diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f245acb3e..0fa723a81 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
    status (thanks to Steve Rader).
  + Fixed bug that caused entry, end, start and wait dates to not use report-
    specific date format overrides (thanks to Eric Fluger).
+ + Fixed bug #485, which caused filters of 'recur' to fail for partial matches
+   (thanks to T. Charles Yun).
  + Fixed bug #515, which displayed an incorrect message after duplicating a
    non-existent task (thanks to Peter De Poorter).
  + Fixed bug #529, where the 'depends' attribute was not mentioned in the
diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index ed155cb9a..711bc71a7 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -853,6 +853,21 @@ void Context::autoFilter (Att& a, Filter& f)
     }
   }
 
+  // Recurrence periods are matched left-most.
+  else if (a.name () == "recur" && a.mod () == "")
+  {
+    if (a.value () != "")
+    {
+      f.push_back (Att ("recur", "startswith", a.value ()));
+      debug ("auto filter: " + a.name () + ".startswith:" + a.value ());
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      f.push_back (Att ("recur", "is", a.value ()));
+      debug ("auto filter: " + a.name () + ".is:" + a.value ());
+    }
+  }
+
   // The limit attribute does not participate in filtering, and needs to be
   // specifically handled in handleCustomReport.
   else if (a.name () == "limit")