diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
index 1f4550d8c..af7cf302c 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/BasicEntityPersister.php
@@ -1584,7 +1584,15 @@ class BasicEntityPersister
         );
     }
 
-    private function generateFilterConditionSQL(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
+    /**
+     * Generates the filter SQL for a given entity and table alias.
+     *
+     * @param ClassMetadata $targetEntity Metadata of the target entity.
+     * @param string $targetTableAlias The table alias of the joined/selected table.
+     *
+     * @return string The SQL query part to add to a query.
+     */
+    protected function generateFilterConditionSQL(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
     {
         $filterSql = '';
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php
index 9e9477f0a..73e65797c 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php
@@ -491,18 +491,4 @@ class JoinedSubclassPersister extends AbstractEntityInheritancePersister
         $this->_class->setFieldValue($entity, $this->_class->versionField, $value);
     }
 
-    private function generateFilterConditionSQL(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
-    {
-        $filterSql = '';
-
-        $first =  true;
-        foreach($this->_em->getFilters()->getEnabledFilters() as $filter) {
-            if("" !== $filterExpr = $filter->addFilterConstraint($targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)) {
-                if ( ! $first) $filterSql .= ' AND '; else $first = false;
-                $filterSql .= '(' . $filterExpr . ')';
-            }
-        }
-
-        return $filterSql;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/SingleTablePersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/SingleTablePersister.php
index 0f1b9e3de..d11486e93 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/SingleTablePersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/SingleTablePersister.php
@@ -131,4 +131,16 @@ class SingleTablePersister extends AbstractEntityInheritancePersister
 
         return $conditionSql;
     }
+
+    /** {@inheritdoc} */
+    protected function generateFilterConditionSQL(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias)
+    {
+        // Ensure that the filters are applied to the root entity of the inheritance tree
+        $realTargetEntity = $targetEntity;
+        if($targetEntity->name !== $targetEntity->rootEntityName) {
+            $realTargetEntity = $this->_em->getClassMetadata($targetEntity->rootEntityName);
+        }
+
+        return parent::generateFilterConditionSQL($realTargetEntity, $targetTableAlias);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SQLFilterTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SQLFilterTest.php
index 5d9803277..2353814b0 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SQLFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SQLFilterTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyPerson;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyManager;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyEmployee;
 
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyFlexContract;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyFlexUltraContract;
+
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../../TestInit.php';
 
 /**
@@ -515,7 +518,7 @@ class SQLFilterTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
 
     public function testJoinSubclassPersister_FilterOnlyOnRootTableWhenFetchingSubEntity()
     {
-        $this->loadCompanyFixtureData();
+        $this->loadCompanyJoinedSubclassFixtureData();
         $this->assertEquals(2, count($this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyManager')->findAll()));
 
         // Enable the filter
@@ -532,7 +535,7 @@ class SQLFilterTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
 
     public function testJoinSubclassPersister_FilterOnlyOnRootTableWhenFetchingRootEntity()
     {
-        $this->loadCompanyFixtureData();
+        $this->loadCompanyJoinedSubclassFixtureData();
         $this->assertEquals(3, count($this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyPerson')->findAll()));
 
         // Enable the filter
@@ -542,12 +545,12 @@ class SQLFilterTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
             ->enable("person_name")
             ->setParameter("name", "Guilh%", \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::getType(\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::STRING)->getBindingType());
 
-        $managers = $this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyPerson')->findAll();
-        $this->assertEquals(1, count($managers));
-        $this->assertEquals("Guilherme", $managers[0]->getName());
+        $persons = $this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyPerson')->findAll();
+        $this->assertEquals(1, count($persons));
+        $this->assertEquals("Guilherme", $persons[0]->getName());
     }
 
-    private function loadCompanyFixtureData()
+    private function loadCompanyJoinedSubclassFixtureData()
     {
         $manager = new CompanyManager;
         $manager->setName('Roman');
@@ -570,6 +573,52 @@ class SQLFilterTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->_em->flush();
         $this->_em->clear();
     }
+
+    public function testSingleTableInheritance_FilterOnlyOnRootTableWhenFetchingSubEntity()
+    {
+        $this->loadCompanySingleTableInheritanceFixtureData();
+        $this->assertEquals(2, count($this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyFlexUltraContract')->findAll()));
+
+        // Enable the filter
+        $conf = $this->_em->getConfiguration();
+        $conf->addFilter("completed_contract", "\Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\CompletedContractFilter");
+        $this->_em->getFilters()
+            ->enable("completed_contract");
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, count($this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyFlexUltraContract')->findAll()));
+    }
+
+    public function testSingleTableInheritance_FilterOnlyOnRootTableWhenFetchingRootEntity()
+    {
+        $this->loadCompanySingleTableInheritanceFixtureData();
+        $this->assertEquals(4, count($this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyFlexContract')->findAll()));
+
+        // Enable the filter
+        $conf = $this->_em->getConfiguration();
+        $conf->addFilter("completed_contract", "\Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\CompletedContractFilter");
+        $this->_em->getFilters()
+            ->enable("completed_contract");
+
+        $this->assertEquals(2, count($this->_em->getRepository('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyFlexContract')->findAll()));
+    }
+
+    private function loadCompanySingleTableInheritanceFixtureData()
+    {
+        $contract1 = new CompanyFlexUltraContract;
+        $contract2 = new CompanyFlexUltraContract;
+        $contract2->markCompleted();
+
+        $contract3 = new CompanyFlexContract;
+        $contract4 = new CompanyFlexContract;
+        $contract4->markCompleted();
+
+        $this->_em->persist($contract1);
+        $this->_em->persist($contract2);
+        $this->_em->persist($contract3);
+        $this->_em->persist($contract4);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+        $this->_em->clear();
+    }
 }
 
 class MySoftDeleteFilter extends SQLFilter
@@ -642,3 +691,15 @@ class CompanyPersonNameFilter extends SQLFilter
         return $targetTableAlias.'.name LIKE ' . $this->getParameter('name');
     }
 }
+
+class CompletedContractFilter extends SQLFilter
+{
+    public function addFilterConstraint(ClassMetadata $targetEntity, $targetTableAlias, $targetTable = '')
+    {
+        if ($targetEntity->name != "Doctrine\Tests\Models\Company\CompanyContract") {
+            return "";
+        }
+
+        return $targetTableAlias.'.completed = 1';
+    }
+}