diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/filter/AbstractFilter.java b/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/filter/AbstractFilter.java
index 19b56b5cddd..4d434982f84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/filter/AbstractFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/filter/AbstractFilter.java
@@ -60,4 +60,9 @@ public Class<T> getType() {
 	public boolean matches(T element) {
 		return type.isAssignableFrom(element.getClass());
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean test(T element) {
+		return matches(element);
+	}
 }