diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Privilege.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Privilege.pm
index c2773eda3..7585d2984 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Privilege.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Privilege.pm
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ sub isInGroup {
 		$group{ipFilter} =~ s/\r//g;
 		$group{ipFilter} =~ s/\n//g;
 		$group{ipFilter} =~ s/\s//g;
+		$group{ipFilter} =~ s/\./\\\./g;
 		my @ips = split(";",$group{ipFilter});
 		foreach my $ip (@ips) {
 			if ($session{env}{REMOTE_ADDR} =~ /^$ip/) {