diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 15ac7d3..ad0ca9a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^2.17.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^2.17.0",
     "eslint": "^6.8.0",
-    "fast-deep-equal": "^2.0.1",
     "nyc": "^15.0.0",
     "tape": "^4.9.2",
     "typescript": "^4.0.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "fast-deep-equal": "^2.0.1",
     "@metamask/controllers": "^3.1.0",
     "eth-rpc-errors": "^3.0.0",
     "is-subset": "^0.1.1",
diff --git a/src/caveats.ts b/src/caveats.ts
index 8564dd7..92275c8 100644
--- a/src/caveats.ts
+++ b/src/caveats.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { JsonRpcMiddleware } from 'json-rpc-engine';
 import { IOcapLdCaveat } from './@types/ocap-ld';
 import { unauthorized } from './errors';
 import isSubset from 'is-subset';
+import equal from 'fast-deep-equal';
 
 export type ICaveatFunction = JsonRpcMiddleware;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export const requireParams: ICaveatFunctionGenerator = function requireParams (s
 };
 
 /*
- * Filters array results shallowly.
+ * Filters array results.
  */
 export const filterResponse: ICaveatFunctionGenerator = function filterResponse (serialized: IOcapLdCaveat) {
   const { value } = serialized;
@@ -34,7 +35,10 @@ export const filterResponse: ICaveatFunctionGenerator = function filterResponse
     next((done) => {
       if (Array.isArray(res.result)) {
         res.result = res.result.filter((item) => {
-          return value.includes(item);
+          const findResult = value.find((v: any) => {
+            return equal(v, item);
+          });
+          return findResult !== undefined;
         });
       }
       done();
diff --git a/test/caveats.js b/test/caveats.js
index 17d2bf3..1661c97 100644
--- a/test/caveats.js
+++ b/test/caveats.js
@@ -186,6 +186,62 @@ test('filterResponse caveat returns empty if params are not a subset.', async (t
   t.end();
 });
 
+test('filterResponse caveat passes through subset portion of response when objects are used', async (t) => {
+  const domain = { origin: 'www.metamask.io' };
+
+  const ctrl = new CapabilitiesController({
+    restrictedMethods: {
+      'write': {
+        method: (_req, res, _next, end) => {
+          res.result = [{ foo: 'bar' }, { baz: 'boo' }, 3, 4, 5];
+          end();
+        },
+      },
+    },
+
+    // User approves on condition of first arg being 'foo',
+    // and second arg having the 'bar': 'baz' value.
+    requestUserApproval: async (permissionsRequest) => {
+      const perms = permissionsRequest.permissions;
+      perms.write.caveats = [
+        { type: 'filterResponse', value: [{ foo: 'bar' }, { baz: 'boo' }, 3] },
+      ];
+      return perms;
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    domains: {},
+  });
+
+  try {
+    let req = {
+      method: 'requestPermissions',
+      params: [
+        {
+          'write': {},
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    await sendRpcMethodWithResponse(ctrl, domain, req);
+
+    // Now let's call that restricted method:
+    req = {
+      method: 'write',
+      params: [],
+    };
+
+    const result = await sendRpcMethodWithResponse(ctrl, domain, req);
+
+    t.ok(result, 'should succeed');
+    t.deepEqual(result, [{ foo: 'bar' }, { baz: 'boo' }, 3], 'returned the correct subset');
+
+  } catch (err) {
+    t.notOk(err, 'should not throw');
+  }
+  t.end();
+});
+
 test('filterResponse caveat passes through subset portion of response', async (t) => {
   const domain = { origin: 'www.metamask.io' };