diff --git a/example/App.tsx b/example/App.tsx
index eba3ed4..0cb4b03 100644
--- a/example/App.tsx
+++ b/example/App.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ import {
     ShowGuesser,
     required,
     AutocompleteInput,
+    ReferenceInput,
+    SimpleForm,
+    TextInput,
+    Datagrid,
+    List,
+    TextField,
+    SearchInput,
 } from 'react-admin';
+import authProvider from './authProvider';
 import { QueryClient } from 'react-query';
 
 const queryClient = new QueryClient({
@@ -36,7 +44,7 @@ export const App = ({ dataProvider }: { dataProvider: DataProvider }) => {
             />
             <Resource
                 name="authors"
-                list={ListGuesser}
+                list={AuthorList}
                 edit={EditGuesser}
                 show={ShowGuesser}
                 recordRepresentation={(record) =>
@@ -47,11 +55,18 @@ export const App = ({ dataProvider }: { dataProvider: DataProvider }) => {
     );
 };
 
-import { ReferenceInput, SimpleForm, TextInput } from 'react-admin';
-import authProvider from './authProvider';
+const AuthorList = () => (
+    <List filters={[<SearchInput source="q" alwaysOn key="q" />]}>
+        <Datagrid rowClick="edit">
+            <TextField source="id" />
+            <TextField source="first_name" />
+            <TextField source="last_name" />
+        </Datagrid>
+    </List>
+);
 
 // The default value for the title field should cause a server validation error as it's not unique
-export const BookCreate = () => (
+const BookCreate = () => (
     <Create>
         <SimpleForm>
             <ReferenceInput source="author_id" reference="authors">
diff --git a/src/Collection.spec.ts b/src/Collection.spec.ts
index 55e9017..a72e461 100644
--- a/src/Collection.spec.ts
+++ b/src/Collection.spec.ts
@@ -403,6 +403,14 @@ describe('Collection', () => {
                     { id: 2, a: 'foo', b: 'bar' },
                     { id: 3, a: { b: 'bar' } },
                 ]);
+                expect(
+                    collection.getAll({ filter: { q: 'hello bar' } }),
+                ).toEqual([
+                    { id: 0, a: 'Hello', b: 'world' },
+                    { id: 1, a: 'helloworld', b: 'bunny' },
+                    { id: 2, a: 'foo', b: 'bar' },
+                    { id: 3, a: { b: 'bar' } },
+                ]);
             });
 
             it('should filter by range using _gte, _gt, _lte, and _lt', () => {
diff --git a/src/Collection.ts b/src/Collection.ts
index 45932e5..ca9614b 100644
--- a/src/Collection.ts
+++ b/src/Collection.ts
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ function filterItems<T extends CollectionItem = CollectionItem>(
         // turn filter properties to functions
         const filterFunctions = Object.keys(filter).map((key) => {
             if (key === 'q' && typeof filter.q === 'string') {
-                const regex = new RegExp(filter.q, 'i');
+                const regex = buildRegexSearch(filter.q);
 
                 const filterWithQuery = <
                     T2 extends CollectionItem = CollectionItem,
@@ -556,3 +556,22 @@ function rangeItems<T extends CollectionItem = CollectionItem>(
     }
     throw new Error('Unsupported range type');
 }
+
+function buildRegexSearch(input: string) {
+    // Trim the input to remove leading and trailing whitespace
+    const trimmedInput = input.trim();
+
+    // Escape special characters in the input to prevent regex injection
+    const escapedInput = trimmedInput.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+
+    // Split the input into words
+    const words = escapedInput.split(' ');
+
+    // Create a regex pattern to match any of the words
+    const pattern = words.map((word) => `(${word})`).join('|');
+
+    // Create a new RegExp object with the pattern, case insensitive
+    const regex = new RegExp(pattern, 'i');
+
+    return regex;
+}