diff --git a/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/database/entities/DatabaseEntitiesRepository.kt b/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/database/entities/DatabaseEntitiesRepository.kt
index 4fcaa9e5b0e..61a2b415286 100644
--- a/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/database/entities/DatabaseEntitiesRepository.kt
+++ b/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/database/entities/DatabaseEntitiesRepository.kt
@@ -222,6 +222,20 @@ class DatabaseEntitiesRepository(context: Context, dbPath: String) : EntitiesRep
         }
     }
 
+    override fun getByIdNot(list: String, id: String): List<Entity.Saved> {
+        if (!listExists(list)) {
+            return emptyList()
+        }
+
+        return queryNotEqualWithAttachedRowId(
+            list,
+            selectionColumn = EntitiesTable.COLUMN_ID,
+            selectionArg = id
+        ).foldAndClose {
+            mapCursorRowToEntity(it, it.getInt(ROW_ID))
+        }
+    }
+
     override fun getByLabel(list: String, label: String?): List<Entity.Saved> {
         if (!listExists(list)) {
             return emptyList()
@@ -331,6 +345,36 @@ class DatabaseEntitiesRepository(context: Context, dbPath: String) : EntitiesRep
         }
     }
 
+    private fun queryNotEqualWithAttachedRowId(
+        list: String,
+        selectionColumn: String,
+        selectionArg: String?
+    ): Cursor {
+        return databaseConnection.withConnection {
+            if (selectionArg == null) {
+                readableDatabase.rawQuery(
+                    """
+                    SELECT *, i.$ROW_ID
+                    FROM "$list" e, "${getRowIdTableName(list)}" i
+                    WHERE e._id = i._id AND $selectionColumn IS NOT NULL
+                    ORDER BY i.$ROW_ID
+                    """.trimIndent(),
+                    null
+                )
+            } else {
+                readableDatabase.rawQuery(
+                    """
+                    SELECT *, i.$ROW_ID
+                    FROM "$list" e, "${getRowIdTableName(list)}" i
+                    WHERE e._id = i._id AND $selectionColumn != ?
+                    ORDER BY i.$ROW_ID
+                    """.trimIndent(),
+                    arrayOf(selectionArg)
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Dropping and recreating this table on every change allows to maintain a sequential
      * "positions" for each entity that can be used as [Entity.Saved.index]. This method appears
diff --git a/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/javarosa/filter/LocalEntitiesFilterStrategy.kt b/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/javarosa/filter/LocalEntitiesFilterStrategy.kt
index c4f6fa1088d..831057e8cb4 100644
--- a/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/javarosa/filter/LocalEntitiesFilterStrategy.kt
+++ b/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/javarosa/filter/LocalEntitiesFilterStrategy.kt
@@ -39,23 +39,31 @@ class LocalEntitiesFilterStrategy(entitiesRepository: EntitiesRepository) :
         val candidate = CompareToNodeExpression.parse(predicate)
         return when (val original = candidate?.original) {
             is XPathEqExpr -> {
-                if (original.isEqual) {
-                    val child = candidate.nodeSide.steps[0].name.name
-                    val value = candidate.evalContextSide(sourceInstance, evaluationContext)
+                val child = candidate.nodeSide.steps[0].name.name
+                val value = candidate.evalContextSide(sourceInstance, evaluationContext)
 
-                    val results = instanceAdapter.queryEq(
+                val results = if (original.isEqual) {
+                    instanceAdapter.queryEq(
                         sourceInstance.instanceId,
                         child,
                         value as String
                     )
+                } else {
+                    instanceAdapter.queryNotEq(
+                        sourceInstance.instanceId,
+                        child,
+                        value as String
+                    )
+                }
 
+                if (results == null) {
+                    next.get()
+                } else {
                     sourceInstance.replacePartialElements(results)
                     results.map {
                         it.parent = sourceInstance.root
                         it.ref
                     }
-                } else {
-                    next.get()
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/javarosa/intance/LocalEntitiesInstanceAdapter.kt b/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/javarosa/intance/LocalEntitiesInstanceAdapter.kt
index 6783ed6faa6..10c1bbf5664 100644
--- a/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/javarosa/intance/LocalEntitiesInstanceAdapter.kt
+++ b/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/javarosa/intance/LocalEntitiesInstanceAdapter.kt
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ class LocalEntitiesInstanceAdapter(private val entitiesRepository: EntitiesRepos
         }
     }
 
+    fun queryNotEq(instanceId: String, child: String, value: String): List<TreeElement>? {
+        return when (child) {
+            EntityItemElement.ID -> {
+                entitiesRepository.getByIdNot(
+                    instanceId,
+                    value
+                ).map { convertToElement(it) }
+            }
+
+            else -> null
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun filterAndConvertEntities(
         list: String,
         filter: (Entity.Saved) -> Boolean
diff --git a/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/storage/EntitiesRepository.kt b/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/storage/EntitiesRepository.kt
index 558b3502f5a..5967413002c 100644
--- a/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/storage/EntitiesRepository.kt
+++ b/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/storage/EntitiesRepository.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ interface EntitiesRepository {
     fun addList(list: String)
     fun delete(id: String)
     fun getById(list: String, id: String): Entity.Saved?
+    fun getByIdNot(list: String, id: String): List<Entity.Saved>
     fun getByLabel(list: String, label: String?): List<Entity.Saved>
     fun getAllByProperty(list: String, property: String, value: String): List<Entity.Saved>
     fun getByIndex(list: String, index: Int): Entity.Saved?
diff --git a/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/storage/InMemEntitiesRepository.kt b/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/storage/InMemEntitiesRepository.kt
index 51280906af6..a42f5fc4396 100644
--- a/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/storage/InMemEntitiesRepository.kt
+++ b/entities/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/entities/storage/InMemEntitiesRepository.kt
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ class InMemEntitiesRepository : EntitiesRepository {
         return getEntities(list).firstOrNull { it.id == id }
     }
 
+    override fun getByIdNot(list: String, id: String): List<Entity.Saved> {
+        return getEntities(list).filter { it.id != id }
+    }
+
     override fun getByLabel(list: String, label: String?): List<Entity.Saved> {
         return getEntities(list).filter { it.label == label }
     }
diff --git a/entities/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/entities/LocalEntityUseCasesTest.kt b/entities/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/entities/LocalEntityUseCasesTest.kt
index e537dd10b65..e3cee5eef5f 100644
--- a/entities/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/entities/LocalEntityUseCasesTest.kt
+++ b/entities/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/entities/LocalEntityUseCasesTest.kt
@@ -546,6 +546,11 @@ private class MeasurableEntitiesRepository(private val wrapped: EntitiesReposito
         return wrapped.getById(list, id)
     }
 
+    override fun getByIdNot(list: String, id: String): List<Entity.Saved> {
+        accesses += 1
+        return wrapped.getByIdNot(list, id)
+    }
+
     override fun getByLabel(list: String, label: String?): List<Entity.Saved> {
         accesses += 1
         return wrapped.getByLabel(list, label)