diff --git a/apier/v1/accounts_it_test.go b/apier/v1/accounts_it_test.go
index 37e601da9..d802a90b0 100644
--- a/apier/v1/accounts_it_test.go
+++ b/apier/v1/accounts_it_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ var (
 		testAccITMultipleBalanceWithoutTenant,
 		testAccITRemoveBalances,
 		testAccITAddVoiceBalanceWithDestinations,
+		testAccITSetBalanceWithTimeSuffix,
 		testAccITStopCgrEngine,
 	}
 )
@@ -1350,3 +1351,44 @@ func testAccITAddVoiceBalanceWithDestinations(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expecting %+v, received: %+v", 0, rply)
 	}
 }
+
+func testAccITSetBalanceWithTimeSuffix(t *testing.T) {
+	var reply string
+	args := &utils.AttrSetBalance{
+		Tenant:      "cgrates.org",
+		Account:     "testAccSetBalanceTimeSuffix",
+		BalanceType: "*voice",
+		Balance: map[string]interface{}{
+			utils.ID:     "testAccSetBalanceTimeSuffix",
+			utils.Weight: 10,
+			utils.Value:  "120ms",
+		},
+	}
+	if err := accRPC.Call(utils.APIerSv1SetBalance, args, &reply); err != nil {
+		t.Error("Got error on SetBalance: ", err.Error())
+	} else if reply != utils.OK {
+		t.Errorf("Calling SetBalance received: %s", reply)
+	}
+
+	var acnt engine.Account
+	attrAcc := &utils.AttrGetAccount{
+		Tenant:  accTenant,
+		Account: "testAccSetBalanceTimeSuffix",
+	}
+	if err := accRPC.Call(utils.APIerSv2GetAccount, attrAcc, &acnt); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, value := range acnt.BalanceMap[utils.MetaVoice] {
+		// check only where balance ID is testBalanceID (SetBalance function call was made with this Balance ID)
+		if value.ID == "testAccSetBalanceTimeSuffix" {
+			if value.GetValue() != 120000000. {
+				t.Errorf("Expecting %+v, received: %+v", 120000000., value.GetValue())
+			}
+			if value.Weight != 10 {
+				t.Errorf("Expecting %+v, received: %+v", 10, value.Weight)
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/engine/balance_filter.go b/engine/balance_filter.go
index de2ccbec7..d554922e6 100644
--- a/engine/balance_filter.go
+++ b/engine/balance_filter.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func NewBalanceFilter(filter map[string]interface{}, defaultTimezone string) (bf
 	// }
 	if val, has := filter[utils.Value]; has {
 		var value float64
-		if value, err = utils.IfaceAsFloat64(val); err != nil {
+		if value, err = utils.IfaceAsTFloat64(val); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 		bf.Value = &utils.ValueFormula{Static: math.Abs(value)}
diff --git a/utils/reflect.go b/utils/reflect.go
index 1215f6a78..fd1d4d598 100644
--- a/utils/reflect.go
+++ b/utils/reflect.go
@@ -277,6 +277,30 @@ func IfaceAsFloat64(itm interface{}) (f float64, err error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+func IfaceAsTFloat64(itm interface{}) (f float64, err error) {
+	switch it := itm.(type) {
+	case float64:
+		return it, nil
+	case time.Duration:
+		return float64(it.Nanoseconds()), nil
+	case int:
+		return float64(it), nil
+	case int64:
+		return float64(it), nil
+	case string:
+		if strings.HasSuffix(it, SSuffix) || strings.HasSuffix(it, MSuffix) || strings.HasSuffix(it, HSuffix) {
+			var tm time.Duration
+			if tm, err = time.ParseDuration(it); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			return float64(tm), nil
+		}
+		return strconv.ParseFloat(it, 64)
+	default:
+		err = fmt.Errorf("cannot convert field: %+v to float64", it)
+	}
+	return
+}
 
 func IfaceAsBool(itm interface{}) (b bool, err error) {
 	switch v := itm.(type) {
diff --git a/utils/reflect_test.go b/utils/reflect_test.go
index 8b13d2970..ab78f4368 100644
--- a/utils/reflect_test.go
+++ b/utils/reflect_test.go
@@ -1833,3 +1833,58 @@ func TestIfaceAsBigDefault(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %v but received %v", errExpect, err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIfaceAsTFloat64(t *testing.T) {
+	eFloat := 6.0
+	val := interface{}(6.0)
+	if itmConvert, err := IfaceAsTFloat64(val); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if itmConvert != eFloat {
+		t.Errorf("received: %+v", itmConvert)
+	}
+	val = interface{}(6)
+	if itmConvert, err := IfaceAsTFloat64(val); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if itmConvert != eFloat {
+		t.Errorf("received: %+v", itmConvert)
+	}
+	val = interface{}("6")
+	if itmConvert, err := IfaceAsTFloat64(val); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if itmConvert != eFloat {
+		t.Errorf("received: %+v", itmConvert)
+	}
+	val = interface{}(int64(6))
+	if itmConvert, err := IfaceAsTFloat64(val); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if itmConvert != eFloat {
+		t.Errorf("received: %+v", itmConvert)
+	}
+	val = interface{}("This is not a float")
+	if _, err := IfaceAsTFloat64(val); err == nil {
+		t.Error("expecting error")
+	}
+	val = interface{}(time.Duration(6))
+	if itmConvert, err := IfaceAsTFloat64(val); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if itmConvert != eFloat {
+		t.Errorf("received: %+v", itmConvert)
+	}
+	eFloat = 6000000.
+	val = interface{}("6ms")
+	if itmConvert, err := IfaceAsTFloat64(val); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if itmConvert != eFloat {
+		t.Errorf("received: %+v", itmConvert)
+	}
+	val = interface{}("6sss")
+	experr := `time: unknown unit "sss" in duration "6sss"`
+	if _, err := IfaceAsTFloat64(val); err == nil || err.Error() != experr {
+		t.Errorf("expected: <%+v>, \nreceived: <%+v>", experr, err)
+	}
+	val = false
+	experr = `cannot convert field: false to float64`
+	if _, err := IfaceAsTFloat64(val); err == nil || err.Error() != experr {
+		t.Errorf("expected: <%+v>, \nreceived: <%+v>", experr, err)
+	}
+}