint": "^6.8.0",
     "eslint-config-boss": "^1.0.6",
-    "fortune": "^5.5.17",
+    "fortune": "https://github.com/cecemel/fortune.git#64a6f63874b369fc2738c2f0a81e8fe8abd691fa",
     "fortune-http": "^1.2.26",
     "tapdance": "^5.1.1"
   },
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 71f8e19..1bb9e7c 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -332,6 +332,21 @@ run((assert, comment) => {
   })
 })
 
+run((assert, comment) => {
+  comment(`filter fuzzy-match: Jane and John have
+          a common friend called something like "soft".`)
+  return test(`/users?${qs.stringify({
+    'filter[friends:name][fuzzy-match]': 'soft'
+  })}`, null, response => {
+    assert(validate(response.body), 'response adheres to json api')
+    assert(response.status === 200, 'status is correct')
+    assert(~response.body.links.self.indexOf('/users'), 'link is correct')
+    assert(deepEqual(
+      response.body.data.map(record => record.attributes.name).sort(),
+      [ 'Jane Doe', 'John Doe' ]), 'match is correct')
+  })
+})
+
 run((assert, comment) => {
   comment('dasherizes the camel cased fields')
   return test('/users/1', null, response => {