diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 265ad13d..1927beea 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Changes in 0.8.3
 ================
+- Added match ($elemMatch) support for EmbeddedDocuments (#379)
 - Fixed weakref being valid after reload (#374)
 - Fixed queryset.get() respecting no_dereference (#373)
 - Added full_result kwarg to update (#380)
diff --git a/mongoengine/queryset/transform.py b/mongoengine/queryset/transform.py
index 4062fc1e..352774ff 100644
--- a/mongoengine/queryset/transform.py
+++ b/mongoengine/queryset/transform.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def query(_doc_cls=None, _field_operation=False, **query):
                 value = _geo_operator(field, op, value)
             elif op in CUSTOM_OPERATORS:
                 if op == 'match':
+                    value = field.prepare_query_value(op, value)
                     value = {"$elemMatch": value}
                 else:
                     NotImplementedError("Custom method '%s' has not "
diff --git a/tests/queryset/queryset.py b/tests/queryset/queryset.py
index 6dcbd9f3..eabb3c5c 100644
--- a/tests/queryset/queryset.py
+++ b/tests/queryset/queryset.py
@@ -3091,7 +3091,7 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
         class Foo(EmbeddedDocument):
             shape = StringField()
             color = StringField()
-            trick = BooleanField()
+            thick = BooleanField()
             meta = {'allow_inheritance': False}
 
         class Bar(Document):
@@ -3100,17 +3100,20 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         Bar.drop_collection()
 
-        b1 = Bar(foo=[Foo(shape= "square", color ="purple", thick = False),
-                      Foo(shape= "circle", color ="red", thick = True)])
+        b1 = Bar(foo=[Foo(shape="square", color="purple", thick=False),
+                      Foo(shape="circle", color="red", thick=True)])
         b1.save()
 
-        b2 = Bar(foo=[Foo(shape= "square", color ="red", thick = True),
-                      Foo(shape= "circle", color ="purple", thick = False)])
+        b2 = Bar(foo=[Foo(shape="square", color="red", thick=True),
+                      Foo(shape="circle", color="purple", thick=False)])
         b2.save()
 
         ak = list(Bar.objects(foo__match={'shape': "square", "color": "purple"}))
         self.assertEqual([b1], ak)
 
+        ak = list(Bar.objects(foo__match=Foo(shape="square", color="purple")))
+        self.assertEqual([b1], ak)
+
     def test_upsert_includes_cls(self):
         """Upserts should include _cls information for inheritable classes
         """