diff --git a/src/ol/parser/ogc/filter_v1.js b/src/ol/parser/ogc/filter_v1.js
index f898b9f6b0..b390e61db6 100644
--- a/src/ol/parser/ogc/filter_v1.js
+++ b/src/ol/parser/ogc/filter_v1.js
@@ -28,28 +28,34 @@ ol.parser.ogc.Filter_v1 = function() {
   this.readers = {
     'http://www.opengis.net/ogc': {
       _expression: function(node) {
-        var obj, value = '';
+        var obj, source = '';
         for (var child = node.firstChild; child; child = child.nextSibling) {
           switch (child.nodeType) {
             case 1:
               obj = this.readNode(child);
               if (obj.property) {
-                value += obj.property.getName();
+                var name = obj.property.getName();
+                source += (source !== '') ? '+' + name : name;
               } else if (goog.isDef(obj.value)) {
-                if (obj.value instanceof ol.expr.Literal) {
-                  value += obj.value.getValue();
-                }
+                return obj.value;
               }
               break;
             case 3: // text node
             case 4: // cdata section
-              value += child.nodeValue;
+              if (source !== '') {
+                source += '+';
+              }
+              if (isNaN(goog.string.toNumber(child.nodeValue))) {
+                source += goog.string.quote(goog.string.trim(child.nodeValue));
+              } else {
+                source += goog.string.trim(child.nodeValue);
+              }
               break;
             default:
               break;
           }
         }
-        return ol.expr.parse(goog.string.trim(value));
+        return ol.expr.parse(source);
       },
       'Filter': function(node, obj) {
         var container = {
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/filter_v1_0_0.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/filter_v1_0_0.test.js
index 43aaa54201..87ec4afffa 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/filter_v1_0_0.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/filter_v1_0_0.test.js
@@ -235,6 +235,24 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.Filter_v1_0_0', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('_expression reader works as expected', function() {
+    it('_expression reader handles combined propertyname and literal',
+        function() {
+          var xml = '<ogc:UpperBoundary xmlns:ogc="' +
+              'http://www.opengis.net/ogc">10</ogc:UpperBoundary>';
+          var reader = parser.readers['http://www.opengis.net/ogc'][
+              '_expression'];
+          var expr = reader.call(parser, goog.dom.xml.loadXml(
+              xml).documentElement);
+          expect(expr instanceof ol.expr.Literal).to.be.ok();
+          expect(expr.getValue()).to.equal(10);
+          xml = '<ogc:UpperBoundary xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc">' +
+              'foo<ogc:PropertyName>x</ogc:PropertyName>bar</ogc:UpperBoundary>';
+          expr = reader.call(parser, goog.dom.xml.loadXml(xml).documentElement);
+          expect(expr.evaluate({x: 4})).to.eql('foo4bar');
+        });
+  });
+
 });
 
 goog.require('goog.dom.xml');