diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 270230b..f073f02 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ Expands into a call to ~org-ql-select~ with the same arguments.  For convenience
 *Fixed*
 +  In =org-ql-search=, accept symbol as ~:super-groups~ argument.
 +  In the =This week= and =Next week= default =org-ql-views= views, set timestamps for beginning-of-week to 00:00:00 and end-of-week to 23:59:59.
++  Plain quoted-phrases in non-sexp queries.
 
 ** 0.3.1
 
diff --git a/org-ql.el b/org-ql.el
index cbb8137..db1d8d9 100644
--- a/org-ql.el
+++ b/org-ql.el
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ Multiple predicates are combined with BOOLEAN."
                                          (and predicate-without-args `(pred -- (list (intern pred))))
                                          (and plain-string `(s -- (list 'regexp s))))
                                      (opt (+ (syntax-class whitespace) (any)))))
-                           (plain-string (substring (+ (not (syntax-class whitespace)) (any))))
+                           (plain-string (or quoted-arg unquoted-arg))
                            (predicate-with-args (substring predicate) ":" args)
                            (predicate-without-args (substring predicate) ":")
                            (predicate (or ,@predicates))
diff --git a/tests/test-org-ql.el b/tests/test-org-ql.el
index c7b95bc..483b703 100644
--- a/tests/test-org-ql.el
+++ b/tests/test-org-ql.el
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ RESULTS should be a list of strings as returned by
       (expect (org-ql--plain-query "scheduled")
               ;; No colon after keyword, so not a predicate query.
               :to-equal '(regexp "scheduled"))
+      (expect (org-ql--plain-query "\"quoted phrase\"")
+              :to-equal '(regexp "quoted phrase"))
       (expect (org-ql--plain-query "regexp:word")
               :to-equal '(regexp "word"))
       (expect (org-ql--plain-query "regexp:\"quoted phrase\"")