diff --git a/horizon/tables/base.py b/horizon/tables/base.py
index eb34512589..b6c3dbe2b1 100644
--- a/horizon/tables/base.py
+++ b/horizon/tables/base.py
@@ -347,7 +347,14 @@ class Column(html.HTMLElement):
             data = display_value[0]
         else:
             for filter_func in self.filters:
-                data = filter_func(data)
+                try:
+                    data = filter_func(data)
+                except Exception:
+                    msg = ("Filter '%(filter)s' failed with data "
+                           "'%(data)s' on column '%(col_name)s'")
+                    LOG.warning(msg, {'filter': filter_func.func_name,
+                                      'data': data,
+                                      'col_name': unicode(self.verbose_name)})
 
         if data and self.truncate:
             data = truncatechars(data, self.truncate)
diff --git a/horizon/test/tests/tables.py b/horizon/test/tests/tables.py
index 64bba3d52f..e0f59eefd9 100644
--- a/horizon/test/tests/tables.py
+++ b/horizon/test/tests/tables.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django import forms
 from django import http
 from django import shortcuts
+from django.template import defaultfilters
 
 from mox import IsA  # noqa
 
@@ -1091,6 +1092,19 @@ class DataTableTests(test.TestCase):
         row = self.table.get_rows()[0]
         self.assertTrue("down" in row.cells['status'].value)
 
+    def test_broken_filter(self):
+        class MyTableBrokenFilter(MyTable):
+            value = tables.Column('value',
+                                  filters=(defaultfilters.timesince,))
+
+        value = "not_a_date"
+        data = TEST_DATA[0]
+        data.value = value
+
+        table = MyTableBrokenFilter(self.request, [data])
+        resp = http.HttpResponse(table.render())
+        self.assertContains(resp, value)
+
 
 class SingleTableView(table_views.DataTableView):
     table_class = MyTable